A return to the Bar

Taken too literally?

In this corner…

The boxer and the bar mitzva boy

Remembering New York’s old ballparks

In this column from the Jewish Press, Irwin Cohen reminisces about the good old days of Ebbets Field, the Polo Grounds, and the original Yankee stadium.
While the recollections are warmly presented, his predictions for this season might raise an eyebrow or two. Not that he’s alone in that regard. Conventional wisdom is a bit topsy-turvy.
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Author appearance: Harvey Frommer

There was a glut of books commemorating the final season of Yankee Stadium. Handsome coffee table volumes full of pictures and reminiscences. There was just one thing: None of them actually include any information about … the final season.
That said, the best of the bunch, in my humble opinion, is Harvey Frommer’s Remembering Yankee Stadium [...]