BASEBALL: We're in the midst of Baseball Fever Week at The Museum of the City of New York. Their doors are open all week, whether you're a Mets or Yankees fan. Have a drink and check out their Glory Days exhibit, chronicling the good 'ol days of baseball in New York City. The glory days, FYI, were 1947-1957. 5 to 9pm // Museum of the City of New York [1220 5th Ave at 103rd......

-- Queens Democratic bigwig Thomas Manton died over the weekend; Bloomberg called him a ""classy guy". -- Our Town has a good backgrounder piece about Gothamist, complete with quotes from Craig Newmark and Adam Kuban. -- South Bronx residents miss their vacant lots; but it may take awhile to fill all 1300 of them. -- Speaking of total destruction, Gowanus Lounge went up to Astoria and took some pix. -- Did you know Fabio......

This week kicks off tonight with Non-fiction night at KGB Bar (85 E. 4th St.) with Harry Brunius reading from Better for All the World : The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity and Cynthia Carr reading from Our Town: Heartland Lynching, a Haunted Town, and the Hidden History of White America. It starts at 7PM and is free. On Thursday night (3/23), 7PM at Barnes and Noble (Broadway at......