Comments on: Yankee Stadium send-off a legendary disappointment

By: New York Leg - Stories of Interest « 32 To Go

New York Leg - Stories of Interest « 32 To Go — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:15:40 +0000

[...] River Ave. Blues writes that the Yankees haven’t done enough to honor this legendary stadium and provides a list of countdown lever pullers that he thinks is [...]

By: Vin R.

Vin R. — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:33:57 +0000

i know it doesn’t, just trying to put it behind me and look for something good

By: andrew33

andrew33 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:26:56 +0000

I was lucky enough to go to about 8 games this year, and generally they had no-names who work at some company pulling the lever. The one exception was seeing Oscar Gamble do the honors. Was he a great player – of course not. But besides the legendary afro, he had some big hits as a Yankee, in fact I can remember him and Reggie going back-to-back in Game 5 of the 1981 playoff series vs the Brewers, a game the Yankees won on their way to the World Series. It was a nice memory to remember … why the Yankees high command didn’t do more of that is beyond me. They failed in this area … terrible. And the next few games can’t make up for it in my opinion.

Hopefully as a team they get back on track next year, tough games to watch since that 8-0 stretch. They were bound to have a year like this – I just hope Boston doesnt make it 3 in 5 becuase they are starting to look real good.

By: steve (different one)

steve (different one) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:18:26 +0000

really, the “countdown lever”?

are we all out of things that are actually worth complaining about?

By: Ivan

Ivan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:51:22 +0000

It’s funny cuz my dad and mom is still waiting on their cut that they promise.

Tax Cuts are such BS.

By: Pablo Zevallos

Pablo Zevallos — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:43:21 +0000

agreed–w/ ~~those damned~~ Republicans they have more $$$ in their pockets. *sigh*

By: Ben K.

Ben K. — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:35:03 +0000

Unsurprising. Most athletes and athletic teams donate heavily to Republicans for economic reasons. It honestly doesn’t make much sense for a sports organization making millions — or in some cases, billions — of dollars to donate to a political candidate whose comprehensive economic plan would include significantly higher windfall profit taxes.

By: Pablo Zevallos

Pablo Zevallos — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:33:49 +0000

let me add that it makes a bunch of sense for a bunch of reasons but still…

By: Pablo Zevallos

Pablo Zevallos — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:33:26 +0000

On an unrelated but also very disheartening and disappointing note: did you know the Yankees donated $11,500 to John McCain’s campaign?!?!?!

By: Ben K.

Ben K. — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:29:28 +0000

You’re right, Vin. That completely makes up for the lack of appropriate Yankee Stadium send-off. Thanks. How could I forget?