He then had these quotes from Jimmy Rollins:
"Our ballpark is so loud and rowdy, I was really expecting some of that here," Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins said. "It was very tame and civil."
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"Expensive tickets running loud people out," Rollins said, referring to the high prices at the new Yankee Stadium.
OK, Jimmy, but does it feel like more of a World Series than last year, when the Phillies faced the Rays?
"When we get to Philly it will,"
Rosenthal goes on:
Pedro Martinez was in the house Thursday night — Pedro Martinez, the old Boston devil. The crowd of 50,181 mustered a few spontaneous, "Who's your daddy?" chants. But more often than not, the fans needed a prompt from the stadium organ to get going.
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Yankees right-hander A.J. Burnett pitched the game of his life, striking out nine, allowing only one run. The old stadium would have been rocking each time he reached two strikes. The new stadium barely registered acknowledgment....Still, the new stadium just isn't as lively as the old — or for that matter, as lively as Citizens Bank Park, which opened in 2004 but is the rare new stadium that is more electric than the one it replaced.
I also thought yesterday's game was quiet, but I chalked that up to being down 0-1 and losing early in the game. The place seemed to wake up after the Yanks took the lead, but you can only tell so much on TV anyway. So to anyone who was there last night, what was the crowd like? Was it as tame as Rosenthal and Rollins are making it seem?
