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Yankee Stadium trip: I now know what a $9 beer tastes like

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by Nestor Aparicio

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The Miller Lite was ice cold. Our Gunther charter got us to The Bronx plenty early yesterday. And the “new” Yankee Stadium was big, bold and pricey as promised. We were having a blast last night amidst a sea of pinstripers right up until the time Chris Ray came into the game.

And, of course, it’s hard to win when you only get three hits over nine innings.

Orioles starting pitcher Brad Bergesen kept the Birds in the game for six innings, pitching some inspired baseball after allowing ARod a first-inning home run. But Ray’s seventh inning implosion and the dominance of C.C. Sabathia, who allowed just three hits in seven innings, led to a blowout 9-1 Yankees win in Gotham City.

The video from the trip is coming to wnsTV and the many observations about the stadium will be discussed on “Limited Access” at 2 p.m. today. All in all, a beautiful, antiseptic environment for baseball in New York is kinda weird but the fans there certainly seem galvanized to support the club and spend the money to come to the new palace.

Did I mention that a beer cost me $9?

There was palpable energy in the seats all evening and I saw more kids at the game than I remember seeing at the old Yankee Stadium. Their new crib reminds me more of the current Comiskey Park (U.S. Cellular Field, or whatever they’re calling it this year) in Chicago than any other park.

WNST will be doing another bus trip back to The Bronx on Wednesday, July 22 for an afternoon game between the Yankees and Orioles. We’ll put this trip on sale this weekend here on the site.

We’re also doing a combo baseball/football trip called “Fenway and Football” to Boston the weekend of Oct. 3-4. It will include Fenway Park on Saturday night (Red Sox-Indians) and the Ravens game in Foxboro with the New England Patriots on Sunday.

More details at 2 p.m. on my show.

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3 Responses to “Yankee Stadium trip: I now know what a $9 beer tastes like”

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   FRANCHISE Says:
   May 20th, 2009 at 8:53 am
   

   Nestor,

   Comparing the House That Ruth Built II with Comiskey Park seems perplexing considering the new Yankee stadium is a replica of the old Yankee Stadium.

   I’ll get a chance to see for myself to make any comparisons with “antiseptic” Comiskey on Sunday, July 19th (Old Timers Day) in Bronx.

   Regards,

   Aura & Mystique

   
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   Wednesday Morning’s Crabs and Beer | Glenn Clark’s Blog | WNST Says:
   May 20th, 2009 at 9:46 am
   

   [...] Nestor Aparicio thought Yankee Stadium similar to US Cellular Field in Chicago [...]

   
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   Bruce-Bel Air Says:
   May 20th, 2009 at 9:50 am
   

   I was in Manhattan for business last Thursday, and had some time to kill, so I rode over to the Bronx to see the new park. A company that I sell to, supplied all of the exterior gray paint on the new stadium.

   First, it’s errie to see the old stadium in the shadow of the new one. I toured monument park, and the exterior. “Antiseptic” as you described it, is fitting. Perhaps because it’s so new, you don’t get that “lived in” feeling up there yet.

   $9.00 beers? I took a customer to Del Frisco’s steakhouse on 49′th for drinks the other night….2 cocktails, and 2 beers? $52.00! I love NY!