It’s a Yankees kind of day. At this rate A-Rod is likely to slip on a banana peel or something.
Enjoy this really cool Interactive Yankee Stadium Guide that the Daily News tweeted.
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New Yankee Stadium Bad For TV Camera Angles?
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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Who Will Sing The National Anthem?
I was listening to Carton & Boomer on WFAN yesterday morning and heard that neither the Mets nor the Yankees have a National Anthem singer for their opening games.
This amazes me.
The singing of the National Anthem is often the highlight of any opening ceremony – think of Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Smokey Robinson, just to name a few. I still remember Paul Simon and Billy Joel singing before games 1 & 2 in the 86 World Series.
The opening of a new ballpark- particularly here in New York – is an occasion that warrants a great opening ceremony, in particular a memorable and special National Anthem. The fact that neither team has secured a performer with less than three weeks to go is amazingly short-sighted.
It really should not be that difficult. Here, I’ll help with some options.
For the Yankees – Jennifer Lopez (born in the Bronx), Jon Bon Jovi (sports fan and NJ is Yankee territory), Paul Simon (consumate NYer and Yankee fan), Liza Minelli (obvious). I was going to suggest Mariah Carey but The Captain might not appreciate that.
For the Mets – Marc Anthony (big Mets fan), Billy Joel (obvious), Paul Simon (yeah he’s a Yankee fan but he is a Queens guy)
Who else?
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New Stadium Insider: New York Yankees Introduce The Caste System: Only Allow Field Level Ticket Holders To Roam The Field Level Concessions
NSI talked yesterday about the field level of New Yankee being “roped off” to us cheap folks. Maybe it’s because I’m from Flushing that this doesn’t bother me. That’s how it was at Shea, unless you hopped from the loge or handed someone a five.
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New Yankee Stadium Propoganda Video
Originally the title of this post was “Cool Yankee Stadium Video” – but then I actually watched it. Something about Lonn Trost makes me breathe fire.
I’m sorry Yankees fans. This stadium looks so unncessary. All you did was build a clone of a perfectly fine stadium across the street. If the Red Sox can build seats above the
What’s the “secret exhibit” that Trost won’t talk about “at this point.” He makes it sound like a state secret. It must be the Joe Torre exhibit.
I like how he tries to tell you how cool it is that people can watch the game from 500 feet away with some sort of justification of that’s how people play and watch baseball. What?
| Touring the new Yankee Stadium with Lonn Trost |
“I expect within two weeks the seats will come out,” Trost said Tuesday while leading a tour of the new stadium. “Everything but our furniture, equipment and the sod is still there.”
The stadium parking lots — with the possible exception of the lot along Ruppert Plaza — will be ready for Opening Day but probably not the Cubs games, Trost said. Metro North service to the stadium will start in May, around the third or fourth homestand, he added.
I really want to like this building, and look forward to going on April 4th but I dunno dog, I’m just not feeling it. Read more in The Ledger.
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