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It has long been a tale of family lore: Billy's first major league baseball game. Earlier this month, I attended a wild one at Yankee S...

Well the All-Star Game has come and gone, but the Statues remain. For now. I saw this one at the Best Buy on 6th Avenue and 23rd Street in M...

Today is the 10th anniversary of my younger daughter Shayna's first photograph. I thought I'd share our first vision with the world:...

Melanie spotted the Kansas City Royals statue on the steps of One Liberty Plaza this morning. Also, an Anonymous commenter posted that the C...

In the spirit of The Cow Parade , New York City's upcoming hosting of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game next month has a publici...

We last went to Camden Yards on August 6, 2006. See my post here . (BillyBlog is a handy resource, too). The score was the same way back the...

Despite a flutter of offense (the Yanks scored 1 in the top of the 9th), the Orioles prevail 6-1.

LaTroy Hawkins comes in for the Yankees in relief and can't do it. Melvin Mora singles with men on and 2 out and knocks in a run. They p...

And Nick Markakis of the Orioles just launched a 400+ foot home run to dead center. 1-0 Orioles. Aubrey Huff follows with a double. Pitching...

A little excitement in the top of the 3rd. Johnny Damon thrown out at home to end the half-inning after Hideki Matsui got his second hit of...

The people I'm sitting next to, Yankee fans from Jersey just informed me that the ticket I bought, legally, was sold to the guy who sold...

It's a beautiful sunny day here at Camden Yards. The fam is with Grandpa down in a field box, six rows behind the Yankee dugout. Camden ...

We have arrived in Baltimore and are mulling about the lobby of the Marriott near the ballpark. Waiting for our party of fifteen (still wait...

On Sunday, the Detroit Tigers were shut out for the seventh time in only 44 games, losing 4-0 to Randy Johnson and the Arizona Diamondbacks....

The New York Post's back page is ruthlessly honest, and startlingly accurate, as New Yorkers brace for an historic c...

Behold: it's Lucky the Squirrel, who watched last night's Yankees-Red Sox game in its entirety from atop the right field foul pole. ...

The scene: Keyspan Park on Coney Island. Friday, August 24, 2007. The Thursday game was called due to fog and started as part of a doublehea...

Read " Playdate " by Kate Walbert in the March 26, 2007 issue. A good New York parenting story. Also, somehow ended up with the No...

For the small percentage of readers who read BillyBlog because they know me, here's an update on the youngest Brooklyn Cohen, Shayna. Sh...

I know the week is almost over, but I'd like to take a fond look back and walk down memory lane. Please indulge me as I pry open my brai...