Jason, can you explain that to us non-New-York types?  I wanna get the reference, I wanna I wanna!

Yeah, Jason: Isn’t 90th and 1st the upper east side?  Where does the exlusive part of that area end?

As for boroughs, I was pretty sure that was the Spanish word for donkey.  If I’m wrong about that too, Jason, please let us know.

Sorry guys….

That is part of the upper east side.  From the mid 60’s, east of 5th to the East River, up to about 96th street is the “upper east side”.  It’s more exclusive closer to 5th ave.  Moving east from 5th, it goes down in price (though still VERY pricey), then up right along the East River for the views. 

In order, heading East: 5th, Madison, Park, Lexington, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, York, East End Ave.  The further north you go, the cheaper it gets.  96th Street is sort of the dividing line between Manhattan and the beginning of Harlem.  There’s a huge building complex right around 96th and 2nd that was the hugely popular as it was a nice complex and somewhat affordable for the 20-somethings.  Though, I remember hearing the urban myths that there were more than a few windows shot out. 

90th and 1st is an area that’s wildly popular with college grads who can afford it.  Of course, I’m old and it probably changed.  It’s also less commercial the further east you go.  Along York and East End Ave is quite neighborhoody.  For years, I lived on 72nd and York (one of the very few cul de sac’s in Manhattan).  Was also across the street from where Cory Lidle crashed.  It was a nice area but not convenient for those who need the subway (don’t ask me to map that!)

South of the mid 60’s until the lower 50’s is Midtown East.  Much more commercial than the upper east side.

Jeter, David Wells and a bunch of others once lived in the 70s on the East Side but I don’t know where Jeter lives these days.

The East Side is also more convenient to get to the Stadium.

Why Clemens didn’t have a place overlooking Central Park or something surprised me.  Unless, he had the whole penthouse floor or something equally ridiculous.

Does that explain the geography of Manhattan’s East Side?  See me for extra credit, class.

I can’t imagine how I’m viewed in Bergen County (thankfully, next to Iowa, not Lodi).
BTW, Craig, what happened last Fri- you left us in suspense.

Jason, Jeter lives in Trump World Tower on 1st Ave across from the UN.  IIRC, ARod lives in the same building.

I’d bet that Clemens had a whole floor on one of those highrises that are up there.  That’s the only reason that I can come up with for why he’d be living up there.

And yes, anything north of the Bronx is “upstate”.

Alex: I work out here on Lon Gisland.  (Spelling intentional).

You’re part of the B&T;crowd.  Just like Joisey.

They’re administrative divisions of the city, really. The counties don’t matter much.

The system is kind of strange, but it’s basically a vestige of the fact that what is today the five boroughs of New York City were once five separate counties with a number of different jurisdictions. So now there’s boroughs and the city. The boroughs have very little power, though.

Oh, and as a lifelong outer-borough guy, I’ve never considered that phrase an insult. Even “B&T;” isn’t necessarily an insult, depending on the context. And Westchester isn’t upstate, but everything north of it is.

Jason: I would have gone with Looon Gisland.  As a non-native I find the accent just as awful as everyone else.

Re: McNamee, am I the only one who finds it odd that he just decided to keep the used needle? At that time, what reason did he have to keep it, since he obviously couldn’t see into the future and know that that needle would actually be crucial evidence in a federal case against Clemens?

Everything about these steroid witch hunts reeks of foul play.

So half a mile away from me seven-plus years ago, that happened? The fun stuff always closer than I think. :(