I’m writing over at Examiner.com today…this was written for that site.
I should have written about it last night over here, but I was trying to un-Yankee the blog. Looks like today I’m being unsuccessful but I thought the Pepsi Free Yankee Tickets thing was cool.
Making the rounds today is a story from the LoHud Yankees blog which suggests that the TV networks (YES and ESPN) are not thrilled at the camera angles that the architecture of the new building forces.
LoHud writes that there is no way to shoot from behind the plate without shooting through a net. (Can’t they make a hole?) There is also talk that the camera angles down the lines are “not optimal.”
I suspect these problems have remedies, and with the way ticket prices are going I don’t know how many folks will make it to the games. Sure the upper deck will be filled, but what about the lowers? The Yankees do seem to advertising those seat plans.
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I watched Friday’s broadcast of the Yankees vs. Cubs and I was shocked and appalled at what I witnessed. I have to tell you that the TV shots from behind home plate were simply horrific! The mesh screening (when viewing the field from this angle) was incredibly distracting and gave the telecast the look and feel of a Spring training game! It’s astonishing that this $1.5 billion dollar Palace could be designed with such a fatal flaw! Somehow, someway, something must be done to correct this problem. What a travesty!