Comments on: Save Dave

By: The Hungry Cabbie: The Eating Adventures of a NYC Yellow Cabbie » Spring Training

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:46:59 +0000

[...] “Baseball is the only real sport, I think, in the world.” Babe Ruth said that. As a Yankee fan who hasn’t missed a box score since I was eight years old, laid on collapsed cardboard in the South Bronx for twenty two hours to get a ticket to the 1998 World Series, and chants “Boston SUCKS” at Yankee Stadium even when the visiting team is the Orioles, I believed in the Curse of the Bambino. In the American League Championship Series that October of 2003, the Yankees were playing the Red Sox, who had been languishing under the curse since Babe Ruth was sold by Boston to the Yankees for the low, low price of $100,000 in 1920. The Red Sox, who had won the 1915, 1916, and 1918 World Series behind the brilliant pitching of a young Babe Ruth, had seemed to be on a roll when the teens ended. But the Great Bambino led the Yankees to their first World Series title ever in 1923, the Yankees went on to win 25 more championships, and the Red Sox were damned. [...]

By: The Hungry Cabbie: The Eating Adventures of a NYC Yellow Cabbie » The Hungry Cabbie Eats The Outer Boroughs XVIII

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:12:58 +0000

[...] The Bronx is usually a great place to watch a ballgame. But when Randy Johnson pitches, it can be extremely unpleasant. Thankfully, The Bronx is always a great place to eat jerk, no matter who is pitching. [...]

By: The Hungry Cabbie: The Eating Adventures of a NYC Yellow Cabbie » Gettin’ Down In The Boogie Down

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:30:44 +0000

[...] He was, however, heading to a neighborhood far from any place where I might find another fare: The South Bronx. It was late on a Thursday night and they were going dancing at a soul food restaurant slash lounge called Sam’s. He actually invited me in, but I regretfully declined because I needed to go back to work. I’d been there multiple times before to partake of their delicious bbq chicken on my way to Yankee Stadium just blocks away. But the night club concept fascinated me. [...]

By: Adam B

Adam B — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:52:19 +0000

One day the crowd at Yankee Stadium will acknowledge that Famous Fat Dave is in the house.

By: Johnny Blevins III

Johnny Blevins III — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:51:56 +0000

Next time you must sing Twist & Shout in a parade. And how bout stealing some one’s reservation in a super nice restaurant… that sounds like a good adventure/post.

By: Mary Drew Powers

Mary Drew Powers — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 00:25:27 +0000

And I was just gonna ask if you would ever wear a Mets cap. I guess not. I saw the Yanks beat the Twinkies in Minneapolis this summer. I saw the Yanks beat the Mariners in Seattle summer before that. Whenever I see the Yanks, they beat my team. Who cares, as long as I get a hot dog and a beer.

By: Ayala

Ayala — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:45:06 +0000

This is the best blog on the entire internet.
And I don’t just throw words like that around…

By: a dave fan

a dave fan — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:56:04 +0000

Dave….I mean Ferris Bueller you’re my hero.