Sunday, June 21 - Reds @ Yankees
First visit to NYC and Yankee Stadium. After today, only 42 games remain to be played in the House That Ruth Built. Approx. 2:55 pm, a downpour suspended play for over an hour. We took advantage of the delay to sneak down into some better seats next to the right field foul pole. Little did we know, we ended up one row in front of a drunken Cincinnati Reds fan that quite possibly may qualify as the most annoying fan in Yankee Stadium history. This guy had something to say about everything and everyone. With the Reds down 3 runs in the top of the 8th, catcalls such as "Hey, we only need one here. Shake 'em up, shake 'em up, shake 'em up!" continuously irked the home team fans. When Mariano Rivera entered, this fan exclaimed, "He's getting nervous! He's getting nervous!"
Needless to say, Rivera was not nervous and the Yankees handled business as expected. After the game, we visited a local pub in the heart of the Bronx for a couple of refreshments and took the subway back to Times Square. Had a delicious dinner at a pizzeria pub - NY style pizza washed down with a few more refreshments capped-off the evening. All in all, this day at the Mecca of Baseball lived up to our expectations, as we could not have asked for a more memorable experience.
John Kanney
6/22/2008
12:30 am
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