At yesterday’s 12-3 blowout at Yankee Stadium, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen couldn’t take it anymore. So he said something magical to the ump and, boom, he’s thrown uot of the game!
Well, that didn’t exactly help the White Sox…they still got creamed by Phil Hughes and the Yankees. Better luck next time Ozzie!
Like my photos? Check out my book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game
.
Archive for the ‘exclusives’ Category
#Yankees photo: Ozzie Guillen gets ejected! #MLB
Monday, May 3rd, 2010Best souvenir of old Yankee Stadium: just $23.95 #Yankees #Yanks #MLB
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Don’t spend a fortune for a seat from the old Yankee Stadium. Don’t even spend a small fortune for a clump of soil and decaying old Yankee Stadium turf.
For just $23.95, you can own a piece of Yankee Stadium to keep in your home, without spending hundreds or thousands of dollars for a useless Yankee Stadium seat or a sign. Here’s how:
Buy my book, Yankee Stadium:The Final Game
Enjoy many color photos of Yankee Stadium as you remember it, not as a pile of dust! See the final game at Yankee Stadium forever in all its glory!
Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game
The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog
The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog
Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)
NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)
Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.
I will be signing my book this April 24 and April 25 at the JPS Long Island National show at Hofstra University April 24 and 25. See you there!
YankeesGadfly
Great opening day photo: Texeira slams one #Yankees #Yanks #MLB
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Ok, so Mark Texeira hasn’t been hitting all that great in April, but he hit this nice shot on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium, April 13, 2010.
In my photo below, his bat is about to strike the ball for a double.
If you like my Yankee photos, you’ll love my new book Yankee Stadium: The Final Game. Here’s the cover:
It has many photos of the final game at the old Yankee Stadium, Sept.21, 2008. See the final out, the final home run, Rivera’s final entrance, and Andy’s final exit. And lots more.
If you loved the old Yankee Stadium (the House that Ruth built) had any great times there, or would like to remember it forever, get a copy of my book now.
On April 24 and April 25, I will be signing copies of my book at the Long Island National sports collectible show with 300 dealers and many players, including Yankee greats Mickey Rivers and Goose Gossage at Hofstra University on Long Island. Drop by, say hello, and pick up an autographed copy of Yankee Stadium: The Final Game for friends and relatives.
Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game
The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog
The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog
Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)
NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)
Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.
YankeesGadfly
Exclusive photo: A-Rod finally gets his ring #Yankees #Yanks #MLB
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Nearly 16 years after he arrived in the major leagues, my photo below shows Alex Rodriguez finally getting his world championship ring at Yankee Stadium, opening day, April 13, 2010.
Hey, A-Rod! Welcome to the same club as Roger Clemens and Wade Boggs, who also struggled for years to get a ring before getting their first ring playing as Yankees.
Also shown with A-Rod are Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, and Joe Girardi–who have plenty of rings of their own.
The only folks not having a good time were the Angels in the background, who were eliminated by A-Rod and the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the 2009 ALCS.
Stick around for great photos of Yankee Stadium and the Yankees. If you love the Yankees, you’ll love my book Yankee Stadium: The Final Game, which captures every moment of the last game ever played at the old Yankee Stadium on September 21, 2008.
On April 24 and April 25, I will be signing copies of my book at the Long Island National sports collectible show with 300 dealers and a bunch of baseball stars at Hofstra University on Long Island. Drop by, say hello, and pick up an autographed copy of Yankee Stadium: The Final Game for friends and relatives.
Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game
The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog
The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog
Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)
NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)
Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.
YankeesGadfly
Kudos to the Yankees! My seat upgrade #Yankees #Yanks #MLB
Monday, April 19th, 2010I’ve criticized the Yankees a lot in this blog, for example for selling off a handicapped sign from the old Yankee Stadium and for tearing down Yankee Stadium.
I still think those criticisms are deserved.
However, I’ve got to give credit where credit is due: This winter, the Yankees actually gave me a good upgrade for 2010 to seats in a better location. I didn’t expect them to, but they did.
In 2009, I was stuck in field level section 134, I think it was, way out in left field near the bleachers. This was a far cry from the infield (NOT “between the bases”) seats I’d had in the old Yankee Stadium for 12 years.
The left field seats baked in the sun during day games, had no roof to protect me from rain during the 2009 ALDS, ALCS, and World Series, were far from home plate, and had no in-seat food service, even though they were the same price as seats that did have such service. In 2009, I baked and got soaked–all for $85 per seat!
I asked the Yankees to remedy all these faults and they did. My new seats are in right field: Shaded, with a roof overhead and in-seat food service. They’re also closer to the Yankee dugout and home plate. They’re still nowhere near as good as the section 14 MVP Reserved seats I had in the old Yankee Stadium (the equivalent would now cost me $16,000 per season!), but they are a step up from 2009. So thank you Hank and Hal.
(I still wish you had not priced loyal, longtime fans totally out of the infield, though).
Here’s a photo I took on Opening Day 2010 from my new seats of A-rod at bat. You can see the seams on the ball in front of him.
(I did use a pretty powerful lens to shoot this). Not bad, eh?
If, as I do, you still love the old Yankee Stadium, check out my book Yankee Stadium: The Final Game. It captures everything you remember about the old Yankee Stadium, including the food stands and the trash!
Yankees Gadfly
Yankee Stadium food court: Where’s the best food? #Yankees #Yanks #MLB
Monday, April 19th, 2010One of the things I loved about the new Yankee Stadium, despite its faults, was some of the great new choices in food.
But that was 2009. At Opening Day 2010, I found some of my favorites gone. What happened to the Arthur Avenue Italian deli? Their eggplant and chicken parmigiana were my favorites.
But they’ve disappeared from Yankee Stadium. And the Boar’s Head deli at the field level food court behind home? Gone in 2010! Also, I’d heard that they were going to open up a second Lobel’s steak sandwich place in right field, so people wouldn’t have to walk all the way out to left field and wait behind 50 people. No way. There’s no Lobel’s so far in right field. So, I settled for four chicken tenders for $7.50. They were decent, but get pretty boring quickly.
Hey Hank and Hal! Please bring back the Arthur Avenue Italian deli and sandwich place to the Yankee Stadium food court. And put a second Lobel’s in right field!
And if you miss the old Yankee Stadium, with its greasy french fries and overpriced sausage and pepper sandwiches, check out my book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game, which has many beautiful color photographs of that last game, including the lemonade guy and the workers at the old Yankee Stadium food courts.
Thanks.
Yankees Gadfly
Exclusive photo: Opening Day flag bearers #Yankees #Yanks #MLB
Monday, April 19th, 2010There was lots of pomp and ceremony at Opening Day 2010 on April 13, 2010 at Yankee Stadium. The 2009 World Championship banner flew for the first time at the new Yankee Stadium. The Yankees players got their 2009 world championship rings. And, as usual, there were the usual military bands and a flyover by jets. Here is a photo I took of the army cadets getting ready to unfurl the huge American flag in center field.
It’s going to be another great year at Yankee Stadium in 2010. The Yankees are already 9 and 3 and have won their first four series of the season for the first time since 1926!!
Stick around for great photos of Yankee Stadium and the Yankees. If you love the Yankes, you’ll love my book Yankee Stadium: The Final Game, which captures every moment of the last game ever played at the old Yankee Stadium on September 21, 2008.
On April 24 and April 25, I will be signing copies of my book at the Long Island National sports collectible show with 300 dealers and a bunch of baseball stars at Hofstra University on Long Island. Drop by, say hello, and pick up an autographed copy of Yankee Stadium: The Final Game for friends and relatives.
Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game
The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog
The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog
Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)
NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)
Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.
YankeesGadfly
Exclusive Photo: Matsui gets his ring at Yankee Stadium #Yankees #Yanks #MLB
Monday, April 19th, 2010On Opening Day 2010 at Yankee Stadium, most of the Yankees received their 2009 world championship rings. The team they defeated in the 2009 ALCS, the Angels, watched with boredom and envy.
However, both the Yankees and Angels applauded when Hidecki Matsui, now an Angel, came out to get his ring.
In this photo I shot at Yankee Stadium on April 13, Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra join Yankees manager Joe Girardi (#28) at the ceremonial table.
It was nice to see the Angels be good sports, even though it must have been painful for veterans of their 2009 team to watch.
If you like my Yankee photos, you’ll love my new book Yankee Stadium: The Final Game.
It has many photos of the final game at the old Yankee Stadium, Sept.21, 2008. See the final out, the final home run, Rivera’s final entrance, and Andy’s final exit. And lots more.
If you loved that Stadium, had any great times there, or would like to remember it forever, get a copy of my book.
On April 24 and April 25, I will be signing copies of my book at the Long Island National sports collectible show with 300 dealers and a bunch of baseball stars at Hofstra University on Long Island. Drop by, say hello, and pick up an autographed copy of Yankee Stadium: The Final Game for friends and relatives.
Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game
The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog
The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog
Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)
NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)
Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.
YankeesGadfly
Photo: Old Yankee Stadium being torn down #Yankees #MLB #Yanks
Thursday, April 15th, 2010On Opening Day at Yankee Stadium here’s a photo what the old Yankee Stadium was doing. Those are the remains of the first base/right field stands behind the crane:
We all knew this day would come. That’s why I preserved the final game at Yankee Stadium in my book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game. I’d rather remember Yankee Stadium the way it looked that last glorious night in September, 2008, than the above skeleton of Yankee Stadium. Soon, when it’s entirely gone, the only memory we’ll have of its last game is my book. Check it out; it will preserve the old Yankee Stadium for you forever!
On April 24 and April 25, I will be signing copies of my book at the Long Island National sports collectible show with 300 dealers and a bunch of baseball stars at Hofstra University on Long Island. Drop by, say hello, and pick up an autographed copy of Yankee Stadium: The Final Game for friends and relatives.
Now it’s on to the 2010 baseball season and the Yankees’ quest for a 28th World Championship in Yankee Stadium.
Yankees Gadfly
Photo of Don Mattingly@today’s show #Yankees #NY
Saturday, January 16th, 2010Here’s Donnie signing autographs today. There were hundreds and he had to stay overtime. Note the goatee. (Tomorrow it will be Nettles, Chambliss, etc.)
Will we see Donnie in Yankee Stadium again in the near future? Stay tuned. Don’t forget to check out my new book: Yankee Stadium: The Final Game
YankeeGadfly
