Just don't.

I've never been to St. Louis before, so I'm looking forward to it even though I'm not staying long. And yo, I'll skip the local pizza for sure, dog. Thanks for the tip.

Movie adaptation? Don Cheadle if he was 10 years younger is the first name that comes to mind. Provided he can throw, run and swing a bat convincingly...Flood's story would could make a great movie, but I've got little to no confidence that it'd ever happen. Not that a movie won't be made about him, but that a good movie would be made. Call me cynical...Now, a good documentary? That's more likely.

Larenz Tate. That's pretty good.

My one experience with Chicago deep dish was tremendously disappointing. It was like pizza soup. If you go to Chicago, be sure to catch the improv comedy (at Second City and elsewhere), the architecture boat tour, Wrigley Field, and the Billy Goat Tavern, but don't sweat the deep dish.

If you want to make friends fast out there, Alex, smuggle a few NY pizza pies into your carry-on luggage. They'll hand you the keys to the city.

I'm totally shocked by the news that Dwight Gooden is heading to prison. Terrible that his life has come to this point. At least, he is a celebrity so he should be okay in prison.

my favorites Yankees in no particular order are Bernie Williams, Willie Randolph, and Don Mattingly.

as for this topic, the real secret is that Buffalo, NY has the best pizza in the country. Our crust is twice as thick as NYC style, but no 'Chicago Soup', and our we have pizzerias everywhere.....the standouts: LaNova, the standard bearer and Buffalo's pizza ambassadors (they will ship pizza and wings anywhere in the country), Just Pizza, Bocce Club, Mister Pizza, Fat Man's Pizza, to name a few.....in Buffalo and WNY, there is a pizzeria within five minutes of wherever you live....so next time you're Buffalo, make sure to try the pizza along with the wings and Beef on Weck...

once again, thanks to everyone who makes Bronx Banter a cool place to visit on the web.

rgds,
charlie hanlon
buffalo, ny

My mother, a St. Louis native, always used the full name of "The Hill" neighborhood because that's what it was called.

But the signs in St. Louis identifying the area just say "The Hill".

However, they still use "Dogtown" to refer to a neighborhood where it was believed that Filipinos brought in for the 1904 World's Fair trapped and ate dogs.

I'm not entirely unhappy that my family moved west.

"Doc" Gooden picked up a year today on a P.V. He did so to avoid reinstatement of his Probation which would have carried a 5 yr sentence for a further violation. Ouch. Watching his fall from grace has been like watching the paint peel off a once beautiful building, you'd like to do something to stop it but it's not yours to fix. Man this is a sad story that's only going to get sadder unless something intervenes. I'm not saying that I do or don't feel sorry for him or that he hasn't been the author and agent of his own destruction but when you consider where he was and what might have been this has to be seen as at least Willie Lowman like; one man's shot at the big time and the American Dream gone south. Oye.

Does anyone care about this or are we done with Doc?

wsporter 22 I see reminders of Doc everywhere lately. 10th anniversary of the '96 team - and I remember his no-hitter. Sheffield comes up to the plate, and I think, "Doc's nephew". I hear talk about King Felix and I think of Gooden. I do feel bad for Doc in that it seems he can't control his demons. Its sad because he does seem to try very hard, but who knows? I hope things improve for him.

And I also hope, rather selfishly, that Doc's incarceration doesn't negatively affect Sheffield's performance.

Scotti's was excellent as well. There were so many choices...

The best part of Gepetto's wings was when they were free at happy hour on Fridays. 25 I spent a few too many Fridays then when I was a senior.

Does this mean I'm not the only Union alum here?