Around the Yankee Universe: The fun has just begun
Pinstripe Alley —
... Hamels might like the atmosphere in the Bronx. Apparently, FOX baseball columnist Ken Rosenthal isn't too impressed, though. Neither is Philadelphia shortstop ...
New Yankee Stadium - Stroking Off In Silence: Rollins
Bob's Blitz —
... . "Crickets," one of the outfielders said (and Ken Rosenthal declined to name). Tomorrow the Series shifts to Philly tied 1-1. It leaves the cavernous and sterile park known as the New Yankee Stadium for a bit more intimate affair. Arod? Yeah, Philadelphia hasn't forgotten your cheating ways. Neither will you. Return to ...
Rosenthal: Shift to Philly will give Series a needed jolt
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Rosenthal: Shift to Philly will give Series a needed jolt Bleacher creature species-specific . As a native New Yorker, I never thought I’d say this, but here goes: Thank goodness the World Series is leaving New York so we can get a little atmosphere. “Our ballpark is so loud and rowdy, I was really expecting some of that here,” Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins said. “It was very tame and civil.” ...From mystique and aura to tame and civil. What has the Bronx come to? “Expensive tickets running loud people out,” Rollins said, referring to the high prices at the new ...
Yankee Stadium has been a Mausoleum
Circling The Bases —
... ?). Buck and McCarver talked about it at length last night, and today FOX's Ken Rosenthal gets the Phillies' take on it : Thank goodness the World Series is leaving New York so we can get a little atmosphere. "Our ballpark is so loud and rowdy, I was really expecting some of that here," Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins said. "It was very tame and civil." ...From mystique and aura to tame and civil. What has the Bronx come to? "Expensive tickets running loud people out," Rollins said, referring to the high prices at the new Yankee Stadium . . .I asked the three Phillies ...
Rosenthal: The New Place Isn't The Same
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
Ken Rosenthal wrote an article over on FOX Sports about how different the atmosphere in the new stadium is from the old. He even goes so far as saying "Thank goodness the World Series is leaving New York so we can get a little atmosphere." ...
Quotes From Last Night: Game 2 Edition
Fack Youk —
... Ken Rosenthal: Is it too late to reopen the old Yankee Stadium one more time? Pedro Martinez was in the house Thursday night — Pedro Martinez, the old Boston devil. The crowd of 50,181 mustered a few spontaneous, "Who's your daddy?" chants. But more often than not, the fans needed a prompt from the stadium organ to get going. ...
A Thought on the Sound of Yankee Stadium
Pinstripe Alley —
... Joe Buck makes it a regular part of his commentary.
Fellow Fox tool Ken Rosenthal wrote a column about it.
So let me throw in my 2 cents about the sound of New Yankee Stadium.
1) The accoustics are different. The upper bowl is pulled back significantly from the overhanging upper deck of the Old Stadium. This effects the volume
2) There is room for 52,325 fans including standing room. Old Yankee Stadium housed 57,545, a reduction of nearly 10%.
3) In my experience, the piped in sound effects tend to ...
Friday Filberts
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... offers a primer (but don't bother unless you've got a few minutes). Where does all this end, eventually? I don't mean to draw some overarching conclusion from the actions of one misguided jury, but I do wonder if team sports might simply be legislated (or sued) out of existence in my lifetime. Phil Hughes hasn't pitched well lately, but at least he's saying all the right things . The noise level in Yankee Stadium, according to an anonymous Phillie? Crickets. wezen-ball on blown umpires' calls through the decades , as only he can do ...
“WHO’S YOUR MAC DADDY”, AND IF HIGHLANDER FANS GO TO THE WORLD SERIES DO THEY MAKE A SOUND?
Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog —
... It seems the biggest loser so far this World Series is the Rich Folks Fortress in the Bronx. I thought it was just my middle aged ears that couldn’t hear the crowd noise but after reading and talking to some fans who were at the games, it seems the Grey Poupon crowd just ain’t into cheering. It could also be that real fans A/K/A Poor Bastards in the upper deck and bleachers are closer to Van Cortlandt Pak than they are the playing field and their veil disgusting comments float like a fart in the wind. Sad. Here we Mets fans have a ball park that seats you closer to the action ...
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