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There’s Always the 7 Train…

Jimmy Rollins, the Philadelphia Phillies MVP shortstop, was benched recently at Shea Stadium in a game against the Mets for being late to the park.

His reason? Traffic.

From Sports Illustrated: Rollins claimed he left the Le Parker Meridien Hotel on West 57th shortly after the team bus, but got caught in traffic.

“I did the same thing I do all the time. Usually 10 minutes after the bus, I drive myself. But you can’t change lights,” said Rollins, who didn’t apologize to his teammates.”

Had NYC’s congestion charging been approved, Rollins might have made it in time. Or he could have just taken the bus.

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One Response to “There’s Always the 7 Train…”

  1. Susan Ciccantelli Says:
    August 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 am

    Hi, Tom,
    Just discovered you! I’m on LinkedIn as well but was unable to link to you there.
    I’m plan to buy some copies of your book for my students. Good stuff!

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How We Drive is the companion blog to Tom Vanderbilt’s New York Times bestselling book, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), published by Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S. and Canada, Penguin in the U.K, and in languages other than English by a number of other fine publishers worldwide.

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