Visiting NY Yankee Stadium

It occurred to me that I should give proper props to the 'new' New York Yankee's Stadium since I raved about Citizen Bank Park a few weeks ago. Here is my story on the New York Yankee's stadium. It started a year ago when we originally had tickets to see the NYY in the new stadium but it was rained out. So we saw Shrek the Musical for the second time that weekend. A big hit in our household.
This year, since I turned the tickets in early to get replacements I was able to choose the Seattle Mariners, which was great, except I think I was one of eight fans there cheering for the Mariners. All eight of us were happy with the results though, 6-0 win for the Mariners!! Piper, on the other hand cheered for the NYY and this guy, Derek Jeter. The first place we walked though when we entered New York Yankee Stadium was the 'Great Hall' talk about spacious compared to the old stadium, very nice. We then went straight to Monument Park so see the Yankee greats and their plaques. It was awesome, it will bring tears to your eyes even if you aren't a Yankee fan that bleeds blue and white pinstripes. Here are a few of our favorite shots from Monument Park.

Interestingly enough I had no idea the NYY logo had an origin so closely related to the police in New York City, nor one of my favorite stores Tiffany's. Here is a plaque that is on the ground in front of a NYY Logo in the middle of Monument Park.


This is a great shot of all the numbers that have been retired by the New York Yankee organization. Mariano Rivera is one of the few players that still wears #42 since he was grandfathered in, prior to the entire MLB retiring Jackie Robinson's number.


Finally the game is beginning, here are some shots from our seats. I admit they were not down close to the field, but the view out over the Bronx is kind of cool and watching the sunset from there was neat as well.

Here we have a view of an impressive scoreboard and Piper's favorite player on it.


I almost forgot, they had a giveaway as we entered the stadium, it was a pinstriped Ford Fiesta. It tied in with a BIG giveaway that night where one fan WON a life size real pinstriped Ford Fiesta. Derek Jeter gave the winner his keys to the new car, and then jumped in the passenger side and signed his name on the dashboard. Then it became a really cool car!




Finally, here is a cool statue in the Great Hall. There was also a few of these 'seats of history' around the stadium. They are bleacher seats from the former New York Yankee Stadium across the street. I loved them, we have a set from the old Mile High stadium in Denver; they are currently sitting under a tree in Conifer, CO., but someday they will be on our deck and we will enjoy them.



Last but certainly never least, a tribute to the George Steinbrenner, who passed away earlier this summer. He will never be forgotten.