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...Subway Series. From a historical perspective, yes, this is the epic collision of the Queen Mary with a cigarette boat. The Yankees have notched 25 world championships in the better part of a century in the Bronx; the Mets just two since their inaugural season in 1962. The Yankee pinstripes are a sports icon; the Mets' blue-and-orange were themselves a knockoff, a combination of Dodger blue and Giants orange, two teams that with the Yankees defined the Subway Series from the first in 1921 to the last in 1956. The Yankees dominated those matchups. The Mets weren...
Just Looking chronicles the sexual and emotional awakening of Lenny, a Jewish boy from the Bronx , in the summer of 1955. Living with his mother and new stepfather, Lenny is pre-occupied by all the normal concerns of adolescence, including-surprise, suprise-sex. Whether it's two forks joined together on his dining room table or a needle on a record player, everything Lenny sees fuels his desire to see two people "do it". But when Lenny' parents catch him spying on them in their bedroom one night, they decide that he should spend the summer with his Aunt Norma...
...give the Yanks a real Bronx cheer...
...about the current Bronx Bombers? Sure, they win, but Yankee Stadium is little more than a revolving door for players looking to collect a ring...
...Mets fans are left to direct their vicious wrath--and it is vicious--in the direction of the Bronx, where the Yankees' 25 championships outnumber the Mets' two titles. But don't equate mere jealousy with a real rivalry...