Comments on: Greetings from Gate C-3

By: MattNC

MattNC — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:09:15 +0000

Here’s that NYT article about the RF wall:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04.....eruns.html

By: tim boat - tear down RF WALL

tim boat - tear down RF WALL — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:41:36 +0000

The Times had an article about the right field wall a few weeks ago. Because of the embedded scoreboard and design of the RF stands, the wall in right jets straight out to the 385 sign whereas in the old stadium it arched back. This causes the right field wall to be on average 5 feet closer to homeplate with a difference that reaches up to 9 feet at the worst point (the middle of section 103). About the only thing the same concerning the outfield wall distances are the distance markings at the foul lines, the power alleys, and dead center.

Make no mistake, the field dimensions and outfield dimensions have changed.

By: hokiehill

hokiehill — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:18:14 +0000

Have they fixed the filming from behind the home plate net issue.

By: ChrisS

ChrisS — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:10:06 +0000

I’d like to see the warning track replaced with something other than flubber. How many ground rule doubles do we need to see?

By: boobie

boobie — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:59:01 +0000

The first row of the outfield where fans can lean over has been fixed I believe. When the security guard caught Matsui’s home run against the Rays on Thursday I believe it was, you could see he was sitting in the aisle seat of the first row and there was a chain going across the wall to the entrance for the seats. Plus no one was there. While having a empty row of seats is not appealing, at least this empty row is in the outfield seats.

By: ANSKY

ANSKY — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:46:12 +0000

If some rich guy comes in the 4th inning and his seat’s taken by a contest winner just move the contest winner to another empty Legend’s seat.

Hey it could happen, where a guy spending $2650 comes that late. If he’s missing an hour and a half of the game valued at the rate of about $9 per minute, he has money to burn and therefore nothing to worry about in life.

By: ANSKY

ANSKY — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:41:26 +0000

The Yanks should do sort of a game after the 2nd or 3rd inning, where random fans sitting in the upper deck can win field level seats for the rest of the game.

“Anyone with a ticket in section 609, COME ON DOWN!” (play Price is Right theme music over the loudspeakers) “You’re invited to take an empty seat behind the dugout for the rest of the game!”

Of course, the stadium security Nazis would have to check everyone’s tickets and escort those fans to empty Legends seats, rather than letting them freely take seats where some rich guy might have just stepped away to take a leak.

I’d go for that.

SJ, that was a GREAT point about two people taking a trip to Seattle for 3 games there with premium seats (by Seattle’s standards) all costs inclusive, for about half the price of two premium tickets at the new stadium here. Damn.

By: jk

jk — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:35:03 +0000

Trost and Co. have given us expensive seats and cheap homeruns.

The 2 outermost sections of the legends seats on both sides need to be converted back to regular seats. No on will pay $500 to sit in the outfield, even if you stuff their face with lobster rolls first.

I see they are charging $1923 for a pair of seats from the old stadium. Another money grab which is very easy to decline.

By: saucY

saucY — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:34:12 +0000

i agree with points 2 and 3. the others don’t bother me so much.

the dimensions are supposed to be the same. unless there’s hard evidence that they aren’t, i think we just have to wait it out and see.

the batting practice thing is the worst though.

don’t care about the concrete. didn’t think it was an issue until you mentioned it. i couldn’t care less about monument park. it seemed nice when i saw it.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:07:24 +0000

I have been to several games this season in each of the new stadiums and I have to say that Citifield is just a way more pleasurable place to catch a game. Not only is the playing field itself more interesting — with that wacky zig zag wall in right — but the fact that the seating arrangements are asymetrical as well just adds interest for the fans and more fun places to sit, like the Pepsi porch. Yankee Stadium is boring – symetrical field, symetrical seating plan. Plus the food — especially if you go all the way out behind the scoreboard to Shake Shack, Blue Smoke, the taco place, etc.– is far better than anyone could expect and is reasonably priced to boot. As far as ticket prices — if you don’t like the list prices, pick tickets up for far less than face value on Stubhub. The worse the team plays, the cheaper the tickets will be! I have sat in the first row of the upper deck infield near first base at Yankee Stadium this season for as little as $9 per ticket. And if you don’t like your cheapo seat you can get a pretty good view from standing behind the main tier of seats. I usually do this for the last few innings of games at either field. At Citifield, the security is not so aggressive and you can even take one of those main tier seats late in the game without hassle. Obviously, Yankee Stadium was built for the high-rollers, Wall Streeters on an expense account, etc. who just ain’t there this year…and frankly, may not be there again in sufficient numbers for quite a while. So they do need to figure out what to do about all the unfilled super-luxe seats.