Yankee Stadium

[Storm Cadet]

Man I love Fenway and Wrigley BUT Ya gotta love all the historic stuff ESPN is showing regarding THE STADIUM...I never knew about the private captains room of Gehrig, Munson and Jeter. How about all the famous HR's they just showed in the HR Derby pregame show?!

I hope many of you had the opportunity to have gone to a game there.
To all: enjoy the HR Derby and the All Star game from the best sports venue in the world as ESPN just stated!

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

A lot of history..... been there in '76, '88, '94, '97, '07 & this year. Say what you will about the Yankees.....that place is a shrine!

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Wow, seems like we just had one of these Home Run contests. Damn, years, they flying by now.

[2 Dollar Bill]

Does anyone know when they are going to blow up that place ?

[Mortimer]

They ought to measure the true distances down the rf line and ,most importantly---straight away right.


Old photos show straight away right before the renovations was 344 feet.

That's mighty short.

I think it's even shorter .

[philcski]

If I didn't hate the Yankees so much I might actually like the place.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by philcski

If I didn't hate the Yankees so much I might actually like the place.

I understand.

But I think it's an outrage to tear it down.





A complete outrage.

[Storm Cadet]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

They ought to measure the true distances down the rf line and ,most importantly---straight away right.


Old photos show straight away right before the renovations was 344 feet.

That's mighty short.

I think it's even shorter .

In the old Stadium right field foul line was 296 feet.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

I understand.

But I think it's an outrage to tear it down.





A complete outrage.

I do too. It isn't Shea or Memorial in Cleveland or the old Toronto ballpark (all eyesores), it's a baseball shrine. They could keep it open and use it for kid's baseball games, tours, a museum type stuff.

Parking in the area is an issue but they could just build a huge parking garage instead of the lot it will be, problem solved.

[declansharbor]

Was in attendance the night Darryl Strawberry hit 3 HR's against Big Hurt and the White Sox in 96 I believe it was. I almost got a foul ball by him in the same game, but had my hand stepped on by some older gentleman.

Yankee Stadium is an excellent place to see a ballgame, just knowing all of the history it has behind it. Fenway was nice as well, but I must say that Im a sucker for Camden Yards. The warehouse, combined with Babe Ruth's birthhouse and the Inner Harbor makes it a must visit.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by philcski

I do too. It isn't Shea or Memorial in Cleveland or the old Toronto ballpark (all eyesores), it's a baseball shrine. They could keep it open and use it for kid's baseball games, tours, a museum type stuff.

Parking in the area is an issue but they could just build a huge parking garage instead of the lot it will be, problem solved.

Municipal..not Memorial.



That was bad enough because there were a whole slew of events at Cleveland stadium that would shock you. So they threw away a real treasure....but I would have gone along with it if they would have continued to build a shoreline attracting more locals for fun stuff ...and even tourists.


Instead they build a fb stadium at the same site and all the parking spaces that go with it and it's used 10 times a year.


Only the government can get away with that kind of idiot stick planning.

[Mortimer]

And it wasn't an eyesore you swine...you.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by declansharbor

Was in attendance the night Darryl Strawberry hit 3 HR's against Big Hurt and the White Sox in 96 I believe it was. I almost got a foul ball by him in the same game, but had my hand stepped on by some older gentleman.

Yankee Stadium is an excellent place to see a ballgame, just knowing all of the history it has behind it. [b][b]Fenway was nice as well, but I must say that Im a sucker for Camden Yards. The warehouse, combined with Babe Ruth's birthhouse and the Inner Harbor makes it a must visit.

agree, Camden is my favorite place to see a baseball game, besides Limeport Stadium in Limeport, PA of course! center field fence is 485 ft from home plate and the center field itself is sloped upward!

http://www.limeportstadium.org/index.cfm

The new citizens bank part in Philly is nice too!

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

Municipal..not Memorial.



That was bad enough because there were a whole slew of events at Cleveland stadium that would shock you. So they threw away a real treasure....but I would have gone along with it if they would have continued to build a shoreline attracting more locals for fun stuff ...and even tourists.


Instead they build a fb stadium at the same site and all the parking spaces that go with it and it's used 10 times a year.


Only the government can get away with that kind of idiot stick planning.

Correct, Municipal. My error, Memorial (also a terrible stadium) was in Baltimore before they built Camden Yards...

... and Municipal was definitely an eyesore

[Mortimer]

Don't make me squish your head.




If you were ever there...you wouldn't say that. FB will never be the same in person or on tv.

Good riddance.

[Mortimer]

I haven't left yet.

I was talking about Yankee Stadium. Maybe they can lock George in his luxery box and take him with it.

[Mortimer]

Oh.

My.