{"id":1086,"date":"2017-05-01T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic-photoblog.bobleafe.com\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2017-08-06T18:39:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T22:39:10","slug":"2009-the-new-yankee-stadium-opening-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=1086","title":{"rendered":"2009 – New Yankee Stadium: Opening Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Getting to go to Opening Day was too rich for my blood, but I got a pair of face-value tickets on eBay for seats that were upstairs, but right behind home plate AND just barely covered by the overhang, which was good because people 2-3 rows in front of me were getting wet when it rained.<\/span><\/h4>\n

There was a lot to check out, but everything had long lines……………some other time, perhaps.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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I got a decent shot of the Great Hall and the bonus to me was that you could still see the old stadium through the window – something that soon wouldn’t be possible.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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I had entered the building in the center field area, so I started taking pictures of whatever was happening on the field (batting practice).<\/span><\/h4>\n

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As I walked around closer to home plate, I saw Derek Jeter loosening up (I think that’s Jorge Posada behind him), while YES Network announcer Michael Kay was holding court on the right.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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I headed up to the top deck to do the fisheye interior shot while no one was there:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Then I walked as far as I could toward left field (just past the foul pole) to take this shot of Monument Park:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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On the way back, I took a flip phone picture of a helpful young lady. The Yankees had a bunch of people scattered around holding these signs. I think this may be the most courtesy I’ve ever encountered in the Bronx.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Before heading to my seat, I took this shot of a wide expanse under the seats – something that didn’t exist in the old stadium.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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I made sure I got a shot of the “Opening Week 2009” logo. Apropos of nothing, I was a friend of the guy who used to paint the field logos at the old stadium until he died and his wife took over. As a kid, I knew him in the late 50s as Dickie Kunath. In the mid-60s, I hired him to paint a name on a hot car I had (see 1968 post). I think the Steinbrenners knew him as Richard.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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This may be my best shot of Derek Jeter and it’s not even my shot. I guess I should have waited until they added his last name (over “Casio”).<\/span><\/h4>\n

Now that I’ve listened to the picture, I’m pretty sure I snapped this just before Bob Shepard said, “…JE-tuh – num-buh 2″\u009d.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Then it got a little wet, so “Dry-I” took two shots of the unhappy fans on the Jumbotron: the first with my adult camera and the second with the little flip phone.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Finally, here’s my side-by-side views of the old and new Yankee Stadiums, as taken from the last row of each top deck, dead-center with a fisheye lens<\/span>:<\/h4>\n

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