Signing autographs at nyshows.org. Mets don’t play until tonight. If the rain stops…

At hofstra sports show sat morning. I’m signing books here. WWW.veridico.com

Don’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 Yankees Examiner 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!

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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 Yankees Examiner 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.

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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 Yankees Examiner 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.

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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!

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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.

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