Comments on: Final homestand at Stadium opens today

By: Equity Trading

Equity Trading — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:33:26 +0000

I completely liked finding this blog post.

By: zellyanks91

zellyanks91 — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:26:28 +0000

With the return of Bernie..and the possibility of Bob Sheppard coming back for the final game..the stadium will close in fashion. Maybe not postseason play, but I am sure that the Yankees have a lot in store before they close the stadium.

Kevin

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:05:32 +0000

That article is B.S. I have been trying to unload some tickets on stubhub. I am asking $70/ticket next tues, weds vs. sox (lf bleachers) and $350 ticket (upper deck section 22) for the last game at the stadium. Theses ticket have been posted for about a month with no takers.

Interest in the yankees is at its low point of the past 15 years. Last year of the stadium or not.

By: jm

jm — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:48:59 +0000

Any word yet on tonights game? Plunked down $412 for 3 seats for tonights game last week on stubhub. Looks like a bad decision now. Staying here near times square and dont know whether to leave or stay put and wait on hereing if tomorrow turns into a day night double dip. The weather for the rest of tonight looks real crappy. I see no window to get this one in.

By: mel

mel — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:25:08 +0000

Doreen,

Yes, ticketmaster prices from an ad in the times.

And it looks like the two teams are in the city at the same time.

See you on the next thread.

By: incognita

incognita — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:22:31 +0000

Mel,

Something is worth whatever you can get for it.

If that’s the difference between what people will pay to see the Yanks and what they will pay to see the Mets, then the answer to your question is yes.

By: Doreen

Doreen — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:21:44 +0000

Wait, mel, the Mets are home?

What are those, ticket prices?

By: Joey's Poodle

Joey's Poodle — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:19:41 +0000

For years I’ve been a believer that the paying fan should feel free to boo or cheer anybody based on the quality of the play at that specific time.

In other words, don’t just root for the laundry but cheer good plays, boo bad plays — let players know you’re paying attention and you know when they’re giving you something special. That and the pro-active cheer when a big moment comes up that could go either way and you want to give encouragement.

But that system depends on having discerning fans who actually know what they’re seeing. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems as if the Stadium has less of those fans and more of the ones who either cheer the laundry or have picked up just enough from the sports pages to hate on players who are down.

I blame it partly on the increase in relative cost of attendance in comparison with other entertainment opportunities, which means the majority of seats go not to the most interested fans but to the most prosperous. And partly on having moving billboards telling those in attendance when to cheer, so people feel free to let their voices be heard without going to the trouble of developing an informed opinion. I can remember when people who didn’t know what was going on either shut up or learned from more informed fans around them, but those days are over.

So now I think the best thing to do is just to make a joyful noise whenever the team gives you the slightest opportunity either for hope or for congratulation, and otherwise keep quiet.

By: mel

mel — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:17:40 +0000

Is the disparity between the Yankees & Mets this great?

Fri, Sep. 12th, 2008 7:05 PM Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees $8-$1000
Fri, Sep. 12th, 2008 7:10 PM Atlanta Braves at New York Mets $10-$200
Sat, Sep. 13th, 2008 1:05 PM Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees $14-$725
Sat, Sep. 13th, 2008 11:59 PM Atlanta Braves at New York Mets $10-$275
Sun, Sep. 14th, 2008 1:05 PM Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees $10-$650
Sun, Sep. 14th, 2008 1:10 PM Atlanta Braves at New York Mets $10-$189
Mon, Sep. 22th, 2008 7:10 PM Chicago Cubs at New York Mets $15-$350

By: saucY

saucY — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:17:12 +0000

one thing i hope i don’t see or hear about this weekend are ‘Yankee fans’ hoping they lose to the Rays, due to the division race between the Sox and Rays.

if they do lose, it’s one way to look at it (keeping sox further from 1st in AL East). But no Yankee fans should be rooting against their team, no matter what. that just strikes me as something a RS fan would be doing a few years back… (and let’s be honest, they’re both most likely making the post-season anyway)