While getting ready for Sunday's 18 mile NYC Marathon Tune-up, the Tank woke up early and felt empty.  Not so much from the fact that I haven't eaten in 12 hours, but disappointed that the Yankees did not join their cross-town brethren the Mets in advancing to the League Championship Series.  Therefore, this is Subway Series closure denied.

I often feel that I live in an alternate reality and I thought I had seen it all until I saw a man much bigger than the Tank knitting on the D Train.  Yes, knitting.  I thought I had seen it all but this takes the cake.

Did the Yankees lose?  Did the Mets win?  It is way too early to start writing this.

Onto the issues at hand, perma-guest Jack nor Steve thankfully did NOT take their lives this week.

Congratulations to the Mets!  See you Wednesday night at Shea for Game 1 of the NLCS.

As for the Yankees, the result was disappointing especially after fighting back through the Matsui and Sheffield injuries.  There are many questions for hot stove season and they need to be answered in short order.
                                        
1. A-Rod: Steve and I have had limited success in channeling the spirit of Tony Robbins to help him through his issues.  Let's face it, A-Rod is not meant for post-season in Pinstripes -- only for fantasy stats during the regular season.  If he is open to a trade (especially to the Marlins where he lives in the off-season), please God trade him for an ace like Dontrelle Willis.  If the Marlins don't work out, consider doing it for some prospects with the Angels because we're not going to get Jered Weaver.  His mom is reportedly ill in California so it could help him out.  Speaking of moms, Linda's Mom didn't take my generous offer of A-Rod and the entire Build-A-Bear Company for David Wright during the summer.  Since Christmas is coming up, I would be willing to trade A-Rod for Build-A-Bears for my four Goddaughters.
                       
2. Mussina: Re-sign him but for much less than $19-20 million.  Probably for $5-10 million plus incentives.  Moose needs to also get away from the snide comments during the season because he couldn't hold the 3-1 lead in Game 2 against the Tigers.
                
3. Front-line pitcher: Use Mussina's $10-15 million in savings to get in the Barry Zito Sweepstakes.  Granted, he isn't the same Barry Zito as a few years ago but better than we have right now, except for Wang.  The Yankees are going to have stiff competition from the Mets and other teams.

4. Give Youth a chance: Rasner and Karstens pitched good.  Give them a chance in Spring Training and hopefully beyond.  Please sign Bruney as a potential successor to Mariano because Farnsworth isn't living up to
his potential.

5. Sheffield: Tough call to re-sign him because of his bat and grittiness.  Only about nine or ten games at first base is not enough of a sample plus Giambi is signed through 2008.  If A-Rod is gone, consider moving Sheffield to third which he played years ago.  He definitely has the arm.  A radical idea but the Tank is known for his out of the box ideas. 

6. Melky Cabrera: Melky is the key to a healthy clubhouse in 2007 and beyond.  He and Cano are fun to watch and give the team much needed energy.  How do we deal with Matsui who only has one year left?  Maybe
platoon, DH, and rest when needed with the understanding that LF is his once Matsui's contract is up. 
                                            
Time to literally run the 18 Mile NYC Marathon Training Run.  More later.
                 
7. Joe Torre: He is like a father figure to many but it maybe time to bring in Lou Pinella.  Mr. Steinbrenner doesn't have much more time left, Lou Pinella is going to shake any complacency and get George one more ring, God Willing.

8. Bernie: Not sure if he'll retire and wouldn't blame him if he did.  Would love to see him play a leadership role like he did this year.  Worst case scenario, a coach at the Stadium or somewhere within the family.

9. Posada: Pena did a great job working on his throwing.  However, Jason Varitek with the Red Sox shows how quickly a catcher can decline and the team with it.  Start grooming a successor now.
                    
10. Mariano Rivera: Despite religious objections, start the top secret cloning project in Area 51 ASAP, God Forgive me.  (OK, I have been working with rogue scientists on a clone of Heather Locklear, especially
from her "Melrose Place" days.)
                                                          
Bonus (I have to look out for myself every now and then): If Carl Pavano doesn't ever pitch for the Yankees, take the insurance money and get the phone number (for the Tank) of the local beauty queen, Gia Allemand, who he allegedly was in a Florida accident with.  Heck, with all my real injuries (hamstring, pernial tendonitis, knee, IT Band, etc) and Gia's good looks, I would be legitimately "rehabbing" for years if not decades to come.    

Feel free to comment on the pages of SteveAndTheTank.com.  We're there for all suicidal candidates from whatever team in whichever sport you root for.  Please stay away from the ledge.  Thank you!

Go Mets! / Yankees!

Posted by The Tank in NY.

My flight took off last night with the Mets down by a run in the 5^th inning. Eight stressful hours to Milan and the moment the flight landed I checked my phone for word from Los Angles. The Tank, Michelle, and the mystery vendor all SMSed me the good news, the Mets have advanced to the 2006 National League Champion Series. Wow. It is huge that the Mets won via the 3-game sweep because they can rest the pitching.

 

As it stands now, the Mets do not know who they will play at Shea on Wednesday when they open the NLCS. The St. Louis Cardinals can advance tonight with a victory over Iron Mike Piazza and the San Diego Padres. Even thought the Padres have better pitching, every Mets fan is pulling for the Padres for a few reasons:

• Mike Piazza will return to Shea!
• The Padres have the worst home record of any winning team in baseball.
• Even though they would have had to win 3 in a row to get to the NLCS and have momentum, they will be worn down by the difficult 5 game series. Think about the Mets wearing down the Braves in the 1999 NLCS and the Yankees steamrolling the Braves in the 1999 World Series. (No need to thank us Yankee fans, we were rooting for you, we hate the Braves and John Rocker!)
• The Padres don’t have Albert Pujols

 

Go Mets!

 

Too bad the Yankees did not advance, I really wanted a Subway Series. The Tank and I talked Jack off the ledge. With all the injuries the Yanks had this season, the fact that they won the division and made the playoffs is cause to be happy. Remember making the playoffs, even if there is an early exit, is a good thing. And the Yanks have made the playoffs 11 years in a row. It was not A-Rods fault! The Tank will do a post today on the Yanks season.

 

Posted by Steve in Milan, Italy, in route to Sofia, Bulgaria.

 

The NY Post Says it all:

 

It was an historic night for older pitchers as the Yankees sent 43 year old Randy Johnson out to the mound against 41 year old Kenny Rogers.  The Gambler the baseball ball, not the great country singer also named Kenny Rogers, unexpectedly pitched 7.2 shutout innings against the Yankees and the Tigers won 6-0.  Of course, pitchers like him and Jeff Weaver never ever pitched that way for the Yankees, only for other teams.

Anyway, I am keeping the faith and going to say extra prayers and eat extra vitamins tonight.  Go Yankees!

Good luck to the Mets closing out the Dodgers.

Time stops for no one and here goes the Tank's fearless Football picks:

Don't worry Kara (big Gators fan at work), #5 Florida beats #9 LSU.

#7 Texas beats #14 Oklahoma.  (Not to self, one of the Tank's goals is to see the "Red River Rivalry" one of these years.) 

#16 California beats #11 Oregon.

Bills lose to the Bears.

Jets lose a close game at Jacksonville.

The Giants bounce back in a must win game against the Redskins.  They have two weeks to stew over Jeremy Shokey's comments and have hopefully for their sake learned that the game starts in the first quarter, NOT the fourth. 

For the game of the year (so far), the T.O. Bowl in Philly.  While everyone is focusing on T.O. (who'll come up with some good catches and about 70-90+ yards receiving), the main key is going to be how the banged up Eagles secondary contains Terry Glenn who is actually the better receiver.  Yes, T.O. is the better athlete but Glenn is the better receiver. 

 

Most importantly, Rest In Peace, Mr. Buck O'Neil.  Let's hope you finally get into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

Posted by The Tank in NY.

 

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How often do you see the following?

The Yankees leave 18 runners on base and lose 4-3 to leave the Stadium with a split against the Tigers.

Jeff Weaver pitches five shutout innings in the Cardinals 2-0 victory at the San Diego Padres.  (Yeah, that freakin' Jeff Weaver who couldn't pitch to save his life with the Yankees while his kid brother Jered pitched lights out for the Angels this season.)

Kenny Lofton waiting for the Dodgers bus to move in center field so he could strike out and not use the bright lights as an excuse for his out strikeouts.

Answer to all of the above: Not often.

Speaking of non-answers, Brooklyn Pete unfortunately didn't file a report as I had hoped.  His fingers were probably numb while sitting in Section 35 near Heaven at Shea.  I don't know if perma-guest Jack had a chance to go to the makeup of Wednesday's rained out game at Yankee Stadium.

Anyway, the Mets take a 2-0 lead over the Dodgers on a night where living legend Ralph Kiner threw out the first pitch at Shea and Tom Glavine turned back the clock with six shutout innings. 

11 victories (6 for the Yankees and 5 for the Mets) closer to my much needed Subway Series closure.

Go Yankees! / Mets! / Twins! (to wear out the As pitchers) / Padres! (so I don't have to talk San Diego Rich off the ledge)!

Posted by The Tank in NY!

Steve and I go through our good luck ritual in meeting at Union Square. A good luck wheat grass shot starts us off on a healthy note. Being contrarians, we take the N at Union Square instead of the 4/5/6 to Grand Central and then transfer to the 7. Unfortunately, we wait a while for the N and I talk Steve out of jumping onto the tracks.

Steve and I took a brief walk down memory lane meeting from last February at Table 1 in Antarctica to today, Game 1 of the NLDS.

Today is about exorcising demons and Steve and I have many, especially when it comes to the Dodgers. The Tank is still emotionally scarred by the 1981 World Series loss to the Dodgers after being up two games to none. Steve is still scarred by the 1988 NLCS. Steve brings along a ticket from a 1981 game against the Dodgers.

After transferring to the R in Queens, the butterlies start growing. Steve has a headache and about to hurl where we entered at Gate B.

After a long wait on line in the 80 plus degree heat, we got to our seats just in time, touch wood.

John "Remember the Maine" works a perfect first after Reyes makes a great catch to start the game.

Beltran works out a two out walk. Delgado singles to center to advance Beltran to third. DW grounds out to second to unfortunately end the first.

Kent singles to center to end the perfect game. J.D. Drew hits a dribbler toward third to advance Kent to second and to get an infield single.

Russell Martin doubles to right field but Kent and Drew are tagged out at home by Lo Duca on a great throw by Shawn Green (as the Tank predicted as we were walking in). I have never seen anything like this. Anderson doubles down third to score Martin. Darn it! Intentional walk to Betemit.

The Tank really has to go to the Men's Room plus to give the Mets good luck, touch wood. It unfortunately doesn't work.

Carlos Delgado hits a "Mike Piazzaesque home run" (after September 11 per Steve) to the top of the TV camera stand with one out in the fourth. Floyd follows with a bomb to right field near the HIP sign. Mets take a 2-1 lead. Green swings at ball four on a 3-1 count and then strikes out to end the inning.

Betemit singles to open the fifth. D-Lowe sacrifice bunts him to first. With Maine coming up second in the next inning, Bradford and Feliciano are warming up in the bullpen. Furcal works a full count and walks. Feliciano comes in to relieve Maine who throws 80 pitches and to pitch to Kenny Lofton. Steve and I are skeptical because Lofton struckout twice against Maine. "Remember the Maine!" Willie and you should have kept him in the game. Lofton thankfully strikes out against Feliciano. Willie brings in Bradford to pitch to Nomar. Steve asks who is going to pitch the sixth and seventh. Nomar grounds out to Reyes who throws to Valentin at second to end the fifth.

Taking after the Tank, Steve goes to the Men's Room to hopefully inspire the Mets to score more runs. No Mrs. Wright Shirt for Kathleen is found either.

Valentin grounds out on the first pitch to Nomar. D-Lowe is only at 68 pitches. "Increase the pitch count, increase the peace" is one of the Tank's trademarks phrases. Michael Tucker pinch hits for Bradford and works a full count. Reyes strikes out.

Mota gets Kent to ground out to open the sixth. Drew struck out. Mota strikes out Martin to end the sixth.

Lo Duca leads off to open the top of the sixth. A man to our left says to hit it "like a 19 year old" and Lo Duca singles to left. (Steve nor the Tank condone violence against women but are happy with the hit.). Delgado singles to right and Lo Duca advances to third. "Brass Monkey" blares out while the pitching coach comes out to the mound to stall while the bullpen starts to warm. DW comes up and doubles to right on D-Lowe's 90th pitch while LoDuca and Delgado score to increase the Mets lead to 4-1. DW advances to third on the throw home. After Floyd is intentionally walked, D-Lowe is pulled for Hendrickson with one out and runners on first and third to the tune of Queens' classic "Another One Bites the Dust". Ace Frehey's "New York Groove" comes on while Pedro is acknowledged by the crowd. Shawn Green strikes out. Jose Valentin is HBP and the bases are now loaded with Mota coming to bat. Mota flies out to right.

Anderson bunts in between second and first to beat out the throw. Betemit hits to Valentin in the hole. Valentin throws to Reyes who gets his legs cut out by Anderson. Anderson advances to third and Betemit is safe at first. Julio Lugo pinch hits. On 0-2, Mota throws a "bounce pass" to Lo Duca according to the "witty" man on our left. Lugo is out looking. Furcal singles in a run to make it 4-2. Steve hopes Lofton strikes out again but he flies out to right. Nomar is up with two outs. Nomar doubles on a 1-2 count to left to tie the game at 4. Darn it! It takes the air out of the sails of the crowd. Kent strikes out to end the inning.

Michael Almonte sings "God Bless America" during the Seventh Inning Stretch.

The Tank takes a restroom break to inspire the Mets. Penne inexplicably starts the inning. Reyes walks, Lo Duca flies out, Reyes steals second. Beltran walks. Delgado singles Reyes home and Beltran to third. David Wright doubles to right to score Beltran. Floyd strikes out. Delgado grounds out to first. Mets 6 - Dodgers 4.

Heilman gets one, two, three in the top of the eighth.

The Tank leads the crowd in Neil Diamond's classic "Sweet Caroline" which is also the XM Satellite Radio Eighth Inning song. Steve says it is also his sister's song.

Reyes singles with two outs. Lo Duca singles on a 3-1 count to advance Reyes to third. Beltran fouls off several pitches and works a walk to load the bases. Carlos Delgado is 4 for 4 coming into the AB. Steve hopes he goes 5-5 like Jeter last night. No shift, whoa! Delgado stikes out on 2-2. Darn it!

The young couple in between me and the "witty man" leaves their seats but the Tank ensures they don't leave Shea to give the Mets bad luck.

Metallica's "Enter Sandman" comes on as the Mets closer Billy Wagner warms up.

Wilson Betemit should have been out on strikes but doubles to right. Saenz flies out to center but Wright couldn't handle Beltran's throw to tag Betemit who tagged from second. Furcal strikes out. Steve and I flash the two out with our fingers to the crowd. Steve doesn't want to face Nomar either so we hope Wagner gets Ramon Martinez out. Martinez doubles to right-center. Darn it. The Dodgers pinch run for Martinez. Nomar gets two strikes and the crowd erupts. Nomar fouls off a pitch. A high pitch and a low pitch take it to 2-2. Nomar strikes out and the Mets "Take Care of Business" 6-5.

Steve gets partial Dodger closure as the Tank gets foul ball closure.

From exiting our seats to entering the train station, we held our new sign titled

"Reyes 4 UN
"Secretary General
"SteveandtheTank.com"

to the roar and approval of our fellow Mets fans. Winning games and solving world issues is what Steve and The Tank are all about.

Posted by Steve and the Tank live from Game 1 of the NLDS at Shea.

I blame my late grandfather, Joseph Caramella. He never forgave the Giants and Dodgers for moving out west. He became a Mets fan in 1962 and never looked back. He hated the Yankees with all his heart. He took me to my first Mets game when I was 5 years old in May 1977, before most of the 2006 Mets were born. I remember it like it was yesterday, the Mets lost to the San Diego Padres, I still have the ticket stub.

 

Joseph taught me well. I grew up hating the Yankees and loving the Mets. What else is a boy from Queens suppose to do? I never hated the Dodgers, I did not feel betrayed, it all happened before I was born.

 

Until 18 years ago tonight. The 1988 National League Championship Series started 18 years ago tonight. Gooden vs Hershiser in an amazing pitchers duel. I was working at Shea Stadium and of course worked Games 3, 4, and 5, alongside our recent mystery vendor. Joseph died just before the 1988 season and I was now the carrying the family burden of being the die-heart Mets fan. But Orel Hershiser and Kirk Gibson defeated the Mets. Now the Dodgers again! Joseph and I need closure.

 

So as The Tank indicated, yes I was on the ledge with the news of Pedro out for the season, then 1/2 of next season, then family problems for Steve Trachsel, then Cliff Floyd’s ankle, then Carlos Beltran’s quad, then El Duque’s calf injury. I did not eat, sleep, shave or go to work for days.

 

The Tank tried everything. Only one thing worked. I went here. I remembered these words, words that still bring a tear to my eye and chills down my spine:

“Behind the bag, it gets through Buckner, here comes Knight and the Mets win it!!”

 

That got me out of bed, shaved, dressed (in my Mr. Met run to Home Plate Tee Shirt) and ready to head to Shea! You Gotta Believe!!!

 

The emotion is why I am a Mets fan! Years of suffering make the winning so much sweeter. The Yankees are all business and pretty boring. They just keep winning and winning. The Mets just mess with your mind. Panic is all part of being a Mets fan, if you can’t handle the panic, the ups and downs, then go root for the Yankees.

 

The Yankees may have 26 rings, but they will never have the Miracle ’69 Mets, Tug McGraw ’73, Mookie Wilson/Bill Buckner ’86 and Robin Ventura’s Grand Slam Single in ’99.

 

The Yankees always win. The Mets sometimes win. But when they do, it is written up in the history books and we all go crazy. Let’s hope that the 2006 NLDS vs the Dodgers is no different! It is NEXT year. I’ve been waiting.

 

Posted by Steve, off the ledge, on his way to Shea Stadium with the Tank for Game 1.

I planned to spend most of tonight's entry talking about Tuesday's Division Series but I had to talk Steve off the ledge after the news of El Duque's calf injury while working out Tuesday at Shea.

What could I say to him? As a close friend, business partner, and fellow Antarcticamaniac, he deserves more than a comforting word. Which motivational tool in the Tank's Arsenal, i.e. Tony Robbins, The Hulkster Hulk Hogan, Matt Foley "Motivational Speaker" (as played by the late great Chris Farley) would I use to talk Steve off the ledge?

All of the above.  Most importantly, the Tank met up with a couple of attractive mid 20 something women, Antonia and Jenna, at this past Saturday's Eric Clapton concert at Madison Square Garden.  Steve and I are big fans of the blues, especially Clapton.  Furthermore, the Tank's love life is usually pretty bluesy and depressing but some nights are better than others and I had some legit material to talk him off the ledge.  Though drinking three plus glasses of wine and counting, Steve promised not to kill himself in order to hear the story while we go to Wednesday's Mets - Dodgers game at Shea.

Since this is Steve's hour of need and we haven't set up the premium area of our site yet, he'll be the first to hear the Clapton concert details during Wednesday's Mets - Dodgers game.  I plan to share them with you at a later date.

As for the games themselves,

Jeter was 5-5 and Wang pitched great. The Yankees thankfully won 8-4.

The As beat the Twins in a pitchers duel 3-2.

Albert Pujols and the Cardinals upset the Padres 5-1.

Go Mets! / Yankees! / Steve and The Tank!

Posted by The Tank in NY.

 

The matchups are now all set after much anticipation and uncertainty. Without further ado, please find the Tank's picks below: Yankees beat the Tigers in four games though a sweep hopefully happens. Mets beat the Dodgers in four games. Glavine versus Maddux in NLDS Game 2 should be a classic. The As beat the Twins in five games. This is the hardest series to pick because Santana will pitch Games 1 and 5 but in Oakland. The Padres will beat the Cardinals in four games. OK, I am being nice to Pujols and my headhunter buddy in Saint Louis that they'll win one game at home. Go Yankees! / Mets! / Dreaming of a Subway Series! Posted by The Tank in NY. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Will Randy Johnson be able to pitch in the playoffs?  Randy threw lightly on Saturday and is going to be evaluated on Sunday, the day of the Yankees regular season finale against the Blue Jays.
                            
Is CNBC's Maria "Money Honey" Bartiromo the Yankees new secret weapon if Randy Johnson can't pitch due to a herniated disc in his back.  Maria threw out the first pitch, a high changeup, in Saturday's game.  Will she be on the 25 person roster?  Randy threw 41 pitches in a session before the game.  If Randy feels okay tomorrow (God Willing), he'll start in Friday's ALDS Game 3.  If not, Maria is ready to go.
                                                   
Since the Tank has been on every continent, I am the Yankees "Out-of-the-Box" Scout without portfolio.  If you have talent, the Tank will find you.  I am developing a couple of Martians in Area 51.  The Red Sox won't know what hit them.                          

Speaking of the Red Sox, they are neck and neck with the Blue Jays for second place which comes with a small pool of money.  This is a tremendous conflict for the Tank.

Will Derek Jeter win the batting title?  The Twins Joe Mauer sat out Saturday's game so Derek close to within about a point and a half of Mauer after hitting 3-3 on Saturday.

Derek Jeter had a single in his first AB and struck out in the second and at .34516.  Mauer struck out and is down .34556.

Robinson Cano hit a double in the fourth to raise his average .344.  Cano advances to third on a wild pitch.  Jeter unfortunately grounds out to second to get his 97th RBI and close the gap to 4-2.
                   
Bobby "El Como Dulce" ("Just Like Candy") Abreu singles to right.  Posada homers to right to tie the game at 4-4.

Miguel Cairo singles to center.  He steals second as Andy Phillips is up but strikes out to end the inning.

Cano's grounds out to the first base to the pitcher.  Tied at the end of 5.

The Blue Jays scored a run while the Tank looked for a friend who brokers post-season tickets and went to get something to eat.
                      
Jeter grounded out.  Darn it!   Melky Cabrera doubled. Kevin Thompson singled to score Melky and got to second on the air-mailed throw home.                           

Jeter strikes out to end the eighth.  Double darn!  Still tied at 5-5 going into the 9th.

Joe Mauer finished 2-4 and at .347 and will be the first catcher to win the batting title.  Congratulations Joe.

Manager for the Day "Bern Baby Burn" Williams replaces Jeter with Andy Cannizaro.  Jeter gets a standing ovation.  Let's hope he wins the MVP. 
                     
I am trying to educate these people on the ramifications of Kansas City Royals underbelievable comeback from 6-0 to take a 8-7 lead.  Minnesota is winning 4-1.  Go Royals and home of the world's best ribs!  I would rather face Kenny Rogers and the Tigers instead of Johan Santana and the Twins.

Rios singles and Adam Lind hits a two run home run to center to give Toronto a 7-5 win. 
  
Great to be Manager for the Day.  "Bern Baby Bern" Williams comes up with two outs.  Bernie hits a double to right center in front of the Tank.  Phillips strikes out to end the game.  The Yankees lose 7-5.  Does it matter if the Red Sox play in the rain?  They are in third place and it's football season in New England.    

Detroit unfortunately ties the game 8-8 but thankfully lose 10-8.
                       
Thank You Royals! / Go Yankees! / Go Mets! / Subway Series Closure! / Closure for the Tank's many issues!

Posted by the Tank live from Yankee Stadium.                                      

Though the Tank has endured his share of injuries (IT Band, back, Achilles, tendonitis, knee, etc) in running eight marathons (ran the NYC Marathon twice) on all seven continents over the past two years, the Tank should take Steve's wise advice and retire.  Even though I am too injured, too heavy, and too crazy to run, I am running November's NYC Marathon on Fred's Team for those who can't -- children with cancer.  At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, doctors and researchers are working on clinical trials that have the potential to increase the survival rates.  In recent years, the overall survival rate of children with cancer has increased from 55% to 70%. 

Though a very worthy cause, I am only about 40 percent of the way there ($1,760 of my $4,500 goal).  I have to raise $2,250 by October 15 to get my uniform for the NYC Marathon and $4,500 by December 15 as to not to have to pay the difference.  Long story even for me and you know how I like to write.

All proceeds go to cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and are 100 percent tax deductible.  Please feel free to share the following fundraising link with friends, family, colleagues, etc.

If you wish to donate offline, please use the following address:

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
P.O. Box 27432
New York, NY 10087-7432
Attn: Fred's Team

Please make the check out to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and write my name, runner ID, and race code (Tomislav Djurdjevich, 999035640, E06MPDNY) in the Notes area of the check.

If you wish to donate by fax or snail mail, please provide a fax number or a snail mail address and I'll send you a donor form.

Whichever way you donate, any and all contributions are greatly appreciated.  Thank you very much! 

Posted by the Tank running the NYC Marathon against cancer.