The Yankees have scratched plans to host one final farewell to the stadium, disappointing New Yorkers who were counting on a last visit to the House that Ruth Built.Yea, I'm sure the reason this was canceled was because they "realized that the final event at Yankee Stadium should be a baseball game." What a bunch of bulls***.
The team had promised a final salute in November, which fans speculated would be a star-studded goodbye to the doomed stadium.
"The Yankees were considering having a charitable event at Yankee Stadium," team spokesman Howard Rubenstein told amNewYork, reading from a prepared statement. "However, the Yankees realize that the final event at Yankee Stadium should be a baseball game, which in fact took place on Sept. 21, 2008."
Why can't they just be honest and say we screwed up and everything fell through? Because we all know that's what happened.
No firm plans had been made for the stadium's goodbye, no tickets sold and no acts booked, but there was plenty of speculation. Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Jay-Z were all rumored to be among possible performers.I'm glad that the final event at Yankee Stadium was a baseball game, which I guess is the way it should be. But a final concert/farewell ceremony would have been nice, especially with the acts that were rumored to be there.
Peter Abraham wrote on his blog today that "this underlines what a slipshod job the organization did all season paying tribute to the place," and he's absolutely right. The final game and All-Star game were great, but they could have done so much more throughout the year to honor that place and they failed miserably. This is just the nail in the coffin.
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They all appear to be a bunch of clowns. What a really sad development
oh well - 143 days til spring training
That Sucks.
I was reading on several other blogs today that they felt this was a good thing, and I don't feel the same way. I'm glad to see I'm not alone.
Several days after Joe Torre declared his will to attend the closing ceremony of the Yankee Stadium in November, the Yankees confirmed that there would be no such ceremony?
What a convenient concidence.
No doubt it will help Hank stop howling and whimpering.
I actually thought about that when I first heard about this. But it was hard for me to believe that he and the Yankees could be that petty, and pathetic.
I really hope that's not what happened. I'd feel a lot better knowing they just screwed up the plans.
The one thing I’m sure is that Mr. T's success with the Dodgers in the playoffs makes the Steinbrenners hate him more.
That's probably true.
An interesting coinkidence, no?
Mike
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