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.
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161st
Street -- both sides …
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Not
a car lot …
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Brian
Cashman, post-game, May 26th.
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Joe
Torre, post-game, May 26th …
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Yankees
radio announcer John Sterling
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Jorge
Posada, taken after the Yankees lost to Los Angeles 3-1, May
26th.
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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.)
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A
pleased Angel …
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Vladimir
Guerrero , right fielder for
the Angels
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