Newark, The Yankees And Grieving

“Now tell me the truth is that a Yankees hat because you like the Yankees, or you just like the hat?” That’s almost the first thing you hear Newark Mayor Cory Booker say in the awesome five-part documentary series BRICK CITY that’s been playing on the Sundance Channel.  He’s in a suit in city hall and has just gotten into a crowded elevator and starts ribbing a young man in a red t-shirt and a red Yankees hat. YOUNG MAN: Oh, I like the Yankees. MAYOR: Ok, so I will give you three dollars if you can name me five players from the 1977 World Championship New York Yankees. YOUNG MAN: I wasn’t even born.  Three dollars? (Everybody leaves the elevator) MAYOR: First base Chris Chambliss. ...