A notable inductee to the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer will be John Fogerty, whose baseball anthem “Centerfield” is now 25 years old. MLB.com and the New York Times tell the story of how recording the song (and album of the same name) helped Fogerty relaunch his music career. New grass on the field indeed.
Center Field, Yankee Stadium, May 2010
Is a very busy place on warm, sunny weekend days.
The High Line, near 20th Street access, New York City
The High Line, New York City - Looking south from the 20th Street access
Former railroad spur, the High Line, New York City
Remaining grandstand of the old Yankee Stadium, Bronx NY, April, 2010
Remains of left field and center field of the old Yankee Stadium. The apartment towers in the background are on the site of the Polo Grounds.
The Polo Grounds, circa 1964 after the Mets had moved to Shea Stadium. The Mets played the 1962 and 1963 seasons there before moving to Shea.
View of the new Yankee Stadium from Coogan's Bluff - just above the site of the old Polo Grounds.
Elevated Platform at 161st Street/Yankee Stadium - one thing unchanged - it's still the same subway stop.
Dunnfield Creek, near the Appalachian Trail at the Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey
Sunday’s news was dominated by the House passage of the healthcare reform bills. Next to the capitol two rallies took place – a small pro-reform group (dozens), and a somewhat larger, and louder, (maybe a thousand) anti-reform tea party group. But those were dwarfed by a giant rally a few blocks away from the Capitol, where a few hundred thousand people gathered to push for immigration reform.
Immigration Rights Demonstrators, 3/21/2010
Tea Party Anti-Health Reform Rally at the Capitol, 3/21/2010
Pro-Reform Demonstrators at the Capitol, 3/21/2010
Via the amazing Roger Ebert, this comics encyclopedia is terrific. And yes, check out Akbar & Jeff.
From Peter Baker’s Rahm Emanuel piece in the NYT:
A Democratic congressman, who refused to be identified for fear of retribution, said Emanuel didn’t pressure recalcitrant lawmakers enough. “We need a little less ballerina and a little more L.B.J.,” he told me. “For all the reputation of being able to bust knee caps, we haven’t seen nos turned to yeses.”
Irony is not dead.
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