Yankee Stadium, New York City, NY – Game No. 20 (9)

By Nolan Rice

 

Wednesday, July 9, brought a visit to Yankee Stadium.  (…Yes, I was brave enough to wear my Lowell jersey in Yankee Stadium.  Daren wore his Mets jersey …)

 

 

 

The Yankees were hosting Tampa Bay.  My cousin Cory is a Yankees fan.  (… WTF? …)  Consequently he was bug-eyed all day.  This was game No. 20 for BaseCrawl, and game No. 9 for me.  Similar to the Shea visit, the “new” Yankee Stadium could be seen under construction next door.  The aging Yankee Stadium is also in its final season, and would host the All Star game the next week.

 

As I entered the park I was preparing for some serious heckling from the crowd.  I walked up the tunnel to the seats and a woman jokingly said, “Good luck.”  I rounded the corner and headed up the seats expecting to dodge beer, food and other items thrown my way.  Nothing was tossed, but several comments were made.  Daren was right behind me, and I heard someone say, “There’s two lost souls.”  In the distance I heard support from a fan.  It was a Red Sox fan (Justin) in the middle of the Yankee mess.  I gave him a thumbs-up, and headed to my seat.

 

 

 

In an attempt to disrespect my rival team, I did not eat a dog in Yankee Stadium.  No matter how good/bad it might have been, it would have found itself at the bottom of the list anyway.  I don’t even know what the dogs are called here. 

 

MLB Park “Dogs”

 

1.  Grille Works Footlong Bratwurst  (Coors Field – Rockies)

2.  Major League Mariner Dog  (Safeco Field – Mariners)

3.  Super Dodger Dog  (Dodger Stadium – Dodgers)

4.  Grand Slam Grille All Beef Hot Dog  (Shea Stadium – Mets)

5.  Wienerschnitzel Grilled Hot Dog  (PETCO Park – Padres)

6.  Farmer John Super Dog  (Angel Stadium – Angels)

7.  Miller All Beef Coliseum Dog  (McAfee Coliseum – Athletics)

8.  Giants Dog  (AT&T Park – Giants)

9.  ???????????????????  (Yankee Stadium – Yankees)

 

We sat high, as usual.  However, my cousin Cory and Scott had much better seats near Monument Park in left field.

 

 

The game ended on a walk-off base hit.  The crowd loved that, of course. 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a great experience to see such a famous park, although Fenway would be in two days.  I was much more excited for that. 

 

 

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Later ……………….. Nolan  (Key Grip)

 

(There’s more on this and our other adventures at BaseCrawl.com.)