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Crain’s New York
Hot dogs won’t lack buns in Queens
By Hilary Potkewitz
Published: February 22, 2009 – 5:59 am
Residents of Jamaica, Queens, can sleep soundly. Their buns are staying in the oven.
After emerging from bankruptcy early this month, Interstate Bakeries Corp. wasted no time in trumpeting the glad tidings: Its Jamaica factory, the city’s largest maker [...]

Mets Ought to Bank on Jackie Robinson Field

Philadelphians seem to have a better understanding of New York sports history and tradition than the current owners of the Mets.
From NBC Philadelphia
By   JERE HESTER
Updated 7:25 AM EST, Wed, Feb 4, 2009
Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947. Six decades later, the Mets have the opportunity to do the right thing, and name [...]

Mets New Stadium – Taxpayer Field

FROM NEWSDAY
BY KEITH HERBERT
January 30, 2009
Two members of the House of Representatives are demanding that the Mets scrap their $400-million naming-rights deal with financially troubled Citigroup because of the bank’s receipt of federal bailout money.
Reps. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Ted Poe (R-Texas) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner requesting he “dissolve” the contract [...]

Former Met & Yankee Rickey Henderson Gets The Call

Former Yankee & Met Rickey Henderson got the call yesterday. 511 of the 539 baseball writers (94.8%) voted to induct Henderson into the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first year of eligibility. Henderson is baseballs career leader in runs scored (2,295), stolen basses (1,406), and leadoff HR’s (81). Henderson is second in walks (2,190). [...]