TakeHimDowntown.com » Outside the Lines http://takehimdowntown.com A Web site for baseball fans (especially Yankee fans) Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:05:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Not Baseball, But Not Bad http://takehimdowntown.com/non-baseball-happenings/not-baseball-but-not-bad/ http://takehimdowntown.com/non-baseball-happenings/not-baseball-but-not-bad/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:56:08 +0000 Dan McCourt http://takehimdowntown.com/?p=5159

The moon appeared early in the fourth period, shortly before a blocked punt decided the game.

Bronx, N.Y., November 12, 2011 – The Rutgers/Army football game in Yankee Stadium Saturday afternoon was actually a quite competitive, though not particularly exciting, contest. Both teams missed extra points, and the Scarlet Knights place kicker whiffed badly on a chip shot field goal. But the failed extra point was much more injurious to the Army effort because it

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A Beautiful Mind

I received a text in the middle of last night that Bear Stanley has died in a car accident in Australia. Bear, for me, was a true kindred spirit; when we first met, it was as if I had met a long-lost brother from another lifetime. I am heartbroken and devastated at his passing.

He was a

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Feels like we got two shows for the price of one Friday night! Kudos to the folks doing the booking at Tarrytown Music Hall — what a treat to see Taj Mahal and Los Lobos on the same bill. Each did a set solo, with the Taj Mahal Trio opening the show and performing material from an impressive catalog developed over his 40-plus years performing, including

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]]> http://takehimdowntown.com/non-baseball-happenings/concert-theater/taj-mahal-and-los-lobos-at-tarrytown/feed/ 0 Hot Off the Presses http://takehimdowntown.com/non-baseball-happenings/great-reads/hot-off-the-presses/ http://takehimdowntown.com/non-baseball-happenings/great-reads/hot-off-the-presses/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:08:52 +0000 Dan McCourt http://takehimdowntown.com/?p=3656 Although I just served as a grunt (and lowly scribe), I’m delighted to announce the fifth annual Maple Street Yankee Annual, this one subheaded 2011. Compiled by the brilliant writer, editor (and Yankee fan) Cecilia Tan, the annual is a grab bag of everything a Yankee enthusiast would want at this soon-to-be magical time of year. There’s plenty of coverage of what we all know quite well, that the 2011 Yankees sport a power lineup,

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So sorry that we are booked, but so excited that we were able to make the live rehearsal show at City Winery (fabulous Manhattan venue, by the way) for the Carnegie Hall benefit that’s happening Thursday night. From having attended the concerts showcasing the music of Bob Dylan (at Lincoln Center) and Bruce Springsteen (at Carnegie Hall with an appearance by Bruce

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Enjoyed a great steak dinner here in what has become an off-season tradition for us.

In what has become an off-season tradition for us, Dan and I braved the snow flurries to head in to New Rochelle for dinner at Mo’s New York Grill with fellow Yankee fans Sharon and Bob. We’ve been scheduling up a dinner at Mo’s with them between the end of the season and an annual trek down to Tampa for

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Bronx, N.Y., July 13, 2010 — For a few, George Steinbrenner was a bad guy from the beginning, but most in New York were happy with The Boss once the Yanks quickly won the AL pennant three times and the World Series twice, in 1977 and 1978. But people were crazed about things even then, among all the winning. Bringing in Catfish was a solid plus, but Reggie was disruptive from the

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