Comments on: Another problem at the new Stadium

By: saucY

saucY — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:21:51 +0000

i wondered about that too. there was a bar put up in that walkway that pretty much kept anyone 3 feet away from the wall or a play going on. now the wall is directly in front of some seats. i’d guess another type of rail will need to go up.

By: Sad Yankee Fan

Sad Yankee Fan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:42:35 +0000

Just don’t go as often or don’t go at all. That’s the best grass roots campaign. This group that runs our beloved Yankees needs to be put in their place. They have lost complete touch with reality in the last few years. $2600 for a single seat,even if they let you sit in the dugout with Jeter & Posada, might be one of the worst business decisions
that you will EVER come across.

By: david

david — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:02:45 +0000

they obviously couldn’t care less about us. unless something more substantial gathers steam.

any ideas for a grass roots campaign?

i think a few letters to the NYTimes will help it start.

maybe a website?

By: Running Man

Running Man — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:50:27 +0000

Severely cut the prices for the 1B & 3B lines, completely ditch the Batters’ Eye restaurant (it was a stupid idea having it dwarf Monument Park and kill views for a good deal of fans in the bleachers), build a concourse or some kind of space between the outfield wall, and fix that netting. Wait til the season is over to see if the right outfield wall should be moved back 10-15 feet and see how it goes.

By: NJ Steve

NJ Steve — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:28:47 +0000

1st and 2nd nobody out in the 6th inning and Jeter steps to the plate with the Yanks down 3-1. I felt this was a good time to bunt. Girardi didn’t and Jeter hit into a DP. Not a terrible move, but it seemed like the thing to do there. The part that bothered me was Jeter taking an 85 MPH pitch right down the middle before hitting into the DP. Later that inning after Damon and Texiera got on base Swisher was up with the bases loaded. Pavano was leaving a lot of pitches up in the stroke zone and his fastball had lost its mustard. It was clear to everyone, except Swisher that Pavano was going to be throwing off speed to him, but he still was looking for the fastball and predictably went down swinging.

On to the play of the game…My take on Posada’s reviewed home run was that they got it right. The way I saw it, the guy in the Yankee hat (the guy on the right) had his glove and open right hand out in front of him with the palms up and the everyone missed the ball causing the ball to hit off of his right hand and then onto the top of the wall and then back into fair territory. The only part I had trouble seeing was whether or not the guy in the green hat interfered with the RF’r, but it appeared that he just missed the ball or couldn’t reach it. I watched it many times and that was my conclusion. I do think that this seems to be a reasonable way to use instant replay, even though I am not a fan of it.

By: Sad Yankee Fan

Sad Yankee Fan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:01:40 +0000

If they brought in an outside firm to tell them what the future Yankee fan wants from their experience at the ballpark, then they should really take a close look at the advice they were given. Its all BS. What a con job!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:57:59 +0000

There are ways to voice disapproval. Public fan demonstrations can sometimes draw a lot of media attention — I remember what the fans of the Kansas City Royals did a handful of years back now, when the Yankees came to town, they staged a mass walk out. It got a lot of attention at the time, though I don’t think anything was acheived. That said, something like that done in NY would reverberate in a way it wouldn’t in a small city.

By: Count of Montefusco

Count of Montefusco — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:54:55 +0000

David, I know exactly what you mean.

It’s all very sad.

Perhaps the saddest thing of all is even if the numerous problems are corrected — the home run issue, the center field restaurant, the empty $2,500 seats, the pathetically small painted-on-cinder-block retired numbers — short of tearing down the stadium and starting from scratch it will NEVER be right.

This is because, as many above have mentioned, the shallow profile of the decks and the increased distance from the field have ruined what was most distinctive — and wonderful — about Yankee Stadium: the sensation of being right on top of the players and the reverberating roar of the crowd.

Once they blew that — clearly an HOK directive with little or no input from fans or people that understood the old stadium — they truly blew it.

By: david

david — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:39:40 +0000

im not eloquent enough but i feel like someone should write an op-ed to the NY times or to some big publication about the resentment and bitterness that we fans are feeling and how complicated it is because we love the yanks, want them to win and cheer for them but on the other hand, we know that for once we actually FEEL like chump change to the executives and are playing into their hands perfectly.

its pretty complex for me right now to be a fan. i never had this complexity before. there are so many instances that we can point to where the executives said “screw you” to the common fan which can be used as the content of this op-ed.

does anyone know what im saying?

By: Eliza

Eliza — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:12:12 +0000

All the security guards seemed to be in the seats behind home plate… at least I saw more people working in that area than sitting in it while I watching this weekend.