This is the chronicle of my Saturday afternoon at Yankee stadium.
Prior to Saturday
December 05 - I had a great idea, how often do perfect presents pop into your head. Well here it was Yankee tickets went on sale on a Friday and all of a sudden I thought the perfect present for my father would be a ticket to Old Timer's day at the stadium he loves it. So Friday morning went by, and of course I forgot. Great job Simone, on saturday morning I woke up remembered went online and bought the ticket, rendering my seat much worse than it would have been if I had gotten the tickets immediately, this would actually become a benefit.
Friday Afternoon at the Gym - I didn't check the weather forecast on for the weekend at work on friday, don't know why but I didn't. I saw a friend of mine at the gym and asked her what the weather was going to be like on Saturday and she said rain all day, ouch not liking that forecast.
Saturday Pregame
6:00 AM - I roll over in bed, slightly awake and listen outside, it sounds like a waterfall the rain is coming down so hard, not liking the noise but its 6:00 am so I roll back over and get back to sleep.
9:30 AM - Wake up and stumble to the kitchen for some cereal, its only slightly showering outside, not bad pros can play in this right.
10:30 AM - We get up an leave, head down to the city a little rain on the way but nothing so bad that you're thinking this is a dead end and is going to be a long day. However, I was thinking I might just have to get one of those ugly ponchos that looks like a trash bag with a hole cut in the center.
11:45 AM - Get to Woodlawn station in the Bronx, my Pops and traffic do not mix well, I'm bad in traffic but he fumes, so we try parking on the last line of the subway and taking the train in instead of dealing with the Parking lot traffic. It was pretty easy. Still mildly raining. Before we go we grab two umbrellas just in case, I end up with the flaming checkered with red trim umbrella.
12:15 AM - Get to the stadium, we're early so we head to up the hill to the Court Deli, if you go to a Yankee game get there early and go to the court deli, delicious, I got a 1/2 Corned Beef 1/2 Pastrami sandwich wow, that was good.
12:55 PM - Head down the street to a Yankee Tavern, watch some of the FOX pregame get a few beers then eventually head into the stadium.
Yankee Stadium
1:25 PM - Get into the stadium and go into gate 2 down the left field line. Walk up into the Tier and see that oh yeah the boxes in Yankee Stadium are ordered even numbers on the left field line and odd numbers are on the right field line. So we had to do a lap around the stadium.
1:40 PM - Here we are at our box, we are in row X, and where could row X be, well of course it is the last row in the upper tier in the last box, number 35. So we were 5 seats away from having the worst seat in the house. But there is seemingly one benefit our seats are under a roof therefore our asses are not wet.
2:00 PM - The Tarp is still on the field this does not bode well for the old guys playing and their is a very mild mist if anything at all.
2:05 PM - Michael Kay and Jon Sterling start rattling off all the old guys. Now it definately isn't raining. This is promising, maybe the old guys will play.
2:25 PM - I wonder how Met fans feel to see David Cone and Darryl Strawberry at Yankee Stadium for Old Timers day in Pin Stripes. Especially with this being the 20th anniversary of the Mets World Series win. Odd, too bad Doc is still incarcerated, he could have made a trifecta.
2:30 PM - Boo, Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzuto couldn't make it.
2:40 PM - They announce that the Old Timers are not going to play due to the weather. Its more that the field is wet and the old guys don't want to tear ACLs, not that it is currently raining.
2:45 PM - Keith Olbermann interviews Leyritz, Cone and of course Reggie to pass the time.
3:00 PM - Now we've got an hour to burn, before the game hopefully starts weak.
3:50 PM - After about an hour and a half of no rain, it starts to come down a little, not a good sign, if they could have, they should have started right away after the Old Timers proceedings.
3:55 PM - To everyone in the stands applause the field crew comes out and starts to take off the tarp, which is takes a lot longer than one would think.
4:00 PM - As they begin to fold up the tarp to put it on the roll, the head of the crew waves them off and they put the tarp back on the field. Not a pleasant sight at all. And it is now starting to rain harder.
4:20 PM - After a good amount of rain our seats are now the best in the house completely dry and people begin flocking to the seats underneath the roof, Tier Row X is now the place to be.
4:25 PM - Bob Sheppard comes on the michrophone and states that the Yanks are going to do everything in the power to play this game and that everyone should keep their ticket stubs as they will be able to redeem them for free tickets to a game next year regardless of whether they play the game today.
4:30 PM - The rain comes to a stop, leading to about 30 minutes of every yelling for them to take the tarp off the field and yelling for them to play the game.
4:50 PM - My dad's buddy gives him a call and tells him that they've given up and decided to go home.
4:55 PM - Excellent the tarp, is coming off and Shepphard is back on the mic, "The Good News is that the first pitch will be at 5:30." Leading me to say after he does not follow with a Bad News, "The Bad News is that the second pitch will be at 6:15." Pops give his friend a call and lets them know that they are starting the game up, too late he is already down the highway.
5:15 PM - Chacon is warming up, every is warming up except for Damon, I think he just realizes that he can't throw so he doesn't try. Still no rain for about 45 minutes now.
5:30 PM - Chacon takes the hill, finally some baseball, been in the stadium for 4 hours now I get to see some action.
5:35 PM - Oh great, after almost an hour of no rain here it comes, not to mention the fact that Chacon sucks and can't throw strikes and works as fast as a snail on the hill.
5:45 PM - Inning over, here comes the Grounds Crew Pulling on the tarp, damn it. Why couldn't they have started the game at 3.
5:55 PM - Hey it stopped raining again, boys take out the tarp lets start this one back up. You can tell by looking at how quickly the umbrellas go up and down to see the rain action.
6:10 PM - What the hell are they waiting for, still no rain, still tarp on the field.
6:20 PM - No rain, big white tarp. I am getting very aggravated. Now the Marlins bullpen are up and hanging outside
6:25 PM - Oh great, now the friggin rain starts up again, and hard, but after a minute or two it dies down to a steady slow rain.
6:35 PM - Pops turns around and asks me how much longer I want to stay for, we pretty much agree on 7 PM as the time we want to call it quits.
6:45 PM - Pops turns to me and says lets go, I turn and look at the field the Marlins bullpen is packing up their stuff and heading for the clubhouse.
7:05 PM - We get into the car turn on the radio and find out that the game was postponed. So over 5 hours in the stadium and 1/2 inning of baseball. A perfect present perfectly thwarted by the weather.
Sunday Morning
9:00 AM - Thank you Ticketmaster for waking me up, by giving me an over enthused call letting me know I could redeem my tickets. Bastards.
Prior to Saturday
December 05 - I had a great idea, how often do perfect presents pop into your head. Well here it was Yankee tickets went on sale on a Friday and all of a sudden I thought the perfect present for my father would be a ticket to Old Timer's day at the stadium he loves it. So Friday morning went by, and of course I forgot. Great job Simone, on saturday morning I woke up remembered went online and bought the ticket, rendering my seat much worse than it would have been if I had gotten the tickets immediately, this would actually become a benefit.
Friday Afternoon at the Gym - I didn't check the weather forecast on for the weekend at work on friday, don't know why but I didn't. I saw a friend of mine at the gym and asked her what the weather was going to be like on Saturday and she said rain all day, ouch not liking that forecast.
Saturday Pregame
6:00 AM - I roll over in bed, slightly awake and listen outside, it sounds like a waterfall the rain is coming down so hard, not liking the noise but its 6:00 am so I roll back over and get back to sleep.
9:30 AM - Wake up and stumble to the kitchen for some cereal, its only slightly showering outside, not bad pros can play in this right.
10:30 AM - We get up an leave, head down to the city a little rain on the way but nothing so bad that you're thinking this is a dead end and is going to be a long day. However, I was thinking I might just have to get one of those ugly ponchos that looks like a trash bag with a hole cut in the center.
11:45 AM - Get to Woodlawn station in the Bronx, my Pops and traffic do not mix well, I'm bad in traffic but he fumes, so we try parking on the last line of the subway and taking the train in instead of dealing with the Parking lot traffic. It was pretty easy. Still mildly raining. Before we go we grab two umbrellas just in case, I end up with the flaming checkered with red trim umbrella.
12:15 AM - Get to the stadium, we're early so we head to up the hill to the Court Deli, if you go to a Yankee game get there early and go to the court deli, delicious, I got a 1/2 Corned Beef 1/2 Pastrami sandwich wow, that was good.
12:55 PM - Head down the street to a Yankee Tavern, watch some of the FOX pregame get a few beers then eventually head into the stadium.
Yankee Stadium
1:25 PM - Get into the stadium and go into gate 2 down the left field line. Walk up into the Tier and see that oh yeah the boxes in Yankee Stadium are ordered even numbers on the left field line and odd numbers are on the right field line. So we had to do a lap around the stadium.
1:40 PM - Here we are at our box, we are in row X, and where could row X be, well of course it is the last row in the upper tier in the last box, number 35. So we were 5 seats away from having the worst seat in the house. But there is seemingly one benefit our seats are under a roof therefore our asses are not wet.2:00 PM - The Tarp is still on the field this does not bode well for the old guys playing and their is a very mild mist if anything at all.
2:05 PM - Michael Kay and Jon Sterling start rattling off all the old guys. Now it definately isn't raining. This is promising, maybe the old guys will play.
2:25 PM - I wonder how Met fans feel to see David Cone and Darryl Strawberry at Yankee Stadium for Old Timers day in Pin Stripes. Especially with this being the 20th anniversary of the Mets World Series win. Odd, too bad Doc is still incarcerated, he could have made a trifecta.
2:30 PM - Boo, Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzuto couldn't make it.
2:40 PM - They announce that the Old Timers are not going to play due to the weather. Its more that the field is wet and the old guys don't want to tear ACLs, not that it is currently raining.
2:45 PM - Keith Olbermann interviews Leyritz, Cone and of course Reggie to pass the time.
3:00 PM - Now we've got an hour to burn, before the game hopefully starts weak.
3:50 PM - After about an hour and a half of no rain, it starts to come down a little, not a good sign, if they could have, they should have started right away after the Old Timers proceedings.
3:55 PM - To everyone in the stands applause the field crew comes out and starts to take off the tarp, which is takes a lot longer than one would think.
4:00 PM - As they begin to fold up the tarp to put it on the roll, the head of the crew waves them off and they put the tarp back on the field. Not a pleasant sight at all. And it is now starting to rain harder.
4:20 PM - After a good amount of rain our seats are now the best in the house completely dry and people begin flocking to the seats underneath the roof, Tier Row X is now the place to be.
4:25 PM - Bob Sheppard comes on the michrophone and states that the Yanks are going to do everything in the power to play this game and that everyone should keep their ticket stubs as they will be able to redeem them for free tickets to a game next year regardless of whether they play the game today.
4:30 PM - The rain comes to a stop, leading to about 30 minutes of every yelling for them to take the tarp off the field and yelling for them to play the game.
4:50 PM - My dad's buddy gives him a call and tells him that they've given up and decided to go home.
4:55 PM - Excellent the tarp, is coming off and Shepphard is back on the mic, "The Good News is that the first pitch will be at 5:30." Leading me to say after he does not follow with a Bad News, "The Bad News is that the second pitch will be at 6:15." Pops give his friend a call and lets them know that they are starting the game up, too late he is already down the highway.
5:15 PM - Chacon is warming up, every is warming up except for Damon, I think he just realizes that he can't throw so he doesn't try. Still no rain for about 45 minutes now.
5:30 PM - Chacon takes the hill, finally some baseball, been in the stadium for 4 hours now I get to see some action.
5:35 PM - Oh great, after almost an hour of no rain here it comes, not to mention the fact that Chacon sucks and can't throw strikes and works as fast as a snail on the hill.
5:45 PM - Inning over, here comes the Grounds Crew Pulling on the tarp, damn it. Why couldn't they have started the game at 3.
5:55 PM - Hey it stopped raining again, boys take out the tarp lets start this one back up. You can tell by looking at how quickly the umbrellas go up and down to see the rain action.
6:10 PM - What the hell are they waiting for, still no rain, still tarp on the field.
6:20 PM - No rain, big white tarp. I am getting very aggravated. Now the Marlins bullpen are up and hanging outside
6:25 PM - Oh great, now the friggin rain starts up again, and hard, but after a minute or two it dies down to a steady slow rain.
6:35 PM - Pops turns around and asks me how much longer I want to stay for, we pretty much agree on 7 PM as the time we want to call it quits.
6:45 PM - Pops turns to me and says lets go, I turn and look at the field the Marlins bullpen is packing up their stuff and heading for the clubhouse.
7:05 PM - We get into the car turn on the radio and find out that the game was postponed. So over 5 hours in the stadium and 1/2 inning of baseball. A perfect present perfectly thwarted by the weather.
Sunday Morning
9:00 AM - Thank you Ticketmaster for waking me up, by giving me an over enthused call letting me know I could redeem my tickets. Bastards.
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