June 18, 2008
Yankees Never Forget Heroes or Old Yankee Stadium
While ticket prices at the new Yankees Stadium prices are high, the last season at Yankee Stadium is also proving lucrative with all sorts of memorabilia to remember the house that Ruth built.
Yesterday, pitcher Joba Chamberlain unveiled a special All-Star Game T-shirt at Modell's in Times Square. Since the game is being held at Yankee Stadium, the shirt features the phrase, "Heroes Made. Legends Remembered, with images of Yankee Stadium, the Statue of Liberty and the All-Star Game logo on the back. With each sale, $1 each will be given to FDNY Foundation and the New York City Police Foundation.
Chamberlain said, "We're going to have the best players [at the All-Star Game]. We have the best police and fire [fighters], so we want to support them and definitely give back to them for everything they do for us."
You can dress in old Yankee Stadium from head to toe if you decide to buy the special edition Crocs. The limited edition soles, sold only at Modell's stores, have, per the NY Post, "a silver Yankee signature logo and a strap featuring the official club lettering and a Yankee Stadium patch."
A Modell's spokeswoman suggested, "If you can't take a piece of the stadium, why not grab a pair of collectible Crocs shoes?" perhaps in an effort to stop further bunting bozos.
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I was warming up to the idea... until I saw the Crocs....
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Babe Ruth rolls in his grave.
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I used to make fun of crocs like crazy but recieved a pair for christmas and wore it on a whim. Most comfortable shoes I've ever worn. I refuse to wear them in broad daylight though
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Steinbrenner is laughing all the way to his grave.
Steinbrenner fils are laughing all the way to the bank.
Tickets at the new Yankee Stadium will be outrageously expensive. Just can't wait to see what the $8.50 per cup of "beer" that's actually foamy water goes for.
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yankee fan from birth to my grave but, THOSE FUCKIN CROCS ARE THE GAYEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN!
Bet you $100 Boston makes a pair for all the gayholes up there!
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"I used to make fun of crocs like crazy but recieved a pair for christmas and wore it on a whim. Most comfortable shoes I've ever worn. I refuse to wear them in broad daylight though"
A racist in crocs. omg i have to meet this guy.
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Does this mean the Yankees won't be asking for any more tax breaks so, you know, the city has more money to pay cops and firefighters?
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On a related subject - has the idea of building residential units around the remains of old Yankee Stadium been broached?
Just this kind of thing was done with the old Arsenal soccer stadium in England. This excerpt from the book Conceptions of the Desirable
What Cities Ought to Know about the Future:
"In the summer of 2006, the venerable Arsenal Football Club moved out of its old home, the august Highbury Stadium, and into the larger Emirates Stadium, scarcely five minutes away on foot. Left behind was an empty stadium full of precious emotions and memories of all those great victories, unforgettable goals, and bitter defeats. To tear down the stadium they had begun using in 1913 would thus have been unthinkable. And so the idea was hatched to play Highbury in a new way, to transform it into a residential area. The walls were left standing and the stands are being rebuilt, turned into luxury apartments and lofts. Where, over the decades, twenty-two players tore after the ball, in future the residents will be able to sit on the benches in the park designed by landscape architect Christopher Bradley-Hole. The lion’s share of apartments was sold before the planning phase was even completed."
If have little doubt that, if done with care, these too would be very popular.
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hey zipperhead you're thinking about those walking colonoscopies - the dolan's.
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How about the $5 cup of soda,which is actually all watered down?
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If this city had any vision, the old stadium could be torn down and replaced by something special. Baltimore and Chicago's Wrigley have bars and clubs worth going to all year round. This could mean jobs for the locals and cheap fun for all New Yorkers. Or the space could be shared with the community to make up for the lost parkspace for the new stadium (indoor pool? children's health center?).
But, I live in NYC and after over 30 years we don't know what to do with the area around Shea nor do we have clue about what to do with Governors Island.