Obstructed Views At Yankee Stadium

As I have been saying, this obstructed views story is just starting. As more and more people visit the new parks, there will be more and more outrage.

(Ha, as I am writing this, the guys are SNY are talking about how the visiting pitchers at Citi Field are complaining that THEY can’t see the field.)

The excerpts below are from this article on NJ.com and are about Yankee Stadium, which has problems of its own.

“You can only see four and half innings of the game from here!” cracked one fan standing behind Bell, who paid 14 bucks for get an up-close view of half the diamond.

Moments after Bell and a couple friends learned their fate, the native of Newburgh, New York, immediately took a photo from his cell phone and emailed a buddy. The title of the email: “Worst Seats Ever???”

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“What the heck is this?” said another passer-by. “I wouldn’t want these seats if you gave them to me. Somebody screwed up.”

In section 239 in right center field, 11-year season ticket holder Jerry Baratta was ticked off. Baratta and Tom Andria, buddies from Long Island, were displaced from their right field bleacher seats at the old ball park. For the time being, they prayed that there weren’t too many right-handed pull hitters in the lineups.

Read the rest here.

I also found it interesting that the post-game discussion on Michael Kay radio show was about how the crowd didn’t seem as involved as they did at the old stadium. If even Kay is engaging that discussion….wow.

If you have pictures of obstructed views of either park (or any out of town new park, we know about poles at Fenway) please email [email protected] and we’ll post them!