Like anything else you get used to it. Every time I visit New Yankee it is less jarring.
Tonight was the first night I entered thru Gate 6 (to the great hall) which is a much better experience than Gate 8 (by the new parking lot and into the bleachers.).
It was raining and I was with a newbie (Yankee fan) so I showed him around. If you spend a lot of time on the lower deck its reasonably nice. I will say that there was no problem moving around the place and we did two full circuits.
I was curious which of their 19 uniform combinations the Yanks would wear – they went with the white pinstripes, no names on back and navy hats. I thought maybe they would wear the hybrid hats, or the navy jerseys, or come out dressed with Star Trek logos. (Note to Yankees fans, that was sarcastic commentary on the Mets wardrobe).
I sat a little closer to home than usual (thanks $5 special!) and that helped. I learned there is an out of town scoreboard which I couldn’t see from section 401 last time.
Speaking of scoreboards – scoreboard Tara made an appearance. I took pics of her (on the video screen) but didn’t have my real camera with me so I couldn’t capture video so you can truly experience her.
I took lots of pics which will result in tons of posts over the next few weeks.
We found a cool merchandise stand by the Yankees museum that sells vintage yearbooks and old baseball cards. Found a few new food places. Newbie was shocked by his $11 beer pricetag. He did enjoy his cheesesteak. I’m a cheapo and can’t cross the $10 barrier (Citi taqueria walks up to it but won’t cross it, love you guys).
I still hate the cinder block ramps. I think Monument Park is misplaced and should be flipped with the visitors bullpen location.
The Bob Sheppard Jeter intro has to stop after one at bat. It gets annoying even though I love Bob. Time to move on. Paul Olden it is (I guess).
When exiting (from the uppers) use the stairs at the end of the deck. You’ll save yourself a ton of time.
(At Citi use the ramps, the stairs dump you on field level and then you’re stuck in that slow moving crowd).
I see the Mets were rained out. Did anyone get injured while I was watching A-Rod get booed?
The verdict continues to be that New Yankee Stadium is the third best stadium in town (until they knock down the old one).
Here’s a question for the class: Citi vs Yankee Stadium 1976 version.
Plenty of pics coming over the next few weeks. I will spread them out so we don’t become a Yankees blog more than I already stray.
