Day of the locusts: New York Yankees fans swarm Camden Yards

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WasWatching.com found this 5/27/2008 on canadianpress.google.com [flag]
2 days ago BALTIMORE The gates swing open, and thousands immediately rush inside. They dart across the landscape like a swarm of blue and white locusts, brashly making themselves at home in a place they don't belong. They are fans of the New York Yankees, converting Camden Yards into their own version of Yankee Stadium. Through Wednesday, nearly half the crowd at the home of the Baltimore ... [link]

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    It's amazing, when Mariano Rivera was pitching, the fans were cheering "Let's Go O's", the Yankee faithful cheered "Let's Go Mo", it took a while before O's fans realized and began to boo, amazing.
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Published 5/27/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Via the Canadian Press: The gates swing open, and thousands immediately rush inside. They dart across the landscape like a swarm of blue and white locusts, brashly making themselves at home in a place they don’t belong. They are fans of the New York Yankees, converting Camden Yards into their own version of Yankee Stadium. Through Wednesday, nearly half the crowd at the home of the Baltimore Orioles will be wearing Yankees hats and jerseys while cheering the visitors. For many, the approximate 3 1/2-hour ...

The Daily Yankeeland - 5/29
Published 5/29/2008 by Mantlemurcer (noreply@blogger.com) at My Pinstripes
... A little late, but the Canadian Press ran a piece 2 days ago on the number of Yankees fans that converge on Camden Yards when the team is in Baltimore. ...

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