Tuesday, June 10, 2008

New York, New York 2

I did a little more thinking today about what made Yankee Stadium such an amazing experience. A big part of it has to be the great players that call New York home, and there are a lot of them.Here's a shot of Mr. Derek Jeter. He's real good. Not much else needs to be said about him. The Yanks also have Alex Rodriguez, another decent player. The problem is all these great players has only gotten New York a 32-32 record, good for last place in the American League East. You would think that a payroll at more than $200 million would get you a little better than last place. Maybe the Yankees could learn something from the Tampa Bay Rays. Their payroll sits at only $43 million, but they are only one game out of first in the same division. Too bad the Yanks don't have this guy to give them a boost.

"A great ballplayer." Now there's an understatement.

Our Yankee Stadium experience was also helped by Jason Giambi winning the game on a walk-off 3-run home run. Any game that ends with that kind of excitement makes for a good baseball experience.To be honest, Yankee Stadium was really the top motivation for this trip. 2008 is the final year for this historic park. Next year they open a new park across the street.


It looks like a nice place, but it will be tough to beat a view like this one.


All in all, a great game and a great day. We left happy.

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