Dear Friends and Family,
There's baseball and there's Yankee Baseball. As one famous player once said, "I'd like to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee." The same can be said of its fan base.
With Yankee Stadium closing this year, Mr. mouse bought me tickets to see a game there. I'm counting it (along with Yaz) as my early birthday gifts. And, the day turned out to be perfect.
We flew out to Newark Friday night and Mr. mouse's dad picked us up. Saturday, we headed out in the morning for the City. Found street parking and then caught a ride up to the stadium. We got off of the train and it had just started raining. But, it was pouring as in "wow, they can't play in this" pouring. We stood on the train platform, which was thankfully covered, waiting for it to pass. Almost 30 minutes later, it let up enough that we risked going down.
We got on the super long line for Monument Park where they have the numbers and plaques of all of the retired Yankees. I was overwhelmed. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, to start, and the list goes on. Just as we finished walking through the park, they started calling out the names for Old Timers' Day. I won't go into the details on Old Timers' - a bunch (72 for this historic day) of retired Yankees come back to Yankee Stadium, get introduced and play a couple of innings of baseball. It's cute watching them get out and swing the bat and run the bases. And, of course, it's great that both teams are wearing the same uniform and numbers repeat all over the place.
The game started at four with the sun shining. And, of course, there's nothing better than cheering for the Yankees in Yankee Stadium. They won 8-2, and Mr. mouse was on his best behavior (he's a Red Sox fan) so I could enjoy the game. We walked around a bunch. Then, we headed down to the Brooklyn Bridge to take a picture of some water falls. Found a super cute sushi restaurant where we had the omakase dinner. Delicious.
Sunday, we met one of Mr. mouse's high school friends for brunch. Then, we flew back home. And, now, I need to hustle to get some work done before heading into the office. As my coffee mug says, "Good Morning! Let the stress begin!"
Cheers!
mouse
There's baseball and there's Yankee Baseball. As one famous player once said, "I'd like to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee." The same can be said of its fan base.
With Yankee Stadium closing this year, Mr. mouse bought me tickets to see a game there. I'm counting it (along with Yaz) as my early birthday gifts. And, the day turned out to be perfect.
We flew out to Newark Friday night and Mr. mouse's dad picked us up. Saturday, we headed out in the morning for the City. Found street parking and then caught a ride up to the stadium. We got off of the train and it had just started raining. But, it was pouring as in "wow, they can't play in this" pouring. We stood on the train platform, which was thankfully covered, waiting for it to pass. Almost 30 minutes later, it let up enough that we risked going down.
We got on the super long line for Monument Park where they have the numbers and plaques of all of the retired Yankees. I was overwhelmed. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, to start, and the list goes on. Just as we finished walking through the park, they started calling out the names for Old Timers' Day. I won't go into the details on Old Timers' - a bunch (72 for this historic day) of retired Yankees come back to Yankee Stadium, get introduced and play a couple of innings of baseball. It's cute watching them get out and swing the bat and run the bases. And, of course, it's great that both teams are wearing the same uniform and numbers repeat all over the place.
The game started at four with the sun shining. And, of course, there's nothing better than cheering for the Yankees in Yankee Stadium. They won 8-2, and Mr. mouse was on his best behavior (he's a Red Sox fan) so I could enjoy the game. We walked around a bunch. Then, we headed down to the Brooklyn Bridge to take a picture of some water falls. Found a super cute sushi restaurant where we had the omakase dinner. Delicious.
Sunday, we met one of Mr. mouse's high school friends for brunch. Then, we flew back home. And, now, I need to hustle to get some work done before heading into the office. As my coffee mug says, "Good Morning! Let the stress begin!"
Cheers!
mouse
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