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Not the new one, not the original one – 700 pics of the one you spent time in.  
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Fans of the Mets Police know that we love our Bronx cousin the New Stadium Insider who has some great Lonn quotes, and some info via ESPN 1050 that suggests that Mr. Trost might take the fall for the not-so-great new stadium and the PR gaffes since the ghosts chose not to cross the street.

What happened to Hank?  Is he locked in a closet?

I think it’s time for a “George Steinbrenner Apology To The Fans” – which Rubenstein can write for poor old george.

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My favorite part of this story is that it came from Mr. Sunshine, the Yankee fan who tries to convince himself (and me) that all will be OK.  Deep down he knows the truth….

Read this great piece in the WSJ

When new stadiums have flopped in the past — that is, when the public has come to loathe them or their teams haven’t benefited from them — it’s generally been for one of four reasons, say historians, sports executives and fans. Either the stadium catered too much to affluent fans, or too little, or had dimensions or weather conditions that negatively affected play.
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The new Yankee Stadium has seemed cursed from the beginning, as if Babe Ruth disapproved of the abandonment of the house he built. That it opened during a recession, with a major-league-high $72.97 average price for a nonpremium ticket (up 76% over 2008, according to Team Marketing Report) has created contempt among fans who otherwise love the team. “They don’t have a good enough team to charge those prices,” says 35-year-old fan Jeff Burrows of Brooklyn, who toured the park recently with his father. “They’ve made almost every mistake you can make,” says Roger Noll, a professor of economics emeritus at Stanford. “There’s nothing that’s been as unpopular as this.”

The question is whether all the trouble ultimately will be worth it. If the new stadium fails to augment the Yankees’ payroll advantage over competing clubs, and if its propensity to allow home runs makes it difficult to craft an effective pitching staff — what was the point?

The rest is here.

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Nope, not a tour of the Classic Yankee Stadium….the Yankees have emailed us this morning to let us know that the tour of the New Yankee Stadium is a classic.

I wonder if we’re allowed in the Legend Suites during the tour or if we have to just look across the moat.

Take a ClassicTour of
Yankee Stadium
Experience the legend of Yankees baseball by taking the ultimatebehind-the-scenes tour of Yankee Stadium, presented by Zales. The Classic Tourlasts 45 minutes to one hour and includes visits to Monument Park, widelyregarded as the most historic place in sports, the New York Yankees Museum, andthe dugout. Guests will pass through the batting cages and Yankees clubhousearea before ending the tour in the Great Hall near the team store.

Details here.

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From wcbs.

I still think the A’s should move into the building and call themselves the Bronx Bombers.  I’d rather go to Bombers games and visit the ghosts than stare at cinder blocks.

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