Exhibit 8,645,841,273,110 that the Yankees & their brass are galactic jerks
Yeah, the metaphor about "having them over to your house" really applies. Maybe with all that public tax money spent on your new stadium, you should have had the expensive seats made out of something that could withstand humans sitting in them for a few hours. Clods.
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LAME, they could have even let them on the field!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 14, 2009 9:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is why I hate the Yankees.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 14, 2009 9:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
nah, this just added to my hate of the Yankees!
Someone needs to photoshop a USSR Flag, replacing the sickle and hammer with the Yankees logo
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 14, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice.
While I hate the Yankees, the person planning graduation ceremonies at NYU really dropped the ball if they failed to ask which seats would be available for guests to sit in, whether anyone’s view of the commencement speaker would be obstructed, and whether it actually made sense to have the graduation at this venue instead of, say, Madison Square Garden.
Having said that, as the author correctly points out, it’s things like this that are doing incredible long-term damage to the Yankees brand. [Rubs hands with glee, cackles]
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by Kitspool on May 14, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its not just the guest...
NYU grads are field level, if the yanks blocked guest’s this would not be a big deal but to allow a graduation and then not allow seating in area closets to ceremonies is stupid
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 14, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NYU normally has its graduation ceremonies in Washington Square Park – which is a real pain if you’re in the neighborhood, actually, because they block off the whole park for a few days – but apparently this year there’s construction in the park. With their normal digs unavailable, it may just be that they had to take what was available. Even in New York, there are only so many places that can accommodate a graduation that size, and a lot of them were probably booked well in advance.
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by jcb9 on May 14, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They did this last year too, though. One of the graduates jumped out of the stands and ran the bases. Made it almost all the way home before the security guards tackled him.
by Evan on May 14, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, I didn’t know that. It’s been way too long since I’ve been to New York.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on May 14, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Classy
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by j14 on May 14, 2009 10:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hillary was the commencement speaker
The Yanks probably did these grads a favor.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 14, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OH GOOD POLITICAL DISCUSSION.
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by Viliphied on May 14, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still hate the Red Sox more
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by Giant Fan in Singapore on May 14, 2009 12:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Last year at Old Yankee some graduating idiot tore off his (purple) gown, rushed the field and streaked around the bases. This may or may not have something to do with the empty front row seats but I think we can agree that blaming Yankee greed and pettiness is more fun anyway
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by i did my job on May 14, 2009 12:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
“You buy a house, then you rent it out to somebody, but that still doesn’t mean you want them in your house. I mean, they could have cooties or something. Let ’em sleep in the back yard. No, not over there, those are my prize hydrangeas.”
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by EliminateMe on May 14, 2009 12:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
A friend of mine just had a good point
The Legends section probably has its own entrance and looks to be sectioned off from the rest of the lower deck (like the Field Club at AT&T). If they couldn’t fit all of the grads into the Legends section, it probably would have been a pretty big logistical problem to have the extras in the rest of the lower deck.
Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game. -Rod Kanehl. Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis
by j14 on May 14, 2009 2:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Somehow I think that an organization that routinely funnels 40,000 people in and out of a stadium on a daily basis could have solved that problem had they wanted to.
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by EliminateMe on May 14, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quite correct
I have attended events at our own AT&T Park other than Giants games, and have sat in the “premium” seats— not by sneaking, either. You said it: it works perfectly fine if the management of the ballpark wants it to. Much like game day.
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by Mayor of 311 on May 15, 2009 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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