2009-04-01T17:23:11-04:00 Why Shea Stadium beats Yankee Stadium 2008-04-17T11:29:08-04:00 315 2008-09-10T06:39:11-04:00 1 32 10 2008-05-12T22:13:52-04:00 3 IL jruso60 Oak Forest 132104 Located at East 161st Street and River Avenue in The Bronx, New York City, Yankee Stadium originally opened on April 18, 1923. NY Waterway runs a ferry service to Yankee Stadium from various piers in Manhattan and New Jersey. Yankee Stadium favors left-handed batters because of a shorter right-field fence, which was once called Ruthville and is now known as the short porch, although the field has become much more symmetric over the years. Yankee Stadium is often referred to as The House that Ruth Built, but it is usually referred to as The Stadium. Yankee Stadium is the home stadium of the New York Yankees, a major league baseball team. Yankee Stadium is the scene of such historic events as Babe Ruth's then-record 60th home run in 1927; tearful farewell addresses by Lou Gehrig in 1939 and Babe Ruth in 1948; Don Larsen's perfect World Series game in 1956; Roger Maris's then-record 61st home run in 1961; Reggie Jackson's three home runs in a World Series game in 1977; and on-field celebrations of World Series championships. Yankee Stadium was built on a five-sided, irregular plot of land. Since 1951, Bob Sheppard has been the public address announcer at Yankee Stadium. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the authorities of Yankee Stadium enforced stricter rules. Yankee Stadium was owned by Rice University from 1962 until 1971, when the City of New York acquired the property by eminent domain for $2.5 million. source: http://www.acheapseat.com/venue/yankee_stadium_tickets.html 1738867 2008-05-12T22:13:12-04:00 3 IL jruso60 Oak Forest 132104 Located at East 161st Street and River Avenue in The Bronx, New York City, Yankee Stadium originally opened on April 18, 1923. NY Waterway runs a ferry service to Yankee Stadium from various piers in Manhattan and New Jersey. Yankee Stadium favors left-handed batters because of a shorter right-field fence, which was once called Ruthville and is now known as the short porch, although the field has become much more symmetric over the years. Yankee Stadium is often referred to as The House that Ruth Built, but it is usually referred to as The Stadium. Yankee Stadium is the home stadium of the New York Yankees, a major league baseball team. Yankee Stadium is the scene of such historic events as Babe Ruth's then-record 60th home run in 1927; tearful farewell addresses by Lou Gehrig in 1939 and Babe Ruth in 1948; Don Larsen's perfect World Series game in 1956; Roger Maris's then-record 61st home run in 1961; Reggie Jackson's three home runs in a World Series game in 1977; and on-field celebrations of World Series championships. Yankee Stadium was built on a five-sided, irregular plot of land. Since 1951, Bob Sheppard has been the public address announcer at Yankee Stadium. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the authorities of Yankee Stadium enforced stricter rules. Yankee Stadium was owned by Rice University from 1962 until 1971, when the City of New York acquired the property by eminent domain for $2.5 million. source: http://www.acheapseat.com/venue/yankee_stadium_tickets.html 1738830 2008-04-17T15:48:39-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/298/70/thumb/MrMet.jpg 295 NY Orange and (very) Blue Blauvelt 29990 Brilliant! haha 1556466 2008-04-17T15:05:36-04:00 10 PA shadysider Pittsburgh 138165 I like money! 1556165 2008-04-17T14:11:45-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/170/245/thumb/clef_blue_field.jpg 4311 NM Clef - TAFNaB out in B. F. E. 170545 As far as when Mark guest-judged, I think that was before Franz stopped lurking. And besides, you don't need a rule to exclude Franz, his entries do that for you. Gir | 04/17/08, 01:43 PM ====== Cold. Funny. But Cold. 1555786 2008-04-17T14:09:00-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/100/298/thumb/not_mcentegart_pete_copy_dead.jpg 6222 VA Mark G Richmond 100537 To heck with water. I use PowerAde (TM). It's got what plants crave! 1555713 2008-04-17T14:07:28-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/894/75/thumb/gopher.jpg 10375 OR Skooter23g Alaska 89775 since we're now on the subject of lawns, in certain cities if your lawn isn't maintained in what is considered acceptable, ( i.e green lawn) you can be taken to court. I understand going green, but with the proliferation of Neighborhood Association Groups , if you don't follow the pack, then you're going to get hammered..... 1555676 2008-04-17T14:07:24-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/244/999/thumb/100_2570.jpg 4858 GA SoBeGaPe Fayetteville 245319 &lt;=== that's a peace pipe people 1555675 2008-04-17T14:05:45-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/111/130/thumb/UT_gnome.jpg 8467 TN FGB Neyland Stadium 111430 SoBe - Jen is taking a job and will be unable to post as frequently. Check yesterday's LTL's page 3. New post is up! 1555674 2008-04-17T14:05:40-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/100/298/thumb/not_mcentegart_pete_copy_dead.jpg 6222 VA Mark G Richmond 100537 What announcement did Jen make yesterday? SoBeGaPe - Choco-Shoe Lover | 04/17/08, 02:02 PM Jerry Garcia is dead. Tupac is alive. OJ is innocent. Elvis has left the building. 1555722 315 <p>As some of you might recall, I took in last night&#39;s Mets-Nationals game with <em>Daily News</em> writer/Friend of the 10 Spot <strong>Jose Martinez</strong>. Another beautiful night in Flushing By The Bay got me thinking: Why do we all hear so much about the sainted Yankee Stadium&#39;s final year, but so little about the last hurrah of the temple that is Shea? Of course, many of you are also thinking: Why do we always have to hear so much about New York anyway?</p><p>The answers to that are a) Because of the media&#39;s New York (Yankee) bias and b) Because New York is the greatest city on earth.</p><p>In fact, Shea deserves a bigger send-off than&nbsp;Yankee Stadium because, well, it&#39;s flat-out a better ballpark. That&#39;s right, I said it. Let me count the ways:</p><p><strong>10.</strong> Boasts cooler if little-known nickname as &quot;House that <strong>Choo-Choo Coleman</strong> Constructed&quot; </p><p><strong>9.</strong> Nothing buried there but &#39;07 Mets</p><p><strong>8.</strong> <strong>Chipper Jones</strong> didn&#39;t name his kid &quot;Yankee,&quot; did he?</p><p><strong>7.</strong> Best large-scale use of color orange outside prison yards</p><p><strong>6.</strong> Giant apple that popped up for home runs reminded kids to eat healthy -- once they finished overpriced coke and crackerjacks</p><p><strong>5.</strong> With <strong>Bonds</strong> gone, <strong>Mr. Met</strong> is baseball&#39;s top huge-headed attraction</p><p><strong>4.</strong> 24 fewer championship banners = improved sight lines</p><p><strong>3.</strong> More-popular-than-<strong>Jesus</strong> Beatles played there, which according to the transubstantive property, trumps three <strong>Pope</strong> visits</p><p><strong>2.</strong> Surrounding area dynamite for buying hubcaps</p><p><strong>1.</strong> Absence of Yankee fans</p> 1704 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/396/4/thumb/mcentegart_pete.jpg 6586 NY The 10 Spot New York 3984