Last All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium

[fiberisgoodforyou]

WOW What a game last night and what a fitting swan song for the house that ruth built!

Just about every living ALL STAR Hall of Fame'r was paid a tribute to last night, and this 15 inning 4hour, 50 Min marathon that ended at 1:53 AM gave fans a we deserved, fitting and memorable gave.

I have mixed feelings about "the winning League receiving the home field advantage" rule for the WS (mainly because of the how the DL effects games )..., but I really do like how it adds meaning and value to this exhibition "of all exhibition" games!

Especially how last nights extra innings provided new drama to the innings 14 and 15 surrounding Tampa Bay pitcher Scott Kazmir, pitching hard on one days rest in an exhibition, yet, seems this year Tampa Bay has a shot at being ing the fall classic.

I hope i can make it to one final trip to Yankee stadium and Shea this year.

Sad to see "the Stadium" go, and WHY not just a gut and rehabilitation to what should be a national landmark. to some its like NYC with out the Statue of Liberty..., replace with some new modern "Harbor" lady

Next thing, they will close Jersey Freeze and replace it with some modern prefab-commercial food palace.

Batter up!

[adefonzo]

Fiber...I have to say...while I too will miss the history of the stadium...being a lifelong Yankee fan, it's time for that place to go.

I have read that the only thing in the current Yankee stadium that remains from the rich and historical days of yore is home plate. Everything else has been replaced, redone, or removed...so the only history that really remains is home plate.

While personally I think they should leave the ball field there just as a reminder of the simpler days when it was "just a game", the old stadium has become too crowded and cramped for the 4 million fans the Yankees have drawn the last couple of years. Try going out to get a hot dog from a concession stand in the middle of the game and see if you can get back to your seat before missing at least 2 innings. It has gotten ridiculous!!

All that being said...odds are I will not be going to that many games in the new stadium, as I am sure the price for tickets is going to push me right out the door. Whether or not my father and Phyllis decide to renew their season ticket plan (which they've had for years now) is up to them - though I don't think they have officially gotten word yet from the Yankees that they will be able to renew in the new stadium.

Anyhow...the games have gotten too expensive for me, and so I have pretty much written off the idea of going to any more games this year...and since ticket prices never go down, they only go up, I don't see myself heading to too many games in the future.

In fact, that's the real shame about the whole situation in the Bronx, out in Flushing, and even over there in East Rutherford...sports teams are pushing out the average fans in favor of corporate boxes and suites and overpriced tickets that the average family can't afford.

It's laughable considering that at the ground breaking ceremony for the new Yankee Stadium, George Steinbrenner stood up there and said that he was doing this "For you people...for the fans"...I guess he was talking to the coroporate big shots who were invited to the actual ceremony.

One last thing...as far as the DH is concerned...the National League is, I believe, the only holdout on any level of baseball. It's time to abandon the pitcher rule and just put in a DH

[richardkelsey]

Jul 16, 2008 12:05:48 GMT -5 adefonzo said:

Fiber...I have to say...while I too will miss the history of the stadium...being a lifelong Yankee fan, it's time for that place to go.

I have read that the only thing in the current Yankee stadium that remains from the rich and historical days of yore is home plate. Everything else has been replaced, redone, or removed...so the only history that really remains is home plate.

While personally I think they should leave the ball field there just as a reminder of the simpler days when it was "just a game", the old stadium has become too crowded and cramped for the 4 million fans the Yankees have drawn the last couple of years. Try going out to get a hot dog from a concession stand in the middle of the game and see if you can get back to your seat before missing at least 2 innings. It has gotten ridiculous!!

All that being said...odds are I will not be going to that many games in the new stadium, as I am sure the price for tickets is going to push me right out the door. Whether or not my father and Phyllis decide to renew their season ticket plan (which they've had for years now) is up to them - though I don't think they have officially gotten word yet from the Yankees that they will be able to renew in the new stadium.

Anyhow...the games have gotten too expensive for me, and so I have pretty much written off the idea of going to any more games this year...and since ticket prices never go down, they only go up, I don't see myself heading to too many games in the future.

In fact, that's the real shame about the whole situation in the Bronx, out in Flushing, and even over there in East Rutherford...sports teams are pushing out the average fans in favor of corporate boxes and suites and overpriced tickets that the average family can't afford.

It's laughable considering that at the ground breaking ceremony for the new Yankee Stadium, George Steinbrenner stood up there and said that he was doing this "For you people...for the fans"...I guess he was talking to the coroporate big shots who were invited to the actual ceremony.

One last thing...as far as the DH is concerned...the National League is, I believe, the only holdout on any level of baseball. It's time to abandon the pitcher rule and just put in a DH

I was foolishly awake last night when the winning run scored. That was a great game.

As a Met fan -- I think the Mets will rue the blown save by Wagner -- as I don't think they want to play 4 games in Boston this October.

[fiberisgoodforyou]

Jul 16, 2008 12:14:22 GMT -5 richardkelsey said:

Jul 16, 2008 12:05:48 GMT -5 adefonzo said:

As a Met fan -- I think the Mets will rue the blown save by Wagner -- as don't think they want to play 4 games in Boston this October.

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Hummm Funny Rich, you presume that the Red Sox will out perform the Yanks?

I will say the I am agnostic between the M's and the Y's, when they face each other in the WS in October, then I have to see how to evaluate my loyalties.... ;D