When I saw this headline "Midler Urges Bombers to Pay for Cleaning of Major Deegan" I thought it couldn't possibly be Bette Midler. Why would Bette Midler give a rat's ass about the filthy highway in the Bronx? And no, for those of you out of the area, the Major Deegan is not a person at this juncture but a thoroughfare. Wasn't she born in Hawaii? And didn't she sing to naked gay men in Manhattan in the Continental Baths? So what's this with the Bronx?
Or is this just a way to humiliate the World Champion New York Yankees into reaching into their wallets (where they keep their millions of dollars) to get the garbage off the road many fans use to get to Yankee Stadium so they can pay lots of bucks for the privilege?
Turns out Ms. Midler actually started the New York Restoration project and she pays cleaning crews to come twice a week instead of the standard once to clean a stretch of the Major Deegan, but she thinks the Yankees should pay to clean up a two mile stretch of road that's right in front of their bazillion dollar stadium.
What would it cost them? $25,000 a year? That's chump change for the team.
Bette is right. You guys don't even have to do it yourselves! You can pay someone to clean it for you!
Let's go, Yankees!
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