What The Hell Is Up With That?

Well I finally got a chance to make it to the new ball park in the Bronx. Complete with Sushi stands and places were I could buy my Puerto Rican pork sandwiches along with fresh fruit! Yes, fresh fruit - I couldn’t believe my eyes, you’re not supposed to be able to buy healthy food at a ball park..

But none the less there is stood, the new ball park in the Bronx directly across the street from the Old Cathedral of Baseball.  I was excited to see it, but I gotta say I wasn’t sure what to expect and when I finally got there I was a little relieved.  Basically because it reminded me so much of the old stadium that I thought, “Okay, we can do this”.  That being said, I should ad that all these new ball parks are more about merchandising then they are the games.  When you enter into the new Yankee Stadium you feel as though you’ve walked into crowded mall where people are snapping up $30.00 baseball caps that they could purchase in the stores for $19.95, $35.00 T-Shirts that again they can get on-line for $14.95.   Oh, and the beer, well all you Guinness fans it’s only a small chunk of the Blarney Stone - $11.00 for a pint!

$8.00 beer with an 8 billion dollar background

Since it was hot I decided I would enjoy a Bud Light Lime for a mere $8.50 per 12 oz - yikes!  But it had to be done, I can’t go to a ball game without sucking down at least two - you know how it is.

I’ve been to several of the new stadium’s The Ballpark at Arlington, Camdem Yards, Coors Field, the Jake, Chase Field & CoAmerica Park.  Out of those I was also at there time tested predicessors Memorial Stadium (Orioles), Municipal County Stadium or as it was also coined -”the Mistake by the Lake” (Indians), Tiger Stadium - and one thing is prevalent in all of them, it’s less and less about baseball and more and more about selling you a $17.00 bucket of popcorn!  Not that it was any different at any other point in time, its just in you face more then ever.

But I’m a fan, so when I looked around and saw the architecture I knew that I was in a place that is coveted by any boy that ever strapped on a pair of spikes and shoved his baseball glove under his mattress so he could break it in - a major league baseball park!

Taken about 45 minutes prior to first pitch.

Even though this is not the ballpark that I watch Dave Righetti throw his no hitter against the Sox on the 4th of July or watched Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, or Craig Nettles play, even though in the old park park I’ve watched my pinstripes win playoff games and lose heart breakers.  This will be the ball park that I can say I was there for the first season and watched them win.  I will however miss the overpowering smell of urine when you enter any given mens room - what the hell is up with that?

No smoking at the New Yankee, so no Cigar!

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