Bronx & Beans

1) I nearly dumped a girlfriend who thought my clapping in 1995 when Don Mattingly finally reached the playoffs was "childish."

2) Seeing Red Sox fans wretch at the mention of Wade Boggs on the horse in the Yankee Stadium is almost as funny as the episode of "Cheers" when Sam Malone and the rest of them "pantsed Wade Boggs."

3) I've sat in just about every section of Yankee Stadium, including the dugout. (Can't lie, that was pretty cool.)

4) I believe that after your favorite player retires or gets traded or signs elsewhere, there needs to be a one-year grace period before carefully selecting your next favorite player.

5) In all my years of attending games at Yankee Stadium, I've never caught a foul ball or home run.

6) I got booed at Yankee Stadium.

7) I witnessed, two boxes to the left of Giuliani, the Tim Raines-Derek Jeter-Paul O'Neill home run parade against the Indians in the 1997 ALDS.

8) Dave "Bleeping" Roberts!

9) When Aaron Boone hit that home run in 2003 - oh, you know the one I'm talking about - I called my friends in Boston and scream "No-maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

10) When Javier Vazquez entered Game 7 in 2004, I screamed "Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

11) Full disclosure: In 1986, I rooted for the Red Sox to beat the Mets in the World Series. Hey, in elementary school on Long Island, it's Yankees vs. Mets and nothing else.