It’s the 50th anniversary of Roger Maris’s legendary 61-homer season, and the River City Rascals (independent; Frontier League) are honoring the former Yankee and Cardinal great with a bobblehead proclaiming him the True Home Run King. Maris’s accomplishment, already memorialized in film and the subject of memorials this season at Yankee Stadium, grabbed the attention […]
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Servers: Yankees stole our tips
Servers at Yankee Stadium are suing Legends Hospitality — the ballpark concession firm partly owned by the New York Yankees — over their share of the mandatory service charge slapped onto every items served seatside at the ballpark. The issue: when you’re served in your seat at Yankee Stadium, Legends slaps a mandatory 20 percent […]
Yankees, Mets still waiting on certificates of occupancy for new ballparks
This is a little embarrassing: the New York Yankees and the New York Mets have not received final certificates of occupancy for their new ballparks — both of which opened in 2009 — because of unleased space and unaddressed code violations. The new Yankee Stadium and Citi Field have been operating under a series of […]
Why early-season attendance numbers don’t matter
ESPN took a shot at the New York Yankees today for suffering through an 9 percent drop in attendance through the first 11 games of the season when compared to 2010. Here’s why ESPN was totally wrong in the simplistic and misleading “analysis” of the numbers. For any MLB or MiLB team the first two […]
Is there too much parking at new Yankee Stadium?
The New York Yankees demanded a raft of parking spots in ramps surrounding the new Yankee Stadium, but given the great public-transportation options to the ballpark, game-day usage never exceeded 60 percent — and the company running the ramps is on the verge of default on the bonds used to build them. In retrospect, demanding […]
College football returns to pro ballparks this weekend
College football, once a staple in pro ballparks during the offseason, is returning to MLB venues in a big way this weekend, as both Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium are hosting high-profile BCS matches. In New York City, Yankee Stadium is hosting the first of two college football games this season with the high-profile Army-Notre […]
Rough week for the Yankees: Goodbye, Freddie Sez
The New York Yankees have had a terrible week: besides dropping two ALCS games at home to the Texas Rangers, the fabled franchise said goodbye to one of the few superfans left in the game: Freddy “Sez” Schuman. Schuman, born the same year the original Yankee Stadium opened, was a fixture at Yankees games since […]
Yanks honor Steinbrenner with Monument Park plaque
The late George Steinbrenner officially joined the ranks of Yankee immortals with the installation of a plaque honoring the former team owner in Yankee Stadium’s hallowed grounds, Monument Park. The tribute to Steinbrenner — weighing more 760 pounds but, more importantly, larger than the tribute to Col. Jacob Ruppert — was unveiled last night in […]
Yankee Stadium (old) / New York Yankees
If you seek the ultimate sense of baseball history and enjoy being around passionate and remarkably knowledgeable fans, it can be no surprise that Yankee Stadium will top your list. If your expectations include the most-modern conveniences and a pampered existence that go beyond the essence of the game itself, then it’s time for an […]