Category: yankee stadium

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14 Pictures of Yankee Stadium Demolition from today

I made a field trip to Yankee Stadium and took a lot of pictures.  I’m going to spread tehm out over the next few days since this is a Mets related blog, and pictures slow down the site.  However, I love all baseball and this was Yankee Stadium.

What struck me today is how Yankee Stadium somehow has moved to the new place.  It’s weird on 161 street now.  To your right is the home of the most recent World Series, and to your left is big open sky.   It is kind of as if Yankee Stadium had never been on the south side of 161st.

Any smudges or weird “bars” are because I was on the subway platform and those don’t have clean windows.

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Tomorrow morning Mets Police will have more pictures from Citi Field, a sexy jersey Mrs. Mets Police won’t wear and I’ll post more Yankee photos at night.

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Photo of Yankee Stadium demolition from today

I went on a field trip and took a bunch of photos of Yankee Stadium (1976 version).  Unlike usual they came out OK.  I’ll post half tonight and then the rest on Friday.  Why the split you ask?  (1)  photos slow down the site and (2) I need to pre-write much of Friday because I have this job thing that pays the bills unless you all click the Stubhub links on the right some more.  Don’t you want to see some games?

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Most Popular on Mets Police (March 14th)

I’m having bizarro day.  Isn’t Daylight Savings when you’re supposed to wake up later than usual?  I’m up early.  Maybe I’ll go slap on a black Mets cap and take good photos.  Here’s the weekly rundown of most popular:

Despite this being a Mets blog, video of the Yankee Stadium upper deck being knocked down was viewed many times.

Re-alignment was talked about a lot.  Here’s my sensible plan, then Dan had to go all nuts with his.

Some pictures of McFadden’s, under construction at Citi Field.  I think these pics show where the new fan bricks are going.

Nice job by Dan on Why are you a Mets fan? I’m actually thinking about a 15 game plan now.

I’d like to see standings flags on top of Citi Field. I was surprised to learn that they had been replaced by American flags in the final days of Shea…not sure when that switch happened, but I see the evidence in my photos.

I’m really surprised you guys are digging Fake Jeff Wilpon:  here’s episode 1 and 2 if you missed it.  I have nothing to do with it, I just find it funny.

I was surprised people clicked on this one, I thought I was just being cranky: Do the Mets bosses really think this uniform looks good?

Older but popular:

The C fell off the Citi Field sign.

Here’s some pictures of Yankee Stadium’s demolition. It’s too bad there’s no way to partially gut a stadium and make it newer.

From a 2009 videogame, Citi Field with blue walls.

Here’s the info for Single Game Tickets and Promotional Dates

Luis Castillo’s baseball card is pretty funny.

The Mets have quietly admitted there are obstructed views, a story now picked up by the Times, NBC, and Post.  Dave Howard, where’s my apology?

This regularly gets clicked: It might make financial sense, but it sure is annoying to think Bobby Bonilla will get $1 million a year from the Mets from 2011-2035.

Pictures from the 1986 Tickertape Parade

The Mets respond to a letter from The Mets Police

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Update from organizers of Save Yankee Stadium Gate 2

I really hope these guys pull this off.  From my email…

To Our Supporters of Yankee Stadium Gate 2,

I just wanted to give you a quick update of where we stand with regard to our proposal to preserve Gate 2 within the new Heritage Field to be built on the site of Old Yankee Stadium.

Gate 2 is still not in the plan for Heritage Field. On February 22, 2010, the New York City Design Commission granted preliminary approval to the revised Parks Department plan without Gate 2. The demolition of the “House that Ruth Built” is proceeding and currently scheduled to be completed by June 2010. Sections of the Upper Grandstand are being removed. We will continue to work with the local community and the appropriate New York City agencies in our efforts to Save Gate 2.

In the meantime, I want to let you know that your support for us is most appreciated.

To paraphrase Yogi, “It ain’t over as long as Gate 2 is standing.”

Regards,
Mark

More on this story here and here.

(For Mets Police newbies, I sometimes check out what’s going on in the Bronx.  Pretend you’re with your hot girlfirend that you really love and another chick walks by.  You look.  I don’t know why we do that, we just do.  This is the baseball version).

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Pictures of Yankee Stadium demolition (links)

Regular readers know this, but for Mets Police newbies – I don’t hate the Yankees.  Sorry.   There are 6 games a year and one World Series every half-century but other than that they don’t affect the Mets’s season.   It’s New York and I like baseball…I also like old baseball stadiums, so the below make me sad.

There’s a website Demolition of Yankee Stadium that has lots of photos.

The Daily News has an article today about the demolition.

WCBS880.com regularly updates their photo galleries.

In case you’re wondering, when I reviewed New Fake Yankee Stadium I compared it to The Phantom Menace (that’s the awful Star Wars movie with the kid.)  They did get some things right, like the Yankees museum, but overall it’s a tale of two stadiums.  If you are rich and can sit down low you can pretend you’re in the old place.  If you’re normal like us and sit upstairs, it’s a windy unfinished cement pond.