Six games have been played at the new Yankee Stadium and it's official, it is a hitters park and off the scale at that. Balls were flying out of the new Yankee palace at an alarming rate.In those six games, 26 balls cleared the new Yankee Stadium fence and that my friends is record breaking.
MLB: Most Home Runs In A Ballpark In The First 6 Games:
New Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NY 26 HR's 2009
Municipal Stadium - Kansas City, MO 25 HR's 1955
L.A. Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles, CA 24 HR's 1958
Enron Field - Houston, TX 24 HR's 2000
(Source: AP)
I’ve not been to a game at the new Yankee Stadium yet but I went to a few games at the old one. There was a buzz and an energy level at the old park that was vibrant. I was lucky to see Dwight Gooden’s no hitter at the Stadium in 1996 and that place rocked. I even took a soaking beer shower after the final out was made.
I watched a few games from the Indians and A’s series at the new place and though I’m not in the park but watching on TV it just seems there’s no energy, no atmosphere. When you watched games at the old place the buzz translated on TV.
This is what happens when you build for comfort. Instead of a beer shower it might mist martinis.
Check out Wallace Matthews column in New York Newsday.
I watched a few games from the Indians and A’s series at the new place and though I’m not in the park but watching on TV it just seems there’s no energy, no atmosphere. When you watched games at the old place the buzz translated on TV.
This is what happens when you build for comfort. Instead of a beer shower it might mist martinis.
Check out Wallace Matthews column in New York Newsday.
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