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Bumping Heads with New York Yankee Steve Whitaker

by Barry F. Bealick 10/22/2009
Neighborhood: Bronx

No, I wasn’t going to cut school to go to Yankee Stadium and watch the Yankees play the Orioles during their 1967 season. “Aw, c’mon, BB, let’s do it,” recommended “Reese,” one of my Southwest Bronx neighborhood pals and fellow schoolmate during my sophomore year at DeWitt Clinton High School. Otherwise easygoing, when it came [...]

Schadenfreude — How Bout Those Boys?

by Thomas R. Pryor 12/13/2008
Neighborhood: Upper East Side

The Dallas Cowboys losing — my number #1 Schadenfreude trigger. As you get older the word hate drifts from your conversation. It’s a bad word, and a silly emotion to hang onto. Life’s too short. If you’re lucky, you lose it all together. If you’re really lucky, you save it for one person, one particular [...]

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