What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
As we continue Pile On The Yankees Day, I want to tell you about the Yankees desire to stop a subpoena related to the use of public money to help build Yankee Stadium.
You’ll have to click the link for the details because I don’t want a visit from the Associated Press Police.
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Pile On The Yankees Day continues with this article from the Voice.
We were standing in the rain at Yankees Stadium last night, drinking our $9 beers and waiting for the game to start. Our seats were way up in the nosebleed section, aka the grandstand, but we were hanging out one section down, on the terrace level. On the jumbotron, a chef in pinstripes was making lobster bisque, finished with a sprinkle of roasted, ground star anise.
Meanwhile, we had walked the entire terrace level, and hadn’t seen anything but fries, hot dogs, pretzels, and the like–standard ballpark food. There were cheesesteaks, and Boar’s Head sandwiches, too, I guess, but that isn’t too exciting. Of course, now everything, including the beer, has calorie labels, which I support in theory, but which kind of bums me out in the context of buying a beer at a ballgame. (Although
I am happy that I now know that “bazzini nuts” will set me back over 1000 calories. No thanks.)
Since there was no baseball being played anytime soon, and since I was vaguely remembering all those press releases I got about all the good food at the new stadium, we struck out to look for some better eats.
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New Stadium Insider has a good post about Yankeegate. …
Everyone is a little bit wrong here. The Yankees are wrong for having an antiquated re-entry policy and poorly trained employees. The poorly trained employees are wrong for dispersing false information to fans. The fans are the victims here, especially those duped by the “How May I Help You” people. However, they are still wrong for leaving the stadium before seeing an official announcement from the team on the high-definition scoreboard, and then for assaulting police officers outside of the stadium. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
They also offer this great tip…
If any of those affected by this situation are reading this post today, we are going to provide you with a pro-tip for next time. The Yankees don’t officially allow re-entry, but if you go to….(click here )
It would be uncool of me to steal their tip so click the link and find out how to reenter the Stadium! (at least until the Yankees read one of our blogs.)
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I have news for the Yankees. Unless you plan on banning cellphones and cameras from games, this stuff is going to get out there.
Offer the rainchecks already!
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My mood today made me decide to share Anthony Reiber’s column in Monday’s Newsday and yes I’m picking out the sentences that fit my mood.
Words by Anthony, pictures are mine.
Not that we don’t love a good Yankees- or Mets-bashing story here, but what’s jumped out at us is a) how nice both places are for fans to watch a game and b) the overall tone of whininess from fans about the new parks.
Seriously, now, people, quitcherbellyachin’.
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1) A small number of upper-deck seats at Citi Field have obstructed views because of plexiglass railings. Simple solution: remove the plexiglass railings.
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5) They got the field views right at Yankee Stadium – it really looks as if you’re watching a game at the old stadium! – but the Great Hall entryway feels like, as I overheard someone say the other day, “just another mall in Paramus.” And I don’t find the Jackie Robinson Rotunda at Citi Field all that impressive, but then again, I’ve never been a big rotunda fan.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-sprieber0412728663may03,0,3028525.column
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Also, complaining to me about tickets won’t do you any good. If the Yankees or Mets stuck you with bad season tickets, first of all, congratulations on having the dough to afford even bad season tickets.
Thanks Anthony! What section are your seats in again? Tell Boomer Esiason I said hi.
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