Another sportswriter gem…Dodger Stadium is a Grand Ole’ Park of Baseball.
Shaun Powell, I couldn’t disagree with your article more:
‘Once you remove the product on the field and Monument Park in the outfield, the “Yankee experience” is like the death of Barbaro: overrated and overplayed.’
Personally, I don’t go to Yankee Stadium to eat peanuts or use the restroom. I certainly don’t go to Yankee Stadium to hang out in the concourse, or find some great parking spot in the Bronx. I go to see the divets on the right-field porch from a Mantle home-run. I go to hear the “Voice of God”. I go for the game.
Moreover, your comparison of Yankee Stadium to Dodger Stadium is just silly - especially the part about Dodger Stadium being a “Grand Old Stadium” of baseball. There’s three “Grand Ole Stadium’s” left - Yankee Stadium, Wrigley, and that one up in New England.
I’ll agree with you on this point, though - Yankee Stadium is not on the cutting edge of ballpark technology. There’s no “Speed Pitch” or “Kiddie Park”. There’s no fancy waterfall or hot-tub-box-seats. But there’s no place I’d rather watch a baseball game.
Tell me the truth, Shaun…did you cast your Hall of Fame ballot for Jose Canseco?
