The campaign to ruin Derek Jeter's good name in East Village dive bar bathrooms

Last week, I posted this charming little bit of graffiti that was quickly removed from the men's room wall at Sophie's...



In looking at the comments from that post, I see where readers spotted this same message on the walls at Blue & Gold and 7B. Oh, an insidious plot, Red Sox fans. We'll be watching for your handiwork at Lucy's, the Blarney Cove, Joe's...

Posts that I didn't get around to posting in 2009: The work of a Red Sox fan?

Graffiti that was up in the Sophie's men's room...before being quickly removed.

Second Avenue sinkhole gets first celebrity endorsement

Second Avenue and Seventh Street. Previously.

Looking at Derek Jeter's cozy little waterfront shack

The New York Post has an article and slideshow on the new waterfront home Derek Jeter is having built in Tampa. The 31,000-square-foot space in the Davis Islands community "will boast seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, two three-car garages, an entertainment room, a billiard room and a memorabilia room."

Of course, there's controversy! Jeter also wants to construct a 6-foot fence around the property. Tampa ordinances limit the height of the fence to 3 feet. But Jeter wants permission for a 3-foot masonry structure topped by a 3-foot-high wrought-iron fence.

By the way, as the Post notes: "Jeter's house will be Tampa's biggest -- and twice the size of the Tampa home owned by the Boss, George Steinbrenner."

Work out like Derek Jeter -- for at least seven days

This time of year sports clubs like to make us feel fat (fatter?) and pasty (pastier?). So we'd better join! Anyway, for some reason, I keep getting e-mails from the NEW! Derek Jeter ultra sports club health place thing for a free trial membership. Tempting! But probably not. Seems like a lot of work. Couldn't I just meet him at, oh, say, Butter?

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Truth is, I'm holding out for Gwynnie's gym.