Yankee Stadium [I] Demolition

[metsforever7515]

I was in Steiner Sports' (old) New Rochelle office about a month ago (the weekend they were moving their operation across the street) & I spotted a few wall pads there. They were some of the (shorter) numbered ones & were already autographed by some of the Yankee players.

I went on a tour of RYS after it closed (November 12, 2008), one of the last ones to go to monument park. Something I noticed about the walls is that there were little craters on them. It took me a little to realize this but they were marks from where balls had hit. I found that kind of odd. And yes, I did try to replicate the catch Melky Cabrera made last year.

[scooterfan]

RobR,

I've been waiting for you to give me props since you've spent the past month undermining my Yankee fandom. Yesterday a fan posted a random picture of Yankee Stadium from many years ago. There was some debate as to what year this picture was taken.

Not only did I know the year, I knew the date and the specific game based solely on looking at the size of the crowd. Holy Cow, I don't believe it. I remember this game and the size of the crowd because I was 17 and it was my first time driving to Yankee Stadium.

I wanted to go to the other game of the series that drew 50 thousand when the Yankees honored Scooter for his hall of fame induction but my father had to work.

[scooterfan]

If I'm not mistaken the first time I remember the dugouts being painted with "Welcome to Yankee Stadium" was 1993. I went to the second game of the year against Kansas City and the Yankees drew 28 thousand. I remember taking the bus to New York with a chick I had met the day before. It was a great game. The Yankees won. Either the girl didn't like me or the Yankees because on the ride home she stopped speaking to me and I never saw her again.

[Gary Dunaier]

I went on a tour of RYS after it closed (November 12, 2008), one of the last ones to go to monument park.

If you went on the tour November 12, 2008 you did not go to Monument Park. The last tour that included Monument Park was Sunday, November 9.

By November 12 the plaques and retired numbers were gone, and they were already removing the monuments. Here's a zoom-lens shot of the Mickey Mantle monument on the warning track, as seen from the press box during the 1.00pm tour...


(Photo taken November 12, 2008. Link to upload on Flickr.com: here.)


...and here's a view showing the Monument Park wall without the plaques or monuments. What I didn't realize at the time was that the men on the right were, even as I was snapping my pictures, in the process of removing the 9/11 monument from its location.


(Photo taken November 12, 2008. Link to upload on Flickr.com: here.)

[metsforever7515]

If you went on the tour November 12, 2008 you did not go to Monument Park. The last tour that included Monument Park was Sunday, November 9.

By November 12 the plaques and retired numbers were gone, and they were already removing the monuments. Here's a zoom-lens shot of the Mickey Mantle monument on the warning track, as seen from the press box during the 1.00pm tour...


(Photo taken November 12, 2008. Link to upload on Flickr.com: here.)


...and here's a view showing the Monument Park wall without the plaques or monuments. What I didn't realize at the time was that the men on the right were, even as I was snapping my pictures, in the process of removing the 9/11 monument from its location.


(Photo taken November 12, 2008. Link to upload on Flickr.com: here.)

My bad. It was November 9.

[stumpmerrill]

I was in Steiner Sports' (old) New Rochelle office about a month ago (the weekend they were moving their operation across the street) & I spotted a few wall pads there. They were some of the (shorter) numbered ones & were already autographed by some of the Yankee players.

Those panels were used a few seasons ago. The ones from last year have not been sold yet.

[mackenzie]

If you went on the tour November 12, 2008 you did not go to Monument Park. The last tour that included Monument Park was Sunday, November 9.

This is true. I was there in the afternoon of 11/12/2008 for what I thought at the time to be the last tour ever to be given. Found out later that tours continued to about 11/21 or so. No monuments on 11/12 tour, though.

Regards,
Mark

[Gary Dunaier]

This is true. I was there in the afternoon of 11/12/2008 for what I thought at the time to be the last tour ever to be given. Found out later that tours continued to about 11/21 or so. No monuments on 11/12 tour, though.

Which tour were you on? I went on the 1.00pm and 2.00pm tours. and have the pictures to prove it...

The very last tour of the original Yankee Stadium was Sunday, November 23. According to the New York Daily News, Tony Morante himself was the guide for that final tour.

[mackenzie]

Which tour were you on? I went on the 1.00pm and 2.00pm tours. and have the pictures to prove it...

The very last tour of the original Yankee Stadium was Sunday, November 23. According to the New York Daily News, Tony Morante himself was the guide for that final tour.

Gary - I was on the 2 PM tour. The tour guide was a young women. I only took a few photos as my camera battery went dead. I guess I saw you there!

Regards,
Mark

[metsforever7515]

Which tour were you on? I went on the 1.00pm and 2.00pm tours. and have the pictures to prove it...

The very last tour of the original Yankee Stadium was Sunday, November 23. According to the New York Daily News, Tony Morante himself was the guide for that final tour.

Gary, did you walk along the warning track to the dugout to the clubhouse like I did on the 9th?

[Gary Dunaier]

Not sure I understand your question. The only on-field access we had on November 12 was the area in front of the Yankees' dugout, although a few of us went behind home plate to get pictures.

[stumpmerrill]

news about the seats and other artifacts is coming very soon.

[nyyankfanken]

news about the seats and other artifacts is coming very soon.

Where did you hear this from?

[mets16]

news about the seats and other artifacts is coming very soon.

Thanks for your wonderful insight.

[stumpmerrill]

Where did you hear this from?

I can't say but look for news tomorrow or Friday.