Yankee Stadium Demolition

[RichardLillard1]

Originally Posted by JoeDOYS

Did a little bit of digging...im sure theres much more.

Thanks, Joe!

I really wish the red letter photo was sharper, but it's still an amazing piece of the puzzle and tells an awesome tale.

Also, notice in the first one that the blue sheets are being installed on the letters themselves. I assume that the color was changed from red to blue to match the ballpark's new look.


Richard


EDIT: I've heard that Reggie also bought the black section of the bleachers. It should be interesting to see how that get's moved out.

[voodoochile]

Originally Posted by Anubis2051

So you're telling me that even with the team playing as well as they are right now, and being where they are right now, that you're going to let the stadium stop you from supporting them? I'm sorry, I loved the old place too, but I'm learning to love the new one, especially with the history that is developing there now, and to let something as silly as that get in the way of supporting your team, you must not have been that big a fan to begin with.

Since when does boycotting a stadium have anything to do with fan loyalty? Financial assistance, which is what you do when you buy a ticket, is not a necessity to warrant fan support, especially when the team is worth in excess of one billion dollars.

[The Korean]

You can boycott the team (not buying their prodcucts or going to the game EtC...) but if you call yourself a fan you gotta support the team. Watch their games, hope they win ETC...

But whatever. We gotta celebrate!

[JoeDOYS]

Demolition Update

[hallzee]

Originally Posted by JoeDOYS

Demolition Update

From here on out, it gets real ugly, real fast!

[mets16]

I was wondering, for the offseason, are some of you Yankee fans going to do a get-together for the farewell like island did for Shea? It looks as though the real stuff will begin soon.

[JoeDOYS]

Originally Posted by hallzee

From here on out, it gets real ugly, real fast!

Agreed.

Hopefully they continue knocking out that back wall so we can point our cameras into the bowl as it comes apart...

[jnakamura]

Originally Posted by RichardLillard1

I don't know about that. When you look at the worker taking down one of the E's, he's much smaller than said letter. It's about twice his height.

Even if he's around 5 feet tall, that's still ten feet.


Richard

Richard, I made a diagram. Assuming that the guy on the ladder is 6' tall...

The blue block is 6'.

The two blocks stacked is 12'.

I would safely assume the letters are exactly 10' tall.

[bandit12]

Ouch!!! Doesn't look like Reggie saved his seats.

From....
http://www.demolitionofyankeestadium.com/

[scooterfan]

Originally Posted by The Korean

You can boycott the team (not buying their prodcucts or going to the game EtC...) but if you call yourself a fan you gotta support the team. Watch their games, hope they win ETC...

But whatever. We gotta celebrate!

You don't gotta do anything, just like you don't have to stay married to the same person.

Although the new stadium has been an embarrassing failure and no one's gonna tell me this championship was won because of it, I'm very, very happy for John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman. John Sterling is a media punching bag but he's one of the best radio play by play guys in the history of the game. He could be boring like the rest of the baseball announcers by calling games like it's 1950 when there was no competition with only a few tv channels, but John knows this is show business and he puts on a great show. Plus,he gives you two for the price of one. He may not paint the picture like Ernie Harwell and Vin Scully, but what he does is better. He calls a baseball game and simultaneously hosts a Mike Francesa style sports talk show.

It's disappointing that so many Yankee fans have been influenced by Phil Mushnick and have criticized Sterling as well. Mushnick is so jealous of Sterling it's not even funny. As for Suzyn, the criticism leveled at her is pure sexism.

[jnakamura]

Originally Posted by scooterfan

You don't gotta do anything, just like you don't have to stay married to the same person.

Although the new stadium has been an embarrassing failure and no one's gonna tell me this championship was won because of it, I'm very, very happy for John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman. John Sterling is a media punching bag but he's one of the best radio play by play guys in the history of the game. He could be boring like the rest of the baseball announcers by calling games like it's 1950 when there was no competition with only a few tv channels, but John knows this is show business and he puts on a great show. Plus,he gives you two for the price of one. He may not paint the picture like Ernie Harwell and Vin Scully, but what he does is better. He calls a baseball game and simultaneously hosts a Mike Francesa style sports talk show.

It's disappointing that so many Yankee fans have been influenced by Phil Mushnick and have criticized Sterling as well. Mushnick is so jealous of Sterling it's not even funny. As for Suzyn, the criticism leveled at her is pure sexism.

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[The Korean]

Originally Posted by scooterfan

You don't gotta do anything, just like you don't have to stay married to the same person.

Although the new stadium has been an embarrassing failure and no one's gonna tell me this championship was won because of it, I'm very, very happy for John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman. John Sterling is a media punching bag but he's one of the best radio play by play guys in the history of the game. He could be boring like the rest of the baseball announcers by calling games like it's 1950 when there was no competition with only a few tv channels, but John knows this is show business and he puts on a great show. Plus,he gives you two for the price of one. He may not paint the picture like Ernie Harwell and Vin Scully, but what he does is better. He calls a baseball game and simultaneously hosts a Mike Francesa style sports talk show.

It's disappointing that so many Yankee fans have been influenced by Phil Mushnick and have criticized Sterling as well. Mushnick is so jealous of Sterling it's not even funny. As for Suzyn, the criticism leveled at her is pure sexism.

How has the new stadium been a failure? Yankees are making money off of it. You could say disgrace, and I cant disagree with you on that. but its definitely not a failure. It accomplished what Yankees wanted.


I like John Sterling as well. one of our very few common things we share.

[DaBigMotor]

Originally Posted by JoeDOYS

Demolition Update

This bookends nicely with their 27th World Championship to squash any talk of a 'curse of Yankee Stadium.'

BTW, anyone who boycotts a team over which stadium that they play in is NOT a true fan of the tream, no matter what they say. They are a fan of architecture.

That's like saying you hate your parents because they moved out of your childhood home, or you hate your dad for trading in the car that you got your first piece in the back seat of.

The Yankees got some in the FRONT seat of their new place!

[BayonneMetsfan]

correction...the rest of the Shea letters were eventually removed before they finished demolition.

[cgcoyne2]

Originally Posted by DaBigMotor

This bookends nicely with their 27th World Championship to squash any talk of a 'curse of Yankee Stadium.'

BTW, anyone who boycotts a team over which stadium that they play in is NOT a true fan of the tream, no matter what they say. They are a fan of architecture.

That's like saying you hate your parents because they moved out of your childhood home, or you hate your dad for trading in the car that you got your first piece in the back seat of.

The Yankees got some in the FRONT seat of their new place!

That my friend is a bad analogy!!!!

[Maxlugar]

Originally Posted by bandit12

Ouch!!! Doesn't look like Reggie saved his seats.

From....
http://www.demolitionofyankeestadium.com/

Sweet merciful poop on a triscuit!

[Rob R]

Originally Posted by voodoochile

Since when does boycotting a stadium have anything to do with fan loyalty? Financial assistance, which is what you do when you buy a ticket, is not a necessity to warrant fan support, especially when the team is worth in excess of one billion dollars.

Regarding the person he's talking about, in that case it does. He's on record here as saying he'd root for the Red Sox if they meet the Yanks in the ALCS this year. What kind of Yankee fan would say that, assuming of course, they are really a Yankee fan to begin with, which of course, he's not.

[RichieA13]

Originally Posted by jnakamura

Richard, I made a diagram. Assuming that the guy on the ladder is 6' tall...

The blue block is 6'.

The two blocks stacked is 12'.

I would safely assume the letters are exactly 10' tall.

What if the guy on the ladder's a midget?

Also, if two train leave from the exact same point, at the exact same time & are traveling in opposite directions, with one of them going 60 MPH, & the other one going 40 MPH ..... how much distance would be between the two trains if they traveled a total of 173 minutes & 14 seconds each ....................?

[dstoffa]

Originally Posted by RichieA13

Also, if two train are traveling in opposite directions, with one of them going 60 MPH, & the other one going 40 MPH .....
how much distance would be between the two trains if they traveled a total of 173 minutes & 14 seconds ....................?

Not enough information given.

[Aviator_Frank]

If one of them is Amtrak and the other one is the Long Island RR, they'll meet 3 hours later than scheduled

[locke40]

Originally Posted by RichieA13

What if the guy on the ladder's a midget?

Also, if two train leave from the exact same point, at the exact same time & are traveling in opposite directions, with one of them going 60 MPH, & the other one going 40 MPH ..... how much distance would be between the two trains if they traveled a total of 173 minutes & 14 seconds each ....................?

Assuming that the trains started at the exact same point, and left the station at the exact same time, the trains would be 288.72 miles apart from one another.

[voodoochile]

Originally Posted by voodoochile View Post
Since when does boycotting a stadium have anything to do with fan loyalty? Financial assistance, which is what you do when you buy a ticket, is not a necessity to warrant fan support, especially when the team is worth in excess of one billion dollars.

Originally Posted by Rob R

Regarding the person he's talking about, in that case it does. He's on record here as saying he'd root for the Red Sox if they meet the Yanks in the ALCS this year. What kind of Yankee fan would say that, assuming of course, they are really a Yankee fan to begin with, which of course, he's not.

I'm not real clear on this. Are you referring to me as not being a real Yankee fan?

[Rob R]

Originally Posted by voodoochile

Originally Posted by voodoochile View Post
Since when does boycotting a stadium have anything to do with fan loyalty? Financial assistance, which is what you do when you buy a ticket, is not a necessity to warrant fan support, especially when the team is worth in excess of one billion dollars.



I'm not real clear on this. Are you referring to me as not being a real Yankee fan?

No, no no! I was talking about scooterfan to whom I believe you were referring to in your post. Sorry for the confusion!

[voodoochile]

I don't recall if it was this thread or another, (and I can't find it) but someone inquired about a team winning the World Series in its first year in a new stadium.

1909 - Forbes Field
Pittsburgh Pirates over
Detroit Tigers 4-3

1912 - Fenway Park
Boston Red Sox over
New York Giants 4-3

1914 - Braves Field
Boston Braves over
Philadelphia Athletics 4-0

2006 - Busch Stadium
St. Louis Cardinals over
Detroit Tigers 4-1

2009 - Yankee Stadium
New York Yankees over
Philadelphia Phillies 4-2
With this win the Yankees have now won 25%
of the 105 World Series' played

[voodoochile]

Originally Posted by Rob R

No, no no! I was talking about scooterfan to whom I believe you were referring to in your post. Sorry for the confusion!

Good thing I didn't blow it by running my mouth. I wasn't sure. I also apologize for the confusion.