OCTOBER
17, 2004 --
LPR
took a lot of photos viewing outside the event, at Yankee Stadium.
October 11, 12 and 13.
Unfortunately, LPR did not snap a photo of Kurt Schilling going to the Stadium
October 11 (workout day) because this ace Red Sox pitcher had a protective
brace on his right foot, and LPR was not certain a Red Sox player would be
heading to a workout with an apparent injury. The obvious lesson -- snap, and
then verify.
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Yankee
boss George Steinbrenner looking towards Johnny Damon who
is heading towards the Red Sox Bus.
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Johnny Damon could
be seen after the workout exchanging comments with Yankee boss George
Steinbrenner who is looking towards Damon as he walked
back from the Yankee parking lot to the Red Sox bus.
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The
decked-out Yankee Rolls Royce - photo taken on October
11.
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October 11, LPR
took some photos of a Rolls Royce in pinstripes and bearing signatures
of many Yankees. The car is up for e-Bay auction.
See www.yanksrollsroyce.com
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Hideki
Matsui, NY, OF -- .298, 31 HR, 108 RBI
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On October 12, LPR
caught Yankee outfielder Hideki Matsui eagerly walking to the ballpark,
and Derek Jeter, turning back to greet Yankee boss George Steinbrenner.
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Derek
Jeter, NY, SS -- .292, 23 HR, 78 RBI
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While the game was
on, LPR noticed a traffic jam on 161st Street -- caused, apparently,
not by people desperate for parking, but by a tow-truck hooking up
a
car right outside the Stadium. (The following night, LPR obsevered many not-towed
double-parked cars a few blocks from the ballpark.)
LPR got back to the press gate to see that Jack Nicholson had stepped outside
for a cigarette (smoking is not permitted in Yankee Stadium) and quickly tried
to get a photo of the actor.
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Jack
Nicholson
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After the game,
LPR photographed a
perhaps-surprised Rev. Al Sharpton, and then noticed that he and his attorney
wore matching pinstripe suits, white stripe on dark cloth.
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Rev.
Al Sharpton
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LPR was surprised
to learn that the Red Sox rallied to make an 8-0 score 8-5 and then
8-7. The roar of the crowd can be heard outside the ballpark -- but
at the
Stadium this roar sounds only for the Yankees.
The crowd could not be heard at the press gate when the Red Sox were closing
the gap-despite not-insignificant numbers of Red Sox fans at the game.
Politicians at the October 12 game included George Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg.
(Pataki, it should be
noted, is still governor of New York.)
Celebs, not shown here, included from The Sopranos' cast James Gandolfini, and
Tony Danza, John McEnroe,and Penny
Marshall. A strong media presence stayed at the press gate as the game got underway
for the arrival of Mariano Rivera, returning from funerals in Panama of two family
members apparently electrocuted in his swimming pool.
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Mariano
Rivera, NY, P -- W-L 4-2-, 53 Saves, ERA 1.94
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Soon after the great
Yankee relief pitcher arrived, at about 8.45 p.m. the media departed,
LPR maintaining its VOTE vigil.
Next evening, LPR got a photo of Donald Trump as he told a WCVB (Boston) reporter
that Yankee fans would rattle Pedro Martinez, pitching for Boston , and he would
lose the game. (LPR does not know if the jeers of Yankee fans bothered the great
Red Sox hurfler, but he was the losing pitcher as the Yankees went to
Boston with a 2-0 lead in thisbest of seven series.)
LPR also spotted --not pictured-- Steve Forbes - -flat tax proponent,and Don
Hewitt, retired boss at 60 Minutes, going to the VIP entrance. Mr. Hewitt went
right to the head of the line, as did Bill O'Reilly, here fuzzily pictured. It
was after snapping this photo that LPR learned of the O'Reilly controversy that
broke earlier in the day.
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Bill
O'Reilly, going to head of VIP line, Oct. 13.
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After the game,
won by the Yankees, 3-1, LPR got photos as the players from both teams
boarded their buses for the ride to the airport and flight to Boston
for the next games in the American League Championship Seriees. (When
the Yankees return to the Stadium, it will be either for game six of
the ALCS or Game One of the World Series.)
The
sound of jeering got LPR away from the bus boarding and towards a cluster
of fans shouting at a bus already boarded by
Red Sox players. At one point, these Yankee rooters were heard repeatedly chanting
the name of a noted pitcher --"Randy Johnson."
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Yankee
fans jeering at the Red Sox bus.
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After the buses
departed, LPR headed towards 161st Street and the LPRmobile parked
at a meter on Gerard Avenue, and took a few more photos -- of varying
hot dog and pretzel prices on two sides of River Avenue, the lower
prices on the other side of the tracks above River Avenue.
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$4.50
hot dogs outside Yankee Stadium.
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$4.00
pretzels outside Yankee Stadium.
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$2.00
across the street on 161st Street.
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Viewing
inside the Stadium from outside the press gate
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Noted
attorney David Boies -- telling LPR not to believe all
that the Imus program says about him.
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Alex
Rodriguez, NY, 3B -- .286, 36 HR, 106 RBI
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Bob
Shepard, longtime Yankees public address announcer.
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Actor
Billy Crystal talking to reporters, Oct. 13.
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David
Ortiz, Bos, DH/1B -- .301, 41 HR, 139 RBI
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Manny
Ramirez, Bos, OF-- .308, 43 HR, 130 RBI
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Dave
Anderson, 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist
for The New York Times.
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Actor
Fisher Stevens in mid-line (in scarf to left of Yankee
offices).
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Jon
Lieber, NY, P -- W-L 15-8, 4.33 ERA
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Ruben
Sierra, NY, OF/DH -- .244 ,17 HR, 65 RBI
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Pedro
Martinez, Bos, P -- W-L 16-9, ERA 3.90
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One
of the Red Sox buses.
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Scott
Clark, WABC-TV, head and shoulders above the media line.
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Yankee
Stadium, October 12, during the first game, seen from Walton
Avenue and 161st Street
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Towing
continues during Oct. 12 game.
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Donald
Trump, Oct. 13, talking to WCVB (Boston) reporter about
Pedro Martinez.
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Tim
Wakefield, Bos, P -- W-L 12-10, ERA 4.87
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Johnny
Damon, Bos, CF -- .304, 20 HR, 94 RBI
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Miguel
Cairo, NY, INF -- .292, 6 HR, 42 RBI
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