Nick Ostrowski
07-14-2008, 07:28 PM
Since this year is the last year for Yankee Stadium before they open a new one next year, it got me to thinking. If Yankee Stadium is "The Shrine" as they call it, if it is "The House that Ruth Built" as they call it, if it is the home to so many ghosts of late great Yankee players and teams, and viewed with such a level of reverence................why the $%^& is it being replaced???? Yeah, I understand the whole thing about greater revenue opportunities with more luxury box seating and being more spacious and fan-friendly but come on. Why is it we choose to memorialize a landmark in our country by tearing it down instead of preserving it? I guess it's our disposable mindset.
As I was watching the HR Derby, Josh Hamilton launched HR after HR into the Bronx night. One of his HRs landed in an area of the outfield seats which was sectioned off and nobody was able to sit. A couple fans breached the area and ran into it to grab Hamilton's HR ball. When they did, a few NYPD cops descended upon them like they were wielding knives or committing terroristic threats. The last view they showed of the scene was of one fan with a cop on his a$$ as he ran down a tunnel and another cop had his hands wrapped around another fan's neck in a choking manner..................over a HR derby ball..............on national TV.
Looks like somebody is going to get called into the chief's office in the morning.
As I was watching the HR Derby, Josh Hamilton launched HR after HR into the Bronx night. One of his HRs landed in an area of the outfield seats which was sectioned off and nobody was able to sit. A couple fans breached the area and ran into it to grab Hamilton's HR ball. When they did, a few NYPD cops descended upon them like they were wielding knives or committing terroristic threats. The last view they showed of the scene was of one fan with a cop on his a$$ as he ran down a tunnel and another cop had his hands wrapped around another fan's neck in a choking manner..................over a HR derby ball..............on national TV.
Looks like somebody is going to get called into the chief's office in the morning.