Take me out to the ball game......

Tearing down the old Yankee Stadium.....sigh




I was given 2 amazing seat tickets from one of my dear friends for the first game of Labor Day's games. Hubby said I should ask my Dad first. So Daddy and I got to spend some quality time together at the ball game. I think the last game I went to with Dad and family and friends was at Shea for a Yankee vs Mets game .





Me and my handsome Dad c:





Scarey Arod bobble head in the Yankee Team Store



Scarey Jeter bobble head



CC warming up.


No hits for Jeter so close to being the all time hits player for the Yankees.

The great hall from the other side. Remember in June I posted pics but that side is the older platers in black and white pics.....


The screening behind home plate is way different- so you still need to be careful of foul balls....

THe guy timing all the pitches for mph...most were in the mid 90's for both teams




The guy filming for the behind home plate shots


Pena got hit by a pitch in the first inning broke 2 fingers and is out for the year.



Evan L someone for the Rays- plays 3rd base. He got a HR in the first game.




All you hear is people banging on this guy's pan for good luck...he's been going to games since as long as I can remember. Definatly before DD was born.

The New Yankee Stadium

When you come in one of the entrances you walk into the Great Hall. Full of banners of the Yankee legends, and there are alot of them, Mantle, Ruth, DiMaggio just to name a few.




Yogi's banner



Last year for the All Star game being played at the old Yankee Stadium MLB had these statues done in all the team's colors and they were all over NYC. After the game, they were auctioned off- I guess the Yankees paid alot of money to keep theirs.



After we did our little shopping for my pin and shot glass we started up the ramps towards our seats to see the Museum and we saw this.....click on pic to read the sign.....lol

If you're not sure of where your seats are in the new stadium, there are hundreds of employees walking around with these cute signs. We wanted to find the Hard Rock cause Kim collects pins and shot glasses from all the ones she's been too.




It's a pretty photo heavy blog now so I'll continue with the museum and the game next post.

Mahahahahahaha

I've been calling him that all along *snicker*



Let's see te whole time he was in Texas he was on roids and when he comes to the Yankees he stops. And his batting average drops 20 points and his homerun average drops 15-20 depending on the year....

And the best is...he admitted it so he probably will never make it to Cooperstown...might as well retire now. The boo birds are going to have fun in 2 weeks in Tampa for spring training
I actually bought the paper to frame the front page and hang it next to Veritek kicking his butt in Boston :P
lol-lol-lol-lol

Philley's Win!!!

image "borrowed" from flickr


I really love that the Philley's won last night. I hate the Seling changed the rules of the game to suit him again -you know "suspending" the game even though 5 innings were played before Tampa Bay tied it. Kinda stinks of the All Star game "tie" a few years ago doesn't it? But I read the online articles of the vandilisim that took place in Philley last night. Make me ill- so No I won't let the kids cut school to see the parade next week.
I have to call Grandma today- I'm sure she's very happy her Philley's won the series. :) Bet Nanette is too :)

Yeah Moose!

FINALLY!! a 20 win season for the Moose!



Mussina is my fav pitcher of the Yanks.I mean I named my cat after him and everything :) This was his final season of the contract. What will happen next? Only those idiot Steinbrenner sons know for sure.

So Paula, there's no way you can beat us for the year now. Best they can do is tie....yeah!

Hubby made his awesome chili, first batch of football season.
His Mets got kicked out of the post season today too!

Saturday Stuff

Very sad morning here. First of all I fell asleep watching the Mets lose last night because the Yankees and Red Sox were in a rain delay. Not only did I miss the Yankees beating up on the Sox- I read that Paul Newman died . His eyes are second only to hubby's.



I did manage to get the top finished for the baby shower gift for DD's school mate. Shower is next Sunday. Shouldn't be a problem quilting it Monday. I'm about 1/3 of the way done joining rows for the friend with breast cancer too.




I sent a few of these to a friend in VA a couple weeks ago and left only one of these nifty carriers for myself. I managed to pick up a couple more today. I'm thinking I can use them for gifties come holiday time for my quilty friends.








Citifield is going to be a beautiful stadium ( not as nice as the new Yankee stadium though)



Monday's Game at Shea. The Cubbie's pitcher hit a GRANDSLAM against the Mets- I about fell out of my seat laughing...


Moose didn't like the Yankee cap :P He's a Met's fan. Oh did anyone see that Met game today? WOW!!! Santana on 3 days rest pitched a no hitter! So there's still hope in Metland (not in Yankeeland though)

Great Story

*photo borrowed from Yahoo sports*


What a really touching story.

Are you kidding me???

Gotta love this pic almost as much as I love this one :



I actually own the second one and it hangs by my sewing area. Tek rocks ( even if he is a Red Sox)

Ahole makes 27 MILLION bucks a year....guess how many rbis he has in the 8th and 9th innings this year??? 2 yep a whole 2.....

Let's see we're going into the playoff home stretch and we're playing the Sox and how did Ahole do last night in 5 at bats???

Zero for Five

a strike out
ground into a double play
flyed out to center
another ground out into a double play
and then yet another strike out

and lets add an error for good measure....and you wonder why they Boo Birds are booing in the Bronx and I think I have 9 more years of this idiot to watch.....
Put a fork in them Yankees as long as Ahole is on the team we're doomed....( notice no pennants let along World Series since he got here? Coinidence? More like a curse................

See ya :)

Remember I said it here a few weeks ago, Manny is NOT a team player. Did you see all the crap he pulled since the weekend series with the Yanks??? Tek even said he was a distraction to the team lately-and I doubt Larry Bowa will take his crap :P



What's even better , he went to a National League team Yippee!!

We got rid of Farnsworth and gained Pudge ( sorry Jeanne) !!!! But now have Griffey Jr on the White Sox to deal with- not the power hitter of the late 90's but a good bat just the same....

Portland Sea Dogs

Good thing we bought our tickets in advance before last week. When the Sox announced Poppi was playing in Portland for the week before the Yankees come to town, tickets for all 3 games this week sold like hot cakes. Looks like we picked the best night to go too....


Retired jerseys of past Sea Dogs that made it to the Red Sox.....




Slugger, the masot of the Sea Dogs, hubby and DD ( DS was being a pita that night)




Big Poppi at bat.


He did well Monday 3 for 4



The Portland Sea Dogs even have their own mini green monster:


And they say Yankee fans are weird :p





I thought it was tough living with a Mets fan :)



All and all a fun family night. We talked to the gent sitting on the other side of DD almost the whole time about Yankees vs Sox and had a ball. He was impressed with my general baseball knowledge like which team The CT team was the minors for BEFORE the trainer came out....I even got to watch the Red Sox beat Seattle everynight this week including Tek's homerun the other night *VBG*

I have a ton of pics for the weekend- I'm almost done with my flag banner's hand quilting and made about 20 tumbler blocks, read the new James Patterson book, Sail on the beach and in the room in 1 day

The Sox Win (again)

Only 36 games left at Yankee stadium not counting the All Star game. Very sad.....



When I saw Beckett was pitching today- I knew we were in trouble.I mean the man is leading the AL in strikeouts.........



Youk and Jeter :)


This guy, I can't stand - not a team player - it's all about Manny. And if the Boston Globe is right and he knocked that secretary down cause he couldn't have 16 tickets I hope the other players policed him as MLB can only fine a player $500. What does that mean to a player making millions a season? Nothing :(




Jason Varitek Rocks even if he is a Red Sox :P He's tall ( weird for a catcher) dark haired and very handsome . And as many times as I've seen the Sox vs Yanks I can't remember him ever playing as usually after a night game the catcher doesn't play the day game the next day.
What a fun time- 4 grown ups no kids :D it poured big time in the
7th inning and we left. We were soaked to the skin but Oh my we had awesome seats 20th row behind first base!!! Better than opening day. Bud Selig made some announcement at the begining of the game and got booed almost as badly as Manny did everytime he got up :P
Damon got hurt and had to leave the game - and how about that call against Coco Crisp that should have ended the game-lol.
But I did get Paula something to add to her goodies as I don't think we're going to win the year- but you never know *Wink* oh and I guess we went in the wrong entrance as I never saw the Statue of Liberty for the Yankees but never fear, hubby bought a small (?) one. I'll take a pic and post tomorrow....

Boston Pops are on at 10 here- I think it was "87 hubby and I saw the 4th concert on the Commons- awesome- fireworks to the 1812 overture- church bells ringing - cannons being fired across the Charles River. I highly reccomend it if you're ever in Beantown for the 4th.

See Snoopy for Met Life??? The number underneath is how many more home games there are at the present stadium.




New stadium being built less than 100 yards from present stadium.




We had great seats :) and finally got to see the game -and guess what?? THey even won!!!!!



The "bum" Damon at bat. Even as a Red Sox dd loved Johnny Damon. On her birthday one year, he was signed to the Yankees....great Bday present.





Jaba Rules!!!!





Things to do with your ice cream dish when you 're done after the game :)