Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Miles from the Mainstream
D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor
Off-field Changes That Might Revive Yankees' Esprit de
Corps and Division Chances

MAY 31, 2007 --   

1)  No more solo arrivals at Yankee Stadium.  Players to arrive as TEAM -- by bus.

2)  No more arrivals at Yankee Stadium in T-shirts and jeans. Players to arrive in Olympics-style opening ceremony dress -- including suits or slacks and jackets, hats, shirts and ties.

3)  No more cell-phone holding within sight of fans.

Players to look in direction of fans and smile and wave, on entering the ball-park.

Additional measures to protect the Yankees from the Curse of the Bambino:

Babe Ruth Plaza to be renovated IMMEDIATELY.

New York Yankees, New York City, New York State and United States announce that the "The House that Ruth Built" will be maintained as a permanent baseball facility and baseball museum.

New York Yankees, New York City, New York State and United States announce that the new ballpark will never carry the name of a corporate entity and will simply be known as Y2.

Helpful but not mandatory:

No Yankee announcer to ever again declare, following a team victory:

Thuhhh Yankees win; thuhhh Yankees win.

161st Street -- both sides …


Not a car lot …


Brian Cashman, post-game, May 26th.


Joe Torre, post-game, May 26th …

Yankees radio announcer John Sterling


Jorge Posada, taken after the Yankees lost to Los Angeles 3-1, May 26th.


This photo of Penny Marshall (Bronx Bombers jacket) was taken Wed evening -- May 23.   LPR spotted Ms, Marshall hugging Jason Giambi after the game.  (Alas, LPR's camera did not apparently.)


A pleased Angel …


Vladimir Guerrero , right fielder for
the Angels