Yanks Giving Fans New Reason to Look Down at Cellphones

2008_11_Stadium.jpgThe Yankees have announced that they're not just going to give fans a playoff-contending lineup in exchange for a seat at the new Yankee Stadium, some of which will now cost up to $2500. The team says they plan to set up a network that would provide more ammunition for fans to give umpires the Bronx cheer by allowing them to get instant replays sent to their cellphones. They also are working on ways to give fans the ability to chat with one another and upload video during a game, as well as planning to install video screens on the backs of chairs. No word on whether the team will follow the lead of other stadiums and allow fans to send texts to the Jumbotron. In 2007, the St. Louis Cardinals were sued when 48,000 fans were told that a 17-year-old girl in attendance had an STD.

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Safeco Field in Seattle is owned by Nintendo and already does cool stuff like this via the DS. You can order food and stuff from your seat and get an app that lets you follow the action with commentary and such. It's cool.

dear yankees,

how about you pay taxes on your bonds instead and give parkland back to the community that exists around you.

love,

a tax-payer (and, for the record, a big baseball lover)

un-edited text messages on a Jumbotron at Yankee Stadium sounds like a great idea.

And that girl in St Louis did have an STD.

here's a hot tip for the yankees: put your replays on the jumbotron like every other sports franchise in america.

God forbid people should just watch the fucking game going on in front of them. Is people's ADD so bad they can't handle being away from a video display of some kind for more than a few moments at a time?

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