The Bronx

The final sunset of Ramadan last week found me below a mosque in the Bronx, in a basement cafeteria, elbow to elbow with hungry Muslims awaiting that last fast-breaking meal of the year.

The reaction across MLB to the design of the New York Yankees’ new ‘torpedo’ bats after the Bronx Bombers belted 13 home runs in two games was swift.

The Bronx Bombers hit four more Sunday, giving them 13 over the weekend and tying a Major League record with 15 in the first three games of a season.

A native of the Bronx, Wolf spent his youth soaking up New York City’s music scene, especially the Apollo Theater’s array of soul, rhythm & blues and gospel performers.

“But then we see a hundred kids who didn’t know each other before Hollywood Week — you got one kid wearing Wranglers and a cowboy hat and sitting next to him is a kid from the Bronx — and they’re hugging and loving on each other.”