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Ike

9/23/2008, 01:53 AM

I got to see the final 2 games at Yankee Stadium this weekend. Here are some pics

This post will be all saturday pics. Next post will be Sunday, the final game.

First picture from my seat on saturday (these were AWESOME seats):
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Girardi talking to the press during BP
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Looking down the RF line
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The Sandman, signing autographs
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A-Rod, warming up
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Robbie
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Just before the Anthem
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First Inning warmup tosses. (BTW, Aceves had some great stuff that day. This guy might be one to watch for in the future)
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Giambi, looking terrible against a lefty (what else is new?)
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Abreu, fouling one off
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Nady taking a hack
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After 5 complete, they change the countdown to 1
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Damaso Marte
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Mariano, on to shut em down in a tie ballgame
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A-Rod, grounding weakly to second (luckily, wasn't a double play)
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The first (and only) run of the game scoring in the bottom of the ninth
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It's always fun to celebrate a walkoff win
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Ike

9/23/2008, 01:54 AM

Ticket for the last game!
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Crowd outside gate 2 at 1pm. 7 Hours before game time
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An hour after getting into the park, this is where we are in line to see monument park (note the front of the line to the right of the foul pole). How did they not realize that 55,000 people would show up early for the opportunity to walk on the field? Needless to say, we didn't get on the field.
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We did finally make it there tho
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The O's were taking BP when we got there
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The monument to (IMO) the greatest ballplayer to ever grace the game
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The Mick
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Donnie Baseball
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The 9-11 Monument
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First pic from our seats. Not as good as the day before
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It's pretty steep up there in the upper deck
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The old timers (and/or family) gathering in the dugout before the pregame ceremony. The guy wearing the #7 is Mick's son.
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The US Army Field Band, entertaining the crowd with the same J.P. Sousa marches they played in 1923
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The first Pennant hung at Yankee Stadium
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The Mock-Up 1923 Yankees (I thought this bit was a bit cheesy, but kinda cool to see the old unis.)
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Mo, walking Phil Rizzuto's wife out to Phils old spot at SS
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Nettles and Boggs
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Paul O'Neill
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Yogi (Probably giving the camera guys some guff)
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Elston Howard's Wife, Yogi, and Thurman Munsons son
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Whitey Ford and Don Larsen. Larsen is scooping up some dirt from the mound
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Thats a hell of a group of pitchers
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Roger Maris' Son, Paulie, and Reggie.
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The Micks Son
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Bobby Murcers Family
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Bernie
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And finally, it's time for the game to start
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The seat where the fat guy with the khaki shorts and yankee jersey is sitting. Thats where I was just a day before this. I wish I was there this time
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I like the way they gave Giambi a stashe on his scoreboard pic
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Curveball
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Matsui
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This was taken just before Damon hit a 3 run bomb to put the Yanks on the board
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This was kind of cheesy too...but that is a pretty big number
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Joba
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Seventh Inning Stretch
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Mo
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Ballgame Over.
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And the cops storm the field
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The horses were tearing up the field more than the players
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