The 1969 Chronicles: A Sports Writer's Notes  By Stan Isaacs

Chapter 2: Yankee Fans When I was covering the Yankees and being critical of the team in certain respects, such fine young men as Paul Simon, Billy Crystal and Bob Costas were growing up in Queens or Nassau County on Long Island. My scribblings obviously had no impact on them because they all became fervent Yankee fans. So much for the power of the press. Columns: Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio? The Great Stickball Game Was a Gas A Parting Salute to Mickey Mantle Crosetti's Old No. 2 Comes Back to Play Hamilton's Blooper Is An Old Tickler

Chapters Home Page Introduction 1. The Amazing Mets 2. Yankee Fans   Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio?   The Great Stickball Game Was a Gas   A Parting Salute to Mickey Mantle   Crosetti's Old No. 2 Comes Back to Play   Hamilton's Blooper Is An Old Tickler 3. Music to My Ears 4. Ali & Friends 5. People Are Funny 6. The Poetry Corner 7. The Glorious Knicks 8. Bill Bradley & Others 9. Horsing Around 10. An Angry Mother 11. Political Baseball 12. Fun and Games 13. The Sweet Science 14. Baseball, Gentlemen 15. Some Immortals 16. A Galleria 17. Ladies First 18. The Irrepressible Jets 19. The Sporting Culture Email Stan Isaacs at sibelch@optonline.net A team that won't be beaten had better stay off the field. — Ogden Nash