Sunday at Citi Field

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (HDtravlr1)

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:59:10 GMT

Got two stubhub tickets to the last Yankees regular game of the season. Thanks for everyone's help!

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (HDtravlr1)

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:28:46 GMT

Pig Iron or Iron Pig can mean a Harley-Davidson

HDtravlr1 my handle means I am a Harley-Davidson traveler
Most all my roadfood trips are on my motorcycle.
My wife and I are looking forward to seeing Yankee Stadium

Thanks again!

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Pigiron)

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:44:59 GMT

HDtravlr1

Pigiron-Awesome tip on getting a real ticket stub! Are you a rider with a user name like pigiron? Or a metal person?

Thanks
Johnny McClanahan

I have no idea what you mean by a "rider", so I guess the answer is no. I got the nickname way back in my teenage years working as an appentice in building construction, and yes, it's related to the type of iron.

Have fun at Yankee Stadium. Arrive early to tour the monuments. It's worthwhile.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (HDtravlr1)

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:56:25 GMT

Pigiron-Awesome tip on getting a real ticket stub! Are you a rider with a user name like pigiron? Or a metal person?

Thanks
Johnny McClanahan

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Howard Baratz)

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:07:58 GMT

wanderingjew

Pig Iron

Yes, that was certainly egg cream that I had

Pigiron has to be correct that what you had was chocolate syrup and seltzer and not an egg cream since 2nd Ave. Deli is that rarity in today's world, an actual Kosher not just Kosher-syle deli, and the milk necessary to make that an egg cream would therefore be verboten.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Pigiron)

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:30:30 GMT

These days, the actual ticket stub is a rare thing. I'm a compulsive saver of stubs too, and I mourn their passing. If you get an instant ticket or an emailed ticket, there will be no stub. If you get a ticket FedExed to you, you have a chance of there being a real stub, but not guaranteed.

Here's an insiders tip: before you go into the Stadium, go over to the ticket office and tell them the bar code isn't working. They will print you out a nice crisp ticket.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (HDtravlr1)

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:57:31 GMT

The Travelin Man-I did not realize that was the last home game and the standings. Thank you!

Pigiron-I agree with you Stubhub is probably my best option. Thanks for the suggestion. But, I will not get a actual ticket as a souvenir correct?

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Pigiron)

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:41:09 GMT

HDtravlr1

Need some help from the baseball roadfooders.
I need 2 tickets to the Yankees the weekend of the New Jersey Hot Dog Tour
Sunday September 25 is preferred date. I just want to get in and look around during the games. Currently the least expensive seats are $63 for singles. Don't care were we sit. Just not single seats. Any tips on where to get a pair together?
Are scalpers outside the gates selling the day of like most parks?
Thanks
Johnny McClanahan

Don't go to Yankee Stadium looking to get a bargain on the street. It's not going to happen unless you get very lucky and come across a fellow fan with extras. Bite the bullet and get them on StubHub, It's a racket, but at least you're guaranteed not to get ripped off. Your best bet for a bargain is to wait for the prices to drop one day before the game.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (The Travelin Man)

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:25:53 GMT

You do realize that it is the final homestand of the season for the Yankees....and, if that is not enough to make every game a sellout, they are also playing the hated Red Sox. On top of THAT, given the current standings, it is possible that series may decide who wins the AL East - or makes the playoffs.

In short, every game will be a sell out....and the thought of "cheap" tickets should probably be out the window. You will find scalpers outside the stadium, but given the parameters of this series, you will likely pay through the nose unless the Yankees fall way out of contention (doesn't SEEM likely to happen). If you are adventurous, you can hope for bad weather and try to deal with a scalper in the event of a looming storm.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (HDtravlr1)

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:02:32 GMT

Need some help from the baseball roadfooders.
I need 2 tickets to the Yankees the weekend of the New Jersey Hot Dog Tour
Sunday September 25 is preferred date. I just want to get in and look around during the games. Currently the least expensive seats are $63 for singles. Don't care were we sit. Just not single seats. Any tips on where to get a pair together?
Are scalpers outside the gates selling the day of like most parks?
Thanks
Johnny McClanahan

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (leethebard)

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:08:21 GMT

Thanks,pigiron.Been to Coors Field...nice place!!

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Pigiron)

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:39:47 GMT

leethebard

Pigiron,
I will agree with the "attraction" angle. Hell, our local minor league park would even fit that bill. I think this is a sign of the times. Ballparks ARE a part of a very BIG business...and today must attract and cater to those who frequent the place, the fan base.

I know. The "old ballpark" and everything that came with it is just about gone forever. That doesn't mean that I have to like it.

leethebard

I think I see where you're coming from, now. I'll be at Yankee Stadium friday for the Rays game. I'll tell better then. But just having watched the Yankees-Mets game at Shea,er Citi Field, my first impression was of a claustrophobic place...tall, steel-gray stands,holding out the light. At least Yankee stadium retains the look and field demensions of the original. Friends have told me, sitting in a seat at the new place almost looks the same...It is the concourse, restaurants, museum etc that makes the place so different....and the wide halls,less tight for the crowds. Am I right or wrong?

At Yankee Stadium, they did a phenomenal job of making the inside suggest the old stadium. It's really beautiful. But your experience watching the game is going to vary WILDLY depending on where you're sitting. At the old stadium, the best seats in the house were in the upper deck, between the bases. It was the perfect view. Now, the upper deck is so high off the field and so steep, you feel VERY removed from the action. And if you never had the bleacher experience at the old place, forget it, that's over too. The new bleachers are a HORRIBLE place to watch the game. Yes, the concourses are about a billion times better from the old house. It used to take an hour just to get out of the building from the upper deck.

At Citi Field, I think that the average seat has a better view than in Yankee. However, there are many, many sections that have obstructions. If you sit in the outfield, you're going to lose at least part of the playing field. Any long fly ball- you have to rely on the crowd reaction to find out what happened (don't count on the scoreboard, you can't see that either.) But in general, the average upper deck seat has a very, very nice view.

My #1 complaint about Citi Field (and most new parks) is the idiotic, nonsensical dimensions. Old ballparks had quirks in the outfiled out of necessity. Parks like Fenway and Ebbets Field and Tiger Stadium had to be built to fit onto city blocks, so the outfield walls were always funky. Nobody ever thought to make it 250 feet down the right-field line, or build a 36 foot wall in left field just because it was cool. They had no choice. That's ACTUAL charm. This new trend of building in quirky angles and nook and crannies in the outfield for no good reason is just plain stupid. At Citi Field, they even went so far as to draw the home run line on the wall with irregular angles just because they thought it would be charming! There's a 90 foot incline in center field at Minute Maid park FOR NO REASON. What the hell?!? I love interesting architecture in stadiums, but manufactured charm is just not my style.
Just in case you are interested, I do think that several new stadiums got it right and are vast improvements. Target Field in Minneapolis, PNC in Pittsburgh, and AT&T Park in SF are my favorites of the new stadiums. Camden Yards, and Coors Field are bubbilng under.

leethebard

Anyway,I'll see for myself friday!

You have a very, very good shot at seeing Jeter's 3,000th hit. That would be awesome. If you eat at the game (and I recommend that you do not- there's a million better options nearby), try to steak sandwich with fresh horseradish from Loebell's. It's a crime at $15, but it's fantastic. Have fun!

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (leethebard)

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:23:08 GMT

Yup...for over 60 years...

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (joerogo)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:17:38 GMT

Hey Lee, Are you a Yankee Fan by any chance?

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (leethebard)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:55:29 GMT

ces1948,
That's why I'm a bit taken back by the negative comments. I've talked to dozens of Yankee fans,and I've not heard ONE negative opinion. Many of us miss the original, and the 70's version of Yankee Stadium, but everyone I've talked to had great things to say about the new one...If it is a shrine, when you follow the religion, I guess that's sacred ground!! Anyway,I'll see for myself friday!

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (ces1948)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:30:29 GMT

I thought people for the most part liked the new ballparks. I especially have heard positive things about Camden Yards. I haven't been in a major league baseball park in many years but hope to rectify that next year when the new Marlins park opens up.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (wanderingjew)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:35:18 GMT

I agree with Pigiron's opinions about Citi Field and the New Yankee Stadium. I've been to both.

Although Shea Stadium is the first ballpark I ever went to over 35 years ago and was a staple during my junior high, high school and college years, there is no love lost, and in my opinion, anything is an improvement over Shea, so I'll take Citi Field over Shea Stadium anyday.

As far as the new Yankee Stadium is concerned, it is certainly more "shrinish" than Citi Field. When I visited for the first time this past April,I was ambivalent. Although the old Yankee Stadium technically wasn't the original, I kept wondering if there was anything they could have done to save it, renovate it or something. It's a sad fact of reality that everything is now "corporate" and there really isn't much one can do about that.

Pig Iron

Yes, that was certainly egg cream that I had and although I like the Pastrami at Katz's I still say it's better at Second Avenue, oh and the Matzoh Ball Soup was better than ever!

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (leethebard)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:08:38 GMT

Pigiron,
I will agree with the "attraction" angle. Hell, our local minor league park would even fit that bill. I think this is a sign of the times. Ballparks ARE a part of a very BIG business...and today must attract and cater to those who frequent the place, the fan base. I think I see where you're coming from, now. I'll be at Yankee Stadium friday for the Rays game. I'll tell better then. But just having watched the Yankees-Mets game at Shea,er Citi Field, my first impression was of a claustrophobic place...tall, steel-gray stands,holding out the light. At least Yankee stadium retains the look and field demensions of the original. Friends have told me, sitting in a seat at the new place almost looks the same...It is the concourse, restaurants, museum etc that makes the place so different....and the wide halls,less tight for the crowds. Am I right or wrong?

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (ann peeples)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:36:06 GMT

I am not an expert on stadiums, but most new ones are a "shrine". Finally went to the new stadium for the Brewers, and dont like it.Granted, grew up with Bud Seligs nieces and nephews( in the 70's) , having had great seats, but like the old stadium much better. Again, as a life long fan of the Brewers-gotta give the Yankees credit-they are incredible this year. Point being, I agree with Pigiron with his assessment of stadiums. He went to a few, didnt like the new ones, and they have become shrines without the old feel of a good baseball field. The only place I have been, whereas they renovated a stadium which kept the "old" feel," is Lambeau.But that is football, and we are discussing baseball( However, the Packers played in the old stadium im Milwaukee-awesome games)

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Pigiron)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:13:23 GMT

leethebard

Sounds more like an attack of the Yankees: "Shrine" "Yankees worshippers" "Don't write off the Mets just yet"..than answering my question about the park itself. Like Fenway,old as it is, is a shrine to a long historic team...shouldn't Yankee Stadium be a aplace that helps promote an historic almosr 100 year tradition???? The park seems to be a modern ball park, while retaining the traditional look of the House that Ruth Built.....any other comments...????

My comments were specifically about the stadium, not the team, I don't really understand how you could have thought otherwise. What do my comments about the Mets have anything to do with it? You may be looking for an angle that isn't there. I'm no Yankee hater. I am a baseball fan. It is my observation that the new Yankee Stadium was indeed built as a shrine. By that I mean, as an attraction, rather than a ballpark. They are very smart, they know that the Yankees fan base has a religious devotion to the organization, and they built the stadium as a place for people to come and worship (emptying their pockets all the while). The whole thing is very off-putting to me. It just doesn't feel right. It's too big; it's too monolithic; too much attention is diverted away from the GAME. Where there was once charm, now there is coldness. Where there was once actual history, now there is the suggestion of it.

I do not understand the comparison to Fenway at all. Fenway is the polar opposite of Yankee Stadium. When they build the new one in Boston (and I'm certain that they will), I'm sure they will build a church of Red Sox nation, similar to what they did in the Bronx.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (leethebard)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:20:36 GMT

Pigiron

As a lifelong NYer and baseball fanatic, I hate both new stadiums, but I hate the new Yankee Stadium more. Citi is a non-descript cookie cutter shopping mall pretending to be a classic stadium. Yankee Stadium is a creepy monolithic shrine that exists for the sole purpose of separating Yankee worshipers from their money. No, I do not like them.

@ WJ: Are you sure that's a shot of Egg Cream? They've always just served me seltzer and chocolate syrup. Much like the stadiums, I MUCH preferred the original 2nd Ave. Deli to the new incarnation (but I guess I'm biased because I grew up eating there.) The soup just isn't exactly the same, although the chopped liver is still outstanding. And the pastrami at Katz's is far, far superior.

Oh yeah, don't write off the Mets just yet. They're in 2nd place for the Wild Card playing without Santana, Davis, Wright, etc... Last week they put up 54 runs (!) in 4 games. They're playing remarkably well for such a ragtag team.

Sounds more like an attack of the Yankees: "Shrine" "Yankees worshippers" "Don't write off the Mets just yet"..than answering my question about the park itself. Like Fenway,old as it is, is a shrine to a long historic team...shouldn't Yankee Stadium be a aplace that helps promote an historic almosr 100 year tradition???? The park seems to be a modern ball park, while retaining the traditional look of the House that Ruth Built.....any other comments...????

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Pigiron)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:54:22 GMT

As a lifelong NYer and baseball fanatic, I hate both new stadiums, but I hate the new Yankee Stadium more. Citi is a non-descript cookie cutter shopping mall pretending to be a classic stadium. Yankee Stadium is a creepy monolithic shrine that exists for the sole purpose of separating Yankee worshipers from their money. No, I do not like them.

@ WJ: Are you sure that's a shot of Egg Cream? They've always just served me seltzer and chocolate syrup. Much like the stadiums, I MUCH preferred the original 2nd Ave. Deli to the new incarnation (but I guess I'm biased because I grew up eating there.) The soup just isn't exactly the same, although the chopped liver is still outstanding. And the pastrami at Katz's is far, far superior.

Oh yeah, don't write off the Mets just yet. They're in 2nd place for the Wild Card playing without Santana, Davis, Wright, etc... Last week they put up 54 runs (!) in 4 games. They're playing remarkably well for such a ragtag team.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Tony Bad)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:02:24 GMT

leethebard

Has anyone been to both new ballparks in NYC...and if so. how do they compare????

It is tough to compare...both are nice, but the $800,000,000 more spent at Yankee Stadium shows.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (leethebard)

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:47:52 GMT

Has anyone been to both new ballparks in NYC...and if so. how do they compare????

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (big666dog)

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 09:50:06 GMT

2nd Ave. Deli looks great! We did Katz's last trip. 2nd Ave is definitely next for us!

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Tony Bad)

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:21:50 GMT

Brad_Olson

I'm trying to identify the "best infield ever"...I'm pretty sure that's John Olerud with his arm around Robin Ventura's neck and the other 2 guys look familiar, but I'll be darned if I can remember their names.

Rey Ordonez and Edgardo Alfonso are other two. I believe the headline was based on defense. They were very good that year.

Dale...2nd Ave was always and will always be my favorite of the big bunch.

Oh...and the Mets stink.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Foodbme)

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:13:05 GMT

Looking at the new Stadium---It looks like they put up a bunch of Billboards and a Baseball Park suddenly appeared. Never seen that many advertisements at ANY Sports Stadium

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (wanderingjew)

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:17:23 GMT

CajunKing

i95

wanderingjew

Anyway, when I offered to treat...

Bwa Ha Ha Ha Ha

You made me spit diet 7 up out my nose!! Man does lemon lime burn!

It's possible I may I have seen a couple of pigs fly by, but what really blew my mind was seeing this when I actually opened my wallet.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (Davydd)

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:56:09 GMT

Since when did the Mets play in the Big Tomato? If that sign was supposed to be a Big Apple it was a sorry effort.

I'll gladly trade you a bowl of wild rice soup for that pastrami sandwich.

Re:Sunday at Citi Field (CajunKing)

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:15:40 GMT

i95

wanderingjew

Anyway, when I offered to treat...

Bwa Ha Ha Ha Ha

You made me spit diet 7 up out my nose!! Man does lemon lime burn!