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...Green Monster. Come before the first pitch and you’re bound to encounter hordes of fans, all of them primed to see a Sox victory. “Yankees Suck” chants are loud and frequent—sometimes even when the enemies from the Bronx aren’t in town. This type of environment better be what you’re looking for, because you don’t go to Landsdowne Street for the food. If you want something other than steak tips, hot dogs or sausages, you’ll probably better...
Conlon got a diploma from Harvard, but he comes from a cop family, and after graduation he drifted back to New York City and the Job. His real education began at Police Service Area 7, also known as Claremont Village, a rough housing project in the Bronx, and that's where Blue Blood begins. "The ghetto could be a world of three-dimensional, 360 insult," he discovers, "where no one had enough so they ruined what they had, and then came looking for yours." He learns to turn his hat around while patrolling dark stairwells--to minimize telltale reflections...
Conlon is a detective in New York City's 44th Precinct, in the South Bronx, a few blocks north of Yankee Stadium, not far from the legendary Fort Apache. At 39, he has a bit of that seedy-sexy Chris Noth charm to him--late Chris Noth, more Mr. Big than Detective Logan. But Conlon has another calling too: he's an author. His book, Blue Blood (Riverhead; 562 pages), is a memoir of his first seven years as a New York City cop, and it may be the best account ever written of life behind the badge...
...take you back to October 16, 2003. Last fall, I was perched high in the upper deck above home plate, one of 56,279 in attendance at Yankee Stadium to watch the Red Sox take on the Bronx Bombers in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. My younger brother and I sat there in the eighth inning amidst a sea of mortal enemies and started going nuts as Sox slugger David Ortiz launched a home run into the Bronx night to put the Sox up 5-2 with two innings left. It was one of the greatest moments?...
...Tirado, 40, launched Benjamin's Babyblog not only to track his son's development and his own progress as a father but also so that he and his wife Caterina could stay in touch with their families in Mexico, Arkansas and the western U.S. from their home in the Bronx, N.Y. "I don't have to bombard them with huge photo attachments on e-mails," says Tirado, who just posted his wife's sonogram of Baby No. 2 on the site. The blog keeps Tirado's parents closer to his son and even encourages real visits. "They...