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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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/new-links-on-the-city-room-blogroll/?scp=2&sq=Yorkville%20Stoops%20to%20Nuts&st=cse--

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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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