Travel & Visitors Guide - July 14, 2009
Cementing a baseball tradition in Queens
As we rode the number 7 train east toward the "Mets-Willets Point" stop on Sunday, my son asked, "Are you sad that Shea Stadium is gone?" "Yes," I said and my son followed with the classic little kid follow-up. "Why?" "Well," I told him, "because that's where I saw all the baseball games when I was a kid like you."
Tags: Mets, Shea Stadium, Citi Field, Red

Sports - June 29, 2009
"Baseball polygamist" explains his dual loyalties
While some believe fans can't divide their loyalties, those folks haven't met Milwaukee's Joey Buchholz. Buchholz -- who lives in Greenfield and works at the UW Credit Union -- is a fan of both his hometown Brewers and his adopted New York Mets. He is also the author of a self-published book about his dual fandom, "Two Loves: The Story of a Baseball Polygamist."
Tags: Two Loves, Mets, Brewers, Shea Stadium, Miller Park, Freeway, Joey Buchholz, Tom Glavine, ESPN Sports Guy, Bill Simmons

Kids & Family - March 16, 2009
And you smell like one, too: birthday party memories
Later this week, OnMilwaukee.com will post a guide to locations for kids' birthday parties. While researching the article, the staff reminisced about favorite birthday parties from their pasts, and here are a few accounts of their stand-out memories.
Tags: birthday party, farrell's, shea stadium, baseball, miller park

Sports - May 9, 2008
The Big Apple's basic baseball debate
Yankee Stadium (pictured) and Shea Stadium, which will be replaced glistening new facilities next season, each have rich histories and fervent fans, but our author thinks that one stands above the other.
Tags: yankee stadium, shea stadium, new york city, baseball, citi field

Kids & Family - March 17, 2008
Diamonds in the Rough contest
I never played organized ball, so maybe you think I'm not the guy to judge the Diamonds in the Rough Contest, which rewards young people who built character playing baseball. But, I think you're wrong.
Tags: Diamonds in the Rough, Briggs and Stratton, Little League, Midwood, Brooklyn, Shea Stadium, Yankees