I was lucky enough to be at the final home game at The Stadium.  It was one of the best nights of my life.  If you'd like to read a little story and see a nice pictorial I have one started here.

There was a festive, not sad, air in The Stadium. The weather was surreal in it's perfection. The afternoon was incredibly sunny and only slightly warm. In the evening some clouds formed in the distance giving stunning dimension to the orange and pink sky. And the night was a perfect 72 degrees with a calm and cool breeze flowing through the stands.

I have had the Sunday ticket package for a few years now.  It's great!  I get Opening Day, Old Timers Day and every Sunday home game. It's perfect for those of us who work a lot but still want to go out and see our team.

I have been very excited because not only do I get to go to the very last game at the old Stadium, but my package also includes opening day.  So I will be able to see the first game at the new Stadium too.  Right?  Wrong!

Seems they can make more money shutting out the old ticket holders and selling that game alone or including it only for the big shots and casual fan ready to ante up for the historic day.

This really leaves a sour taste in my mouth.  I can put up with $11 beers, constant ticket price increases and sometimes mediocre play.  But this really sucks. I look forward to seeing my Sunday games at the new Stadium next year.  But it will probably be the last ticket package I buy. 

There is a difference between "loving" the Yankees and "being screwed" by them.  Seems that, with the new Stadium, screwing long time fans is the plan. That's loyalty for ya :(

Sometimes I feel myself evolving into Andy Rooney - a curmudgeon complaining about everything. Well, here I go again. What I want to whine about today is the policy of the New York Yankees during the National Anthem and God Bless America. I see in today's NY Times that the Yankees now have a strict policy of fans being forbidden to move at all during the playing of these two songs. Crossposted at MQAblog and Daily Kos

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My dad is a diehard Yankee fan and raised me that way too.  While he grew up in the Northeast, the family moved to Florida when I was a kid.  So I have always cheered the Yankees from afar.  But I moved to New York City a few months ago and today a dream will come true.  Not only to see a Yankee game - but to be at a home opener.  It's like Christmas Day!

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BOSTON (AP) -- Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein resigned Monday, surprising Boston and the baseball world just one year after he helped build the franchise's first World Series championship team since 1918.

Cashman has good timing signing on a few days ago...George would have undoubtably tried to snag Epstein otherwise. Should He still try?

1. Remove the standings box.  Incorrect, out of date and a sad reminder of the past season.
2. Start a countdown to Spring Training.  Might be a bit early but I would rather look ahead than look behind.
3. Let's get together.  I moved to NYC just last week - within sight of Yankee Stadium no less!  We are a modest sized blog community - perhaps the right size for an occasional meeting over a cold beer.

any other ideas.....?

I love it. Full steam ahead.  Two or fewer losses and we are likley at least in a playoff for the Playoffs.  If we get in then we will go in hot. I like how so many different players are making big contributions. And I hope that whoever was only identifying a certain player only by the Number 13 is now giving the man his due.  I am even giving Joe mad props for keeping us in it through all the challenges this year. We can do it.  If we do it this year I think it will be the sweetest Championship in a long time.

Maybe since '96. That stands out for me as well as '77.  In 1977 I watched the games with my Dad and for the first time we could cheer our team to the top. (DYK?...The '80 was the only decade the Yankees didn't win a World Series). Anyway a World Series victory this year would be sweet indeed.

Do you have a "favorite" Yankees World Series? Tell the poll.  I have the last nine WS victories going all the way to 1958.  If you go back farther than that then tell us what we missed.

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I agree with President Bush.  Yep, you might not see that from me again but when it comes to Rafael Palmero I am going to give them both the benefit of the doubt. President Bush says he doesn't think Palmero took steroids and I don't think so either.  Really! First, drug tests are often unreliable.  I am guessing that he probably insisted on multiple follow ups but it is still possible that...  Viagra caused it!.  Palmero has done ads for the product so he obviously uses it - perhaps that (or other aids he has tried) threw the test off. Or maybe... he could have innocently taken some over the counter drug or supplement which contained a trace of something that is prohibited. Like eating a poppy seed bagel and coming up positive for opium.  I just don't think Palmero would have lied so blatantly to Congress. I have been watching a lot of sports and EVERYONE is condemning the man.  I'm sticking with Bush on this one..innocent until proven guilty.  Don't let me down W!! or RP

I won't repeat what I have been posting all year except to say that the Joe Torre era needs to come to an end.  I realize this won't happen during the year although, in my opinion it should have been done before the All Star break.  Perhaps a consensus between hotheads like me and those with a more patient temperment can be reached.

So the general question is how long should we stick with Joe Torre as manager?

The Yankees have lost five in a row and it sure feels like a slump.  A few weeks ago I wrote about baseball superstitions and told how a gift of three Yankee bracelets set me on a search to find the winning one to wear.  My "lucky" bracelet was finally found and we went on a hot streak.  That is clearly over.  

I told myself that I would adjust my superstition when we hit a slump.  Afterall, nothing lasts forever.  

But what defines a slump?

Below I listed a few of the definitions I considered.  I decided that losing 6 of 10 is a legitimate slump but what you think.  

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Five in a row sure feels good.  After a start that sent this Yankee fan into mild depression we are finally playing like the champs of old. I think I know why!

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New York Times writer George Vecsey, in Wednesday's edition, touches on the topic how this years' NY Yankees in many ways parallel the Yanks of 1965. While doing so I believe he argues my point that Joe Torre, as great as he is, needs to be replaced as manager of the Yankees. It has been all too common this year (and in recent years) to see Joe sit back and proclaim confidence that once his team gets it all together the wins will follow.  That has not happened in the post season the past 4 years and is not happening at all this year.

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Can the Yankees' current struggles and the failure to 'close the deal' the last four years be blamed on Joe Torre?

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Is it time for Joe to go?

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