Somewhat Manly Nerd » yankee stadium http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog infrequent blogging from some dude Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:14:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 My Trip to Yankee Stadium (A Week Ago) http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/05/31/my-trip-to-yankee-stadium-a-week-ago/ http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/05/31/my-trip-to-yankee-stadium-a-week-ago/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:11:04 +0000 CajoleJuice http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/?p=1606 So I attended the Phillies-Yankees game last Saturday. It was my first trip to New Yankee Stadium, and it was my first trip to a baseball stadium this year where I had the use of a point-and-shoot camera. I already visited Citi Field two times prior, but alas, no camera. I will be going to another Mets game in a few weeks, so I’ll be taking pictures then. For now, you’ll have to make due with a photo essay of THE NEW HOME OF GREATNESS HOME RUNS. Actually, it’s more like a photo essay of one seat in the stadium, since I arrived just as the game started and didn’t feel like walking around.

So I wanted to originally add some commentary to each picture, but Firefox is acting up when I try to add pictures, so I figured I’d try out this NextGEN Gallery plug-in.

But really, this entire post is just an excuse to post this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8zSXVHELTY

]]> http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/05/31/my-trip-to-yankee-stadium-a-week-ago/feed/ 0 Welp, That About Wraps It Up For Yankee Stadium http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2008/09/22/welp-that-about-wraps-it-up-for-yankee-stadium/ http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2008/09/22/welp-that-about-wraps-it-up-for-yankee-stadium/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:25:06 +0000 CajoleJuice http://thesomewhatmanlynerd.wordpress.com/?p=652
This shouldn’t be the end. There’s no need for a new stadium beyond corporate greed. And even that has apparently gone too far, as I’ve read and heard rumblings of illegal dealings in regards to the funding for the new Yankee Stadium. Not that it matters, as the Yankees are going to be playing in the new place next year either way, and that’s a shame. 

I guess there’s always two sides to the same coin, though. The new stadium will look more like the OLD Yankee Stadium — the one before the 1970s remodeling — that older people think of when they hear Yankee Stadium. These people have said this current incarnation of Yankee Stadium isn’t the same anyway. But these people aren’t going to be around much longer! Everyone 40 and younger only knows Yankee Stadium in its current form. And it’s still the same place, not a completely new building across the street.

Every baseball fan — even ones that hate the Yankees — can’t deny the intimidating amount of history that has occurred inside Yankee Stadium. For 85 years, it has been the home of the most successful professional franchise in North American sports. It has played host to the greatest collection of ballplayers the sport has seen. It is the place of the most famous speech by an sporting figure (which I doubt will ever be topped, unless Derek Jeter contracts a mysterious deadly STD and has it named after him). Not to mention a ton of other shit that has taken place there, like 3 Papal visits, some soccer games with Pele, some boxing matches, “The Greatest Game Ever Played” (until last year’s Super Bowl), and approximately 2342738 brawls.

And tonight, the Yankees had to say goodbye to their “cathedral” knowing they won’t make the playoffs for the first time in 14 years. The Curse of A-Rod rears its head once again.

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