5/20/08 Yankee Stadium.

Tuesday May 20, 2008
Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Bronx, New York

5:17 PM - I entered Yankee Stadium for the last time in my life before they demolish a building that should be considered a museum. It is a landmark and there will be chaos when they ram that bolder into the front entrance. I was going there with my Uncle Mark who is a big Yankees fan. Him and I champed it out in the rain, waited for it to settle and go away just in time before the start of the game at 7:10 PM.

I picked up a pair of tickets on StubHub! which has been a savior to me a lot so far this season. Although these were our seats:

We sat here and enjoyed the game until the 8th inning before leaving. We sat ten rows up and the cop that talked to us the entire game didn't mind at all.

The game started off with a 7 - 0 lead from the Baltimore Orioles at the end of the first inning. Mike Mussina was taking a beating. It looked like he was throwing good material but the bats on the Orioles bench were awake and they wouldn't stop making contact with the ball. 2nd inning: two more runs come in for the Orioles and Alex Rodriguez hasn't even made an appearance at the plate so far this game. It was his first appearance back from his strained right quad and in the 6th inning he blasted one that landed either in Monument Park or near it. From my seat in the bleachers I couldn't see where it had landed exactly.

Jeter got hit in the wrist to be immediately aided to and taken out of the game. Yes, I understand Derek Jeter is the Captain of the New York Yankees and also one of the most pampered players in the MLB but relax, it was just a bruise. He should've felt that instantly whether something broke or not.

In the 6th inning, LaTroy Hawkins decided to throw three extremely inside pitches to Luke Scott before going upstairs and almost drilling his head. Umpire Chuck Meriwether ejected him instantly. The benches cleared and it was on. The coolest thing about the dugouts clearing was being right in front of the bullpen and hearing the players right before they ran top speed to the infield.

After we left, I heard a guy behind me asking for ticket stubs then some other guy with a thick Bronx accent said, "What do you need these stubs for? This was THE WORST game in Yankees History!" I chuckled and then shouted out "Let's Go Mets!" to quickly silence the folks around Yankee Stadium two days after they got smacked by the Mets in a two game series, compliments of the rain for canceling the first game.

We took the 4 Subway until it dropped us off at 34th, walked in the wrong direction for 10 minutes, then walked to Penn Station where we waited half an hour for our 11:09 PM Train to Linden, New Jersey.

The night was over but I did manage to create a homemade panorama of Yankee Stadium. Check it out: