Anybody heading to the games at Citi Field?

[LA2]

4 hours ago, Rich Mac said:

I've never been to Yankee stadium, so I can't compare the two. I'm sure the fans are much more tolerable at Citi Field though. I also came right in on the LIRR, so I never really got to see the neighborhood. We were in and out lickety-split. 

I think they were probably working out alot of kinks when we were there considering that it was the first year the place was open. 

Yeah, I was living in Queens at the time and would take the subway's 7 train to the park. There's not much right around the stadium--it just doesn't have the hostile, tasteless, sleazy crap around it that Yankee Stadium does (altho the cops assigned to the stadium area are unusually friendly). The first time I went to Citifield was the 2013 ASG and I must admit that a reason it's won a place in my heart is one of the first things I saw upon entering was big banners of Adam, J.J. Hardy, and Davis (when he was still Crush) because they were in the starting lineup. (Manny and Tillman were also on the roster.)

I was wearing O's stuff and got treated much better than the guy sitting nearby with a Jeter jersey on, although it was also the game that so much homage was deservedly paid to Mariano Rivera.

[NashLumber]

On 5/31/2018 at 9:38 AM, LA2 said:

Aesthetically, the stadium is unimpressive, but the sightlines out to the field are very good, even for the inexpensive seats. Unlike Yankee Stadium, there's a good variety of reasonably-priced cuisines and beers. And Mets fans are a lot nicer to talk with than Y's fans. So in all respects, including dealing with Queens instead of a trashy neighborhood at night in the Bronx, I'd rather be at Citifield than Yankee Stadium when the O's come to NY.

At the old Yankee Stadium, about 15 years ago, a buddy of mine drove up with me from NC and we stayed in Manhattan and took the subway to the Bronx. There was a hottie (just unbelievably sexy) on the subway car with us and we got so distracted that we missed our stop at Yankee Stadium. So we got off at the next stop and realized it was the most run down and ghost town part of The Bronx. Cars on blocks, abandoned buildings, etc. We ran really fast to the other side of the street to get on the return subway in the other direction. I’ll never make that mistake again. 

I have been to the new Yankee Stadium and it’s kind of antiseptic as a ballpark experience. A lot of concrete and rather bland. The old one was the refurbished latter day era and no longer had the old facade/frieze except in the centerfield area, but at least I knew down on the field, it was where Babe and Mickey, etc roamed. The new Yankee Stadium’s most appealing parts are the outside shell and how they did put the facade/frieze replicas back in place. 

Actually, the most moving part of my last NY experience (2016) was having a look at where the Polo Grounds were. My wife had a conference at Columbia and we walked over the bridge over the Harlem River over to the Bronx to get to the game. Just trying to imagine (took a lot of imagination) how things looked from Coogan’s Bluff, the bridge and being able to see the Old Yankee Stadium from there was kind of sad. New York lost so much when the Giants and Dodgers left NY. 

 

[OFFNY]

17 minutes ago, NashLumber said:

 

At the old Yankee Stadium, about 15 years ago, a buddy of mine drove up with me from NC and we stayed in Manhattan and took the subway to the Bronx. There was a hottie (just unbelievably sexy) on the subway car with us and we got so distracted that we missed our stop at Yankee Stadium. So we got off at the next stop and realized it was the most run down and ghost town part of The Bronx. Cars on blocks, abandoned buildings, etc. We ran really fast to the other side of the street to get on the return subway in the other direction. I’ll never make that mistake again. 

I have been to the new Yankee Stadium and it’s kind of antiseptic as a ballpark experience. A lot of concrete and rather bland. The old one was the refurbished latter day era and no longer had the old facade/frieze except in the centerfield area, but at least I knew down on the field, it was where Babe and Mickey, etc roamed. The new Yankee Stadium’s most appealing parts are the outside shell and how they did put the facade/frieze replicas back in place. 

Actually, the most moving part of my last NY experience (2016) was having a look at where the Polo Grounds were. My wife had a conference at Columbia and we walked over the bridge over the Harlem River over to the Bronx to get to the game. Just trying to imagine (took a lot of imagination) how things looked from Coogan’s Bluff, the bridge and being able to see the Old Yankee Stadium from there was kind of sad. New York lost so much when the Giants and Dodgers left NY. 

 

o

 

The current Yankee Stadium is very much like the 2nd Yankee Stadium (1976-2008.)

The original Yankee stadium (1923-1973) was much different than either one of the latter two.

The first game that I ever attended was a doubleheader between the Yankees and the White Sox in July of 1971. That stadium compared to the last 2 Yankee Stadiums (the one from 1976-2008 and the current one) is like 2 different worlds. They completely gutted the original stadium following the 1973 season, and opened the "renovated"stadium in 1976. The only things that they had that were similar were the geographic location of the infield, and the overall structure that was holding the building up.

 

o

[NashLumber]

1 hour ago, OFFNY said:

o

 

The current Yankee Stadium is very much like the 2nd Yankee Stadium (1976-2008.)

The original Yankee stadium (1923-1973) was much different than either one of the latter two.

The first game that I ever attended was a doubleheader between the Yankees and the White Sox in July of 1971. That stadium compared to the last 2 Yankee Stadiums (the one from 1976-2008 and the current one) is like 2 different worlds. They completely gutted the original stadium following the 1973 season, and opened the "renovated"stadium in 1976. The only things that they had that were similar were the geographic location of the infield, and the overall structure that was holding the building up.

 

o

Yes, the latter era stadium I referenced. We’re referencing the same thing. Just assumed most knew of the difference or dividing line of the two eras. 

 

DiMaggio pictured in ‘74 during the renovation. 

 

[OFFNY]

2 hours ago, OFFNY said:

o

 

The current Yankee Stadium is very much like the 2nd Yankee Stadium (1976-2008.)

The original Yankee stadium (1923-1973) was much different than either one of the latter two.

The first game that I ever attended was a doubleheader between the Yankees and the White Sox in July of 1971. That stadium compared to the last 2 Yankee Stadiums (the one from 1976-2008 and the current one) is like 2 different worlds. They completely gutted the original stadium following the 1973 season, and opened the "renovated"stadium in 1976. The only things that they had that were similar were the geographic location of the infield, and the overall structure that was holding the building up.

 

o

 

 

48 minutes ago, NashLumber said:

 

Yes, the latter era stadium I referenced. We’re referencing the same thing. Just assumed most knew of the difference or dividing line of the two eras. 

DiMaggio pictured in ‘74 during the renovation. 

 

 

o

 

Because the Yankees fraudulently promoted the closing of Yankee Stadium II as the closing of the "Original" stadium at the end of the 2008 season, I suspect that there are a fair amount of people who simply assume that it was all one and the same, straight through from 1923 - 2008. There are probably even some Yankee fans that don't know the (very significant) distinction.

 

I knew that you knew that ........ my pointing it out was just a way of me showing my frustration (and pointing out the truth) about the matter.

 

o

[Rich Mac]

On 6/1/2018 at 1:44 PM, NashLumber said:

At the old Yankee Stadium, about 15 years ago, a buddy of mine drove up with me from NC and we stayed in Manhattan and took the subway to the Bronx. There was a hottie (just unbelievably sexy) on the subway car with us and we got so distracted that we missed our stop at Yankee Stadium. So we got off at the next stop and realized it was the most run down and ghost town part of The Bronx. Cars on blocks, abandoned buildings, etc. We ran really fast to the other side of the street to get on the return subway in the other direction. I’ll never make that mistake again. 

I have been to the new Yankee Stadium and it’s kind of antiseptic as a ballpark experience. A lot of concrete and rather bland. The old one was the refurbished latter day era and no longer had the old facade/frieze except in the centerfield area, but at least I knew down on the field, it was where Babe and Mickey, etc roamed. The new Yankee Stadium’s most appealing parts are the outside shell and how they did put the facade/frieze replicas back in place. 

Actually, the most moving part of my last NY experience (2016) was having a look at where the Polo Grounds were. My wife had a conference at Columbia and we walked over the bridge over the Harlem River over to the Bronx to get to the game. Just trying to imagine (took a lot of imagination) how things looked from Coogan’s Bluff, the bridge and being able to see the Old Yankee Stadium from there was kind of sad. New York lost so much when the Giants and Dodgers left NY. 

 

LOL...Death by Hot Chick.Pretty cool!