Yankee Stadium actually might suck

July 15th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

So, here’s something I enjoyed: the New York Times pressed some All-Stars and got them to say discouraging things about the House that Ruth built. I enjoy this because I had to listen to Yankee Stadium get verbally jerked off last night to no end. I’m pretty sure Reggie Jackson is still blabbing about how being a True Yankee is the greatest thing on this here Earth. (Which, all things told, if I lived and breathed that environment day and day out, I’d probably end up sounding like Reggie, too. But I haven’t, so I don’t. And I won’t.)

BUT ANWAYS, here are the quotes:

The smell,” the Texas Rangers’ Michael Young said.

“The tiny clubhouse,” Justin Duchscherer of the Oakland Athletics added.

“Hitting my head on the dugout,” the Chicago White Sox’ Joe Crede offered. “Every time somebody scored or got a hit, you jumped up and forgot how low the ceiling is in there.”

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“Especially when it rains, the smell that comes up through the drainage system is not pretty,” said Jason Varitek of the Boston Red Sox. “It affects your sinuses, I’ll tell you that much.”

Young added: “It depends on the day. The last time we were there, which was a couple of weeks ago, a pipe burst. I was going back up the tunnel, and there was a flood — a sewer line broke or something like that. So I still have that kind of in my nose right now.”

You know what? I change my stance: these guys just don’t get it. That sewer spell? That’s the smell of champions. The small dugouts and clubhouses? That builds character. It’s all so simple, really.

Yankee Stadium trying to steal Winter Classic from Chicago?

July 1st, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

At the end of May, the Sun-Times reported the Winter Classic was all signed, sealed and delivered for the Red Wings to play the Blackhawks at Wrigley Field. Outdoor hockey. In the winter. At Wrigley. Pretty. Freaking. Cool. But alas, a wrench — why is it always a wrench? could we not through a screwdriver into the situation? let’s to that — has been thrown into the plans. According to Random Reality Thoughts, New York doesn’t seem completely out the door yet.

NHL Deputy Commissioner Billy Daly was a guest on XM Radio’s “Hockey This Morning” and stated that “it’s safe to assume” that a Winter Classic will be held at Yankee Stadium or Wrigley Field during the upcoming season.

Like Eric McErlain over at FanHouse, I’m a bit confused by this, but would think it’s safe to assume both cities are now bidding for a shot at hosting the game. Which is bogus. Yeah, it’s Yankee Stadium’s last year. And yeah: it makes sense to have it there. But does Yankee Stadium have the ability for someone to throw an octopus on the ice from a rooftop?

I think not.