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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Bruce Dorskind
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: doug goodman
Thank you, Bruce |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: george gogol
Some awesome photos and great song! Thanks for sharing the tribute to some true American relics. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: David Atkatz
Who took you to that first game, Bruces? |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Bruce- will you renew yout seats in the new stadium at those grossly inflated prices? |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Mark L
Nice. When you get to the link, on the right side, there is a tribute to Comiskey Park, which I recommend to those who saw some games there. As a wise man once said, oh you can't beat fun at the old ballpark. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: john/z28jd
<<<<Who took you to that first game, Bruces? |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: ali_lapoint
i was at the game today as well. great to see david price make his MLB debut. hate the fact that you can actually stand in the same batters box as gehrig and ruth and all the yankees see is dollar signs. |
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Posted By: Steve
I was under the impression the 'original' Yankee Stadium was |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: CN
Steve I agree with you. There was the original Yankee Stadium which closed in 1973(remember 461 to Centerfield) then the second Yankee Stadium which opened in 1976. I wonder how Bruce feels about moving across the street to a Brand new ballpark. I am sad about how the game is all about the money and the Yankees moving from what I consider Sacred Ground all for money. I remember 15 years ago when they said people were afraid to go to the Bronx to watch the Yanks because it was unsafe and inconvenient to drive to. 4 World Championships later and every game is sold out and they own their own TV network. CN |
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Posted By: Lee Behrens
I have been to over 20 of the major league parks. Two of them that I had no desire to go back to were the 2 NY stadiums, they both did nothing for me as a baseball fan, even with the history tied to Yankee Stadium. Now I want to go see the new stadiums. |
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Posted By: Mark Evans
Thanks, Bruce. Hard to beat the combination of baseball and Sinatra. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Hey Bruce, |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Max Weder
Mark |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Mark Evans
Thanks, Max. |
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Posted By: Joe Brennan
I saw something about season ticket holders that has had the same seats for 40 years. He showed his invoice for tickets in the 70's. $2.00 a seat per seat for 4 season tickets. He just received an invoice for next years season tickets for the same seats in the new stadium. $2500.00.. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Mark L
Try this link for starters |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Pcelli60
The old Stadium. The place in which the Ghosts roamed- was disposed of after the 73' season. This current place is dramatically different. Really not at all the same.. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Bruce Dorskind
A number of people have inquired about the dramatic rise in Yankee ticket |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Bruce- here's another way to look at it: |
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Posted By: Rob Ray
Wow Bruce...$120 for dinner for 2 at a coffee shop and a movie? Surely you jest,or were inflating prices while making your point. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: CoreyRS.hanus
Professional sports ticket pricing (with New York and the Yankees being prime examples) is a ruthless display of "if somebody will pay it, we'll charge it". Concern for the ability of Joe fan to afford the seat (or the exhorbitantly priced hot dogs and liquid refreshment) is irrelevant. I gave up my Yankee seats in the early '90's incensed at another hefty price increase (to about $13) after another lousy season. Those seats today have a face value of $65, and my guess next year is the face will be over $200. The New York Giants are bemoaning how sad they are to "be forced to" charge a license fee for the right to buy season tickets. They justify the fee as the only way to afford the astronomical cost overruns on their new stadium. Last I heard, though, I don't recall fans demanding a new stadium be constructed. Same too with other teams. Those stadiums are being constructed to suck as much corporate revenue as possible from the exisiting fan base; I strongly suggest the great majority of average fans would be very happy to stay in the old stadiums and the old prices. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Corey- I find it interesting that the New York metropolitan area has three new stadiums being built simultaneously. I'll admit Shea is a bit rundown, but Yankee Stadium is a national relic. What was so imperative about tearing it down and rebuilding? To justify tripling and quadrupling the ticket prices? |
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Posted By: LetsGoBucs
To build on the last post....actually I think the fan base is declining. And those sports that become disconnected with the young folks that actually play their sport will suffer in the long run. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Bruce Dorskind
Rob Ray |
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Posted By: leon
I have always been just about the only one on the board that doesn't follow baseball, or any professional (major) league sport, avidly. Corey pretty much nailed how I feel. Our family will take in a few baseball AA league games of the Frisco Roughriders this year..... |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: boxingcardman
"This is America...business is free to profit at will from its own hard work" is all well and fine but it is a big, fat corporatist lie. |
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Posted By: PC
There used to be an investment bank ... |
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Posted By: Rob Ray
Coffee shop? $75 to $100 per person? I've BEEN to some on the UES...no way. |
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Posted By: howard
I've been to many diners all over NYC including the UES. If I ever got a bill of $100.00 for two I would have kicked the manager's ass. |
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Posted By: ali_lapoint
i work in new york and if i were take a date to the movies i'm looking at $24 and maybe another $15 for food at a coffee shop which would consist of what? bacon egg and cheese on an english muffin? |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Bruce Dorskind
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Posted By: barrysloate
$5 tip on a $70 meal...you can do better than that. |
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Posted By: Cy
I have to agree with Leon. Minor league baseball is a wonderful outing. I do like to go to major league games here and there (if you consider the Pittsburgh Pirates major league). But I take my daughter to the Hagerstown Suns games maybe 15 times a a year. We sit in the first row, right on third base, for $9 a ticket. My daughter gets two baseballs every game. We ask a player for a used one before the game so that she can get autographs on them and, because she is a cute 9 year old, they always give her one. Then during the game we either catch a foul ball or because we are so close, the third base coach usually throws a ball to her when he fields a foul ball. This is a lot of fun for a kid (big or small kid, meaning me, too). |
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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Ali, apparently the "sissies" have the cash that the Yankees want. |
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Posted By: Rob Ray
True Bruce...it's still expensive no matter what the price,and yes,that IS NY (unfortunately true: if you want to live here,you have to pay the price). |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Speaking of minor leagues, the Brooklyn Cyclones have a great park -- Barry, have you been there yet? |
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Posted By: Bob
College baseball at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas- Tickets $10 each, refreshments about $8 each for a barbq sandwich, chips and a large coke. Parking free. Getting to watch Cliff Lee pitching for the Hogs, priceless. |
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Posted By: ali_lapoint
i remember hearing a story a few years ago about a minor league team whose general manager was a teenage kid, like young teenage. maybe 16? anyway, i remember reading about how this kid was a gimmick genius and brought a ton of people to the park with gimmicks. pretty unreal. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Jeff- many times. I have a couple of friends with season tickets, and one of them has seats adjacent to the Cyclones dugout. I got to sit there once. Keyspan is a really cool park with Coney Island visible behind the outfield wall, but it only seats 7000 and is always sold out. They should have built it for 10,000 capacity. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Joann
What a great discussion. Seriously. Even though it is a bit of a thread hijack, it's great to see topics like this that really display the passion for baseball on this board along with the financial knowledge and opinion. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: John H.
Thankfully, I was able to make the trek from Winnipeg to the Bronx in early June to see the Bombers play the Blue Jays and the Royals. I would have felt somewhat incomplete as a baseball fan and historian if I wouldn't have seen the Stadium firsthand. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Dan Koteles
have 8's 9's & 10's have Yankee tickets , have 3's & 4's and you dont. But I bet you they stayed at a Motel 6 last night! |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Brian
I too was at Yankee Stadium today. It was bittersweet, and the sadness was palpable to me. |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Mark Evans
I only just now noticed your response to my inquiry. That's the game (July 2, 1960). |
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There Used To Be A Ball Park
Posted By: Eric Pugh
$5 tip on a $70 meal... |
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