tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35078081.post8458152968450870705..comments2023-10-19T07:20:22.458-04:00Comments on Scan's Corner: New Yankee Stadium...Scanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599448481536132752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35078081.post-84394940766738444772017-02-16T16:33:30.172-05:002017-02-16T16:33:30.172-05:00Spoken like a true Mariners fan(who still remember...Spoken like a true Mariners fan(who still remembers 2001)<br /><br />To say there was no reason to take down the old Yankee Stadium only underscores<br />you d never go to Yankee Stadium anyway. It truly wreaks of ignorance!<br /><br />I ve gone to over 500 regular season games spanning 1966-2016<br />and at least 25 post season games including Chris Chambliss 76 Reggie 3 HR 77 <br />96 aand 99 Clinchers vs Atl ,Brosius Game in 2001 and A Boone in 2003<br /><br />First of all, there was no reason to wax poetic about what you called the old Stadium <br />Once it was torn apart after '73 it was no longer the stadium of Ruth Gehrig Dimaggio Mantle Berra and Ford It was a bland structure whose only saving grace was that Yanks won lot of big games there where the crowd volume was loud <br />due to close proximity of fans to the field.<br /><br />The walkways were dark,dirty and narrow,the bathrooms were appalling,with not enough facility to hold alot of male, beer-drinking fans and UNCLEAN. Fans often urinated in the sinks. During both the Game 5 of 2001 World Series(the one ur 116 wins Mariners didnt get to)and Game 7 of ALCS (Boone HR)I was thrilled with the outcome,however the Stadiums upper deck shook so...that I felt the end for me was near. Many fans intimated their fears.<br /><br /> Several times ,during the latter years, large slabs of concrete had fllen out. <br />The food vendors were horrendous and the reason we drew 4 Million fans was because the team was great w great stars. The reason we were able to have those stars was because an entrepreneur named George Steinbrenner and his advisers figured out a way to have their OWN TV network reach the Tri State and beyond and therefore spent to have those stars. Ingenuity& captialism not what<br />you intimated in your arguments for socialism.<br /><br />Now the new Stadium may have delusions of grandeur and hints of Roman Empire<br />but it DOES pay grerat homage to the past if you knew ANYTHING about the original stadium circa say 1937-1973.Bringing back the "facade" that cascades around the peremeter, the aux black soreboards in the power alleys,keeping and enhancing Monument Park(it s MUCH nicer than older version)and adding a terrific Museum that keeps updating it s displays and wonderful artifacts. You never mentioned that. <br /><br />The only history you seemed to observe were that 3 of the 4 future Mariners that will be<br />HOF ers were on the field that day.<br /><br />W Pom Pom s in hand,spoken like a true Mariners fan.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211378408550747673noreply@blogger.com