Friday, February 6, 2009

To Celebrate, I'm taking the #4 to old Yankee Stadium, then I'm going down Carl Schurz Park for a Catch

















The New York Times added "Yorkville Stoops to Nuts," to their City Room page ~ see the article linked below.
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If they were around to see it, Dad would've had a baby, and Mom would've called her sisters and kissed me silly.
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I'm ten years old, down John Jay Park, and I'm coming up to the plate for the Yorkville Stars. All of a sudden, Dad is behind me at the fence, and gets my attention before I step in to the batter's box.
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"Hey, Tommy, where are you?"
"Bottom of the ninth."
"How you doing?"
"We need a big inning."
"What's the score?"
"14-2."
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You can see my blue Yorkville Stars baseball shirt under the red jacket in the picture above.
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Check out the rightfield bullpen in the 1958 Yankee Stadium photo, and the Gun ad in the background on River Avenue.
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