Once the Yankees let up two runs in the eighth, Mike and I turned off the game. We actually turned on two of our all-time favorite sports movies: Mighty Ducks 2 (D2) and Cool Runnings. The two of us have rather low-brow taste. They're goofy movies, but we have been known to stay up half the night watching them whenever they come on.

Mike went to see Toy Story 3 tonight with a friend. You should know that as a I child, Mike was obsessed with Toy Story. He had Toy Story everything. We're talking action figures, sheets, placemat, cup, posters and as he says "all that jazz." So nothing was going to get in Mike's way of seeing Toy Story 3 tonight.

I was reading a review of it that pointed out that the original Toy Story came out fifteen years ago, when Mike was two years old. That's the same year the Core Four came out of the farm system and started playing for the Yankees. So a good year for entertainment, a good year for the Yankees and a good year for us.

One other thing I wanted to point out, is the historical context of this weekend's Yankees/Mets series. While inter-league play only began in '97, the Yankees have been engaged in it since they played in the "City Series" against the Giants in 1910. Then, in 1946, the Yankees began playing the Giants and Dodgers in alternating years for the Mayor's Trophy. The proceeds were donated to charity.

In '63 the Mets got in on the game. The tradition went on until '97 with the birth of interleague play.

And of course, the two played each other in the 2000 World Series.

So this weeks series is just one piece of the history between the two teams.