My entire family is Yankees/Giants. My sister, and sometimes w/ my nephews, would go to many Yankee games. Just being in Yankee Stadium was exciting.
Unfortunately, they had to build “the new one”....in which I will NEVER step foot in. Yankee Stadium was FULL OF AMERICAN HISTORY. You could feel it, you could imagine all the old timers playing on that field. As I have stated, it was very exciting, each and every game. And SO much fun!
Unfortunately, I will never go to another Yankee game in that new stadium. Just not the same.
As for the Mets...pffft! Why on earth did they remove the Brooklyn Dodgers? They too were apart of American history.
It was the Dodgers vs. the Yankees, a very exciting time. Mets vs. Yankees just not the same. I will always see the Mets as “second” and NOT apart of American history.
Comerica Park in Detroit is a beautiful place but it will never hold a candle to the old Tiger Stadium.
add Rangers and Knicks to the Yanks and Giants. I guess I am kind of old time guy. Never could get interested in the Islanders, Jets, and definitely not the METS.
What is even more interesting to note, up until the 80s, most of these great players were making something under 100K. In fact I recall when getting 100K for the first time after his triple crown year in 56, Mantle had a bad year and was cut! He never got back to 100K again. Brutal. IMO, these guys today with their 25 million contracts playing in band box stadiums could not hold a candle to the greats prior to 80. As a deal old time friend of mine used to say, if the 27 Yanks played today (the 80’s), there was not enough ink to print the records.