Staten Island, N.Y., June 22, 2007 — I picked a great day to get a baseball game fix with the Yankees away on an extended trip to parts (and parks) virtually unknown (and wouldn’t it have been nice had it stayed that way?). Friday night, I attended the fourth game of the 2007 Staten Island Yankees season. And although things both started and ended badly for the Baby Bombers, they showed plenty of life in between, and the ballpark experience couldn’t have been nicer. Continue reading →

Montclair, N.J., August 19, 2002 — “No truly great man ever thought himself so.” Apparently for no particular reason, a Web site I visit that is devoted to historical events of the day chose that saying by the English Essayist William Hazlitt (1778-1830) for their quote of the day for August 18. It may have been happenstance that led to its timing on that site, but those words carry a very pertinent lesson for this Yankee fan, as became clear after a long, hot and bittersweet day in Montclair, New Jersey. Continue reading →