Comments on: The Yankees set a new attendance record, but something is still missing

By: johnmeister

johnmeister — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:37:57 +0000

You really devastated that straw man. Unless you can find someone who thought the Stadium could cure cancer.

I go to about 15 games a year for the past several years. I have about 15 games this year in new Stadium. The upper deck if you are sitting there is about as loud as ever. The lower deck is quiet. And the cheers from the upper deck don’t travel as well down to the field. After all, the upper deck is higher up and further back.

Look the new Stadium will eventually have its own memories. But no need to knock the people who miss the old one.

By: King of Fruitless Hypotheticals

King of Fruitless Hypotheticals — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:19:51 +0000

…if you pay $2500 for a seat, you’re a real fan. you can root for the other team if you want. just pay your money and stand for God Bless America and you’re fine.

I was at the Melky hit it to right center in his walkoff week, and the place erupted. I mean wow. Or, I screamed like a b!tch with a skinned knee and I only heard myself scream. Either way.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:03:57 +0000

The game itself wasn’t exactly exciting. The first five took 2 and a half hours and they were up by 7+ runs for most of it. Not a time to evaluate the “wall of sound” thing. I think we’ve all noticed that the crowds have been better lately; I imagine that the novelty is wearing off.

By: Brian R.

Brian R. — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:35:39 +0000

I agree. We haven’t yet had comparable moments. But I can’t imagine the new place ever being as loud, simply for 3 previously stated reasons.

1. Further recessed and smaller capacity upper deck.
2. Open-air structure.
3. Fewer overall seats. (Yeah, there are more people in the bars/clubs/restaurants, but you can’t hear them…4th reason)

By: CountryClub

CountryClub — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:31:20 +0000

I disagree. But whatever…

By: johnmeister

johnmeister — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:28:42 +0000

Moshe, sitting in the Upper Deck, of course it is loud. That’s where the fans are that cheer the loudest. But take a wander through the lower deck when the cheering is happening upstairs and you will find it isn’t as loud as it was in the lower deck.

But don’t linger too long, lest you get shooed away!

By: jsbrendog

jsbrendog — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:25:59 +0000

so he is a poster too?

if he is, then this whole “i’m switching my tag cause i can’t say what I really think under my normal one” is so goddamned annoying. it’s the internet. are you really that self conscious and worried what people think of you?

if he is not “a poster” too then this is all a moot point and completely irrelevant

By: jsbrendog

jsbrendog — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:24:26 +0000

oh yeah. one mroe thing.

dumbass

By: johnmeister

johnmeister — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:24:24 +0000

Wrong. Completely wrong. The great thing about the old Stadium was that people would cheer for a third strike in the 2nd inning. Of course, it got loud in 2001 when Brosius hit the homer. It will get loud in the new Stadium as well (though probably not as loud).

But will it get loud when there is a crucial double play in the 3rd inning? Probably not in the lower deck of the stadium.

By: jsbrendog

jsbrendog — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:23:57 +0000

yeah and i’ve gone to games too. and the point that the previous “super yankee fan who just loves the game so much they cheer for everything and are always loud and rowdy” can’t afford tickets is stupid. and dumb. and not true. which, you proved by agreeing that those 2 parts of the stadium are still cheap and affordable.

causation does not equal correlation. stadium quieter, some seats mroe expensive OH NOES!!11!!! the TRUE FANZ R PRIZED OUT!!!!!111!!!

i made a statement of fact. the idea that regular joe is priced out of the new stadium is stupid. it is true. anything else you inferred or read itno my statement is your own fault.

therefore, you = fail. reading comprehension = fail.

thanks for playing tho. where are some nice parting gifts for you on the way out.