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Fred Klein
Mar31
The Perfect Squelch
Posted By : Fred Klein

Recently I met a young artist (photo above) at an Art Opening and while making conversation I bragged about a one mile open water swim I had just accomplished.  Her response was that she had swum around the island.  Taken aback, I asked her how long her swim was and she said 12 miles.  Nearly speechless, I came back with "That's nearly as far as th

Fred Klein
Nov11
Here's To The Cubbies!
Posted By : Fred Klein

Be honest, how many of you had the will and endurance to stay up last Wednesday night through the early hours of Thursday morning for the 10th inning, post rain delay, 7th  game, Cubs 8-7 World Series, first in 108 years, victory?That's quite a lead, don't you think?After all, the Cubs had to exorcise the curse of the goat and free Steve Bartman fr

Fred Klein
Sep30
Homecoming
Posted By : Fred Klein

Last Saturday I went back to our old High School (we still live in Roslyn) to take in the Roslyn High School Homecoming football game.  So many memories welled up, eg, it is the same field on which Joanne was a cheer leader and upon which I played soccer.  Better yet, I was joined by my son David and grandson Jackson, Roslyn High School attendees a

Fred Klein
Sep02
Big Sexy
Posted By : Fred Klein

Big Sexy is the affectionate ironic nickname pinned on the Mets 43 year old 285 pound pitcher Bartolo Colon who has been the winning pitcher in 230 big league games in a MLB career which started in the last century (1997). That's a lot to say about an ever smiling Dominican man who has become the people's choice.  He can do no wrong!He just has thi

Fred Klein
Aug26
Rupp Runs Olympic Marathon
Posted By : Fred Klein

On Sunday I watched American runner Galen Rupp win a Bronze medal in the Olympic 26.2 mile Marathon race with special empathetic interest.  Some may know that Gotham General Counsel Ben Geizhals was my marathon running partner.  We lived by the mantra of "Miles of trials and trials of miles" for a 10 year period in which we devoted ourselves to man

Fred Klein
Jan15
Time Travel
Posted By : Fred Klein

My sister asked me if I could time travel in my present state would I like to go backward or forward.  She chose going forward and said if things were not good at that future time she would "off" herself. I would chose going back to the 1950s.  It's a classic case of if I knew then what I know now. I imagine Going to Yankee games as an adult as the

Fred Klein
Oct23
Mr. Met?
Posted By : Fred Klein

During the recent exciting run for the Pennant by the Mets I posted the above photo and caption on the Gotham Sports Talk listserve and on Facebook. Inasmuch as most everyone knows me as a Yankee fan who proudly wears a Yankee hat it may have appeared to be hypocritical or front running, but, as they say, not at all.I was there as a fan at the Mets

Fred Klein
Sep25
Friday Night Was Special
Posted By : Fred Klein

This is a follow up to last week's Friday With Fred blog wherein I heralded last Friday night's Mets-Yanks Mania and anticipated a great night communing in our "special" center field bleacher seats with 124 other Gothamites. In the words of Gothamite Ellyne Finklestein it was "A perfect match up. Weather couldn't be better. 125 Bull pen seats fille

Fred Klein
Sep18
Mets-Yanks Mania
Posted By : Fred Klein

As a life long Yankee fan I was flexible enough in 1962 to let former Yankee Manager and then Met Manager Casey Stengel's "Metsies" in as my second favorite team and am proud to say that Joanne and I won Banner Day at Shea Stadium in 1964 and I caught my only foul ball (off the bat of Felix Millan) in 1976 at Shea. I gave this background as prelude

Fred Klein
Sep09
Sisters
Posted By : Fred Klein

Yesterday I posted the above photo of the Williams sisters saying Williams will win last night's US Open match between them. Of course one of them had to win, but I had divided loyalty.  In the end younger sister Serena prevailed in 3 sets against Venus, her greatest adversary and best friend. There were so many emotional sub texts.  It was amazing

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