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What's more fun than a Subway Series? Watching staff members and (possibly former) friends duke it out over team loyalties. Two of our most passionate and rivalrous baseball aficionados, Yankees fan Bret Begun and Mets lover Devin Gordon, were also remarkably adept at reporting this week's Cover Story. Both 24 and lifelong New Yorkers, they are an incredible storehouse of baseball history and stats. "Their youthful enthusiasm--or is it fanaticism?--added passion to our coverage and reminded us all why we love this game," says Lisa Miller, who edited the package.

Our Guide to Safe Cars While reporting his story on auto safety, Detroit Bureau Chief Keith Naughton went looking for a list of the safest cars for sale. To his surprise, there wasn't one--at least not a list that met our standards. So Naughton set out to compile his own. For help, he turned to Consumer Reports' auto-test chief David Champion. After a lot of e-mailing and debate, the two came up with six choices that they believe qualify as the safest autos in their categories (page 59). "This is a unique list," says Naughton. "There's a lot of confusing data on crash tests and safety features out there. It's easy to be really overwhelmed."

Meet Dozer's Creator As director of graphics, Karl Gude can diagram any portion of the human anatomy and has a knack for presenting poll datain snazzy ways. Turns out Gude also has a talent for telling stories to kids. His "Construction Buddies" books (Troll Communications) are a big hit with the 2-to-7 set. Featuring Dozer and Jane the Crane, the books are illustrated by Gude and written by Lisa McCourt Combs. For a sample, check out Construction buddies.com.

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