Bobby is currently the General Manager and Assistant Publisher at the Daily Statesman after serving his term as Managing Editor. He wears many hats in the office, including coordinator of all things online, but his real passion is sports.

If you build it........

Posted Thursday, June 5, 2008, at 10:08 AM

Seems every year some city has caved in to a proffesional team's demand of building a new venue for them to play in. This season is the inaugral year for the Washington Nationals new ball park. Beautiful park with a lot of "extras" for the family (if you can afford the extras!) but has attendance gone up just because of the new ball park? No, it hasn't.

This is the final year of existence for Yankee Stadium. As much as I am not a Yankee fan, I am a fan of baseball and history. It really bothers me that the hallowed ground where Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Roger Maris, Don Larsen, and on and on will be a parking lot when next season begins.

Yankee Stadium IS a museum and I can't believe that there aren't more historical groups trying to stop the demise. There should never be an oil stain from someone's 1985 Buick where Babe Ruth stood in the batters box of the one and only Yankee Stadium! This place has earned a place in history very much like the Coliseum in Rome...... OK, people didn't die in Yankee Stadium while competing, but you get my drift. Will the Coliseum ever be condemned to blacktop? I don't think so! How do you feel?

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As much as we do not want to see these historical ballparks and arena's torn down, it basically comes down to cost efficiency and modern amenities and comfort. A lot of times when a facility gets so old, it will take more money to keep it functional than to build a new one. It makes you wonder how long Wrigley Field and Fenway Park can go on with out being replaced.

-- Posted by BonScott on Thu, Jun 5, 2008, at 2:14 PM

Bobby Greer's response:
I've heard that Boston is already looking at options! Wrigley and Fenway are neat places, but come on, Yankee Stadium?
Tear it down and relocate the Yankees...Japan will work........

-- Posted by shannonhoon on Sun, Jun 8, 2008, at 10:35 PM

Bobby Greer's response:
I wouldn't mind a league without the Yankees!

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