Stadium Insider in the news!

Since our inception in 2007, the Stadium Insider sites (NYY Stadium Insider and New Stadium Insider) have been cited, quoted and mentioned around the blogosphere, in the mainstream media and even on the radio. Below are some of our more prominent mentions:

Mainstream Media:

• NBC New York Web - Josh Alper (April '09)
  
• New York Times - Richard Sandomir (April '09)
  
• Crain's Business NY - Aaron Elstein (April '09)
  
• NBC New York Web - Josh Alper (March '09)
  
• NY Magazine Web - Will Leitch (February '09)
  
• Crains NY Business - Aaron Elstein (August '08)
• NY Post - Phil Mushnick (July '08)

Radio:

• WFAN Radio NY (February '09)

Top Spots in The Blogosphere:

• Featured regularly on #1 Yankees blog River Avenue Blues
• NY Times City Room Blog (April '09)
• With Leather (April '09)
  
• The Big Lead (April '09)
  
• Wired.com Blog (March '09)
• Eater.com (March '09)
• Gothamist.com (March '09)
  
• Curbed.com (March '09)
• Neil DeMause's Field Of Schemes (March '09)
  
• Deadspin (March '09)
  
• NY Newsday Watchdog Blog - Neil Best (March '09)
  
• NY Newsday Watchdog Blog - Neil Best (March '09)
• Deadspin (March '09)
  
• Neil deMause's Field Of Schemes (March '09)
• Baseball Think Factory Newsstand (February '09)
  
• FanNation.com SI Blog (February '09)
• InsideSTL.com links of the day (February '09)
• Sports By Brooks (February '09)
• Deadspin (February '09)
• Deadspin (January '09)
• Deadspin (September '08)
• Fark Sports (September '08)
• Yahoo Big Leage Stew (September '08)
• Deadspin (September '08)
• Deadspin (September '08)
• Deadspin (August '08)
• Deadspin (July '08)
• ESPN - Rob Neyer (July '08)
• The Sporting News (May '08)
• SI "hotclicks" (May '08)
• Yahoo Big League Stew (May '08)
• Deadspin (May '08)
• AOL Fanhouse (May '08)
• SI "hotclicks" (April '08)
• ESPN - Rob Neyer(April '08)

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The Best 08 Back Page: "The Last Goodbye"?

The Daily News has asked it's readers to vote for its 

best back page of 2008. As New York Yankees Stadium insiders, we are imploring Yanks fans to vote for this one:

This is easily the best back page for any good stadium loving Yankees fan so, CLICK HERE to vote*!

* - I must admit, I DO have a soft spot for that New York Giants inspired "CHAMPS" back page... 

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Merry Christmas

In the spirit of the Holiday season, the NYYSI crew thought it would be nice to let bygones be bygones and create a Christmas card for our favorite beat-blogger, Peter Abraham. So, here it is for all of you to enjoy. Consider it the gift that keeps on giving from Mr. Abraham.



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Let the expectations begin...

I made a rare visit to a New York Newspaper's webpage this morning (I swore them off sometime this past summer). Unsurprisingly, there was an asinine poll waiting for me upon arrival:



What did I expect? A poll inquiring about his 2009 OBP? (For his career it is .378, but it has been above .400 the past 2). A poll about his OPS+? (For his career it is 134). Nope, the poll question is about how many home runs he'll mash in 2009 because chicks dig the long ball.

No pressure, Mark, but I voted for 51 or more. I know you have averaged 36 home runs per year over your 6-year career, and a few of those totals were aided by playing in the bandbox in Arlington. However, I saw a poll on NYDailyNews.com and it made me think you MUST be a home run hitter if they had that poll up there. Then, I remembered that you are a switch-hitter, so you'd definitely get a chance to take advantage of the short porch in right field. 2009 is going to be a memorable year, Mark. Don't let me down.

The results of this highly scientific poll. My vote for 51 or more likely skewed the results, as I doubt the sample size is very large during the holiday season. I will say that it appears the more educated readers are voting in the poll since it is heavily leaning in the range of Teixeira career average HR total. Realistically, I believe Tex will hit 29 HRs in 2009, but he will contribute in many other ways that will contribute wins to the Yankees.

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The new Yankee Stadium covered in snow...

Those wily characters at wcbs880.com are up to it again - posting awesome shots of the new Yankee Stadium from Tom Kaminski's chopper 880:


Photo: Tom Kaminski/ WCBS 880


Photo: Tom Kaminski/ WCBS 880

Not to be outdone, Kaybli took this photo in the OLD Yankee Stadium:




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The Yankees throw season ticket holders a bone with exhibition ticket prices

The Yankees did the smart thing today and announced visibly reduced prices for the April 3 and April 4 exhibition games that will open up the new Stadium.

According to this release, full season ticket holders will get the games for free, while partial plan holders will have the opportunity to purchase bleacher tickets for 25 cents and grandstand (upper deck) tickets for $1.10. Apparently, these were the prices back in 1923 for the opener at the old Stadium.

This is a nice gesture, but it would have had a bit more impact if it was the first regular season game. This is yet another aspect of these exhibition games that are going to take away from the regular season opener. I may or may not have gotten up on this soapbox before.

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Merry Tex-Mas!

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Milk em Tex, Milk em

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The NEW Yankee Stadium under the lights

I work in a high-rise building in Midtown Manhattan with amazing views of New York City. Looking out the north side windows, there are amazing views of Central Park and in the distance the Bronx. Lately, I have seen lights on in the distance in the vicinity of Yankee Stadium. I assumed they were testing out the lights in the new park, but I didn't dare venture up to the South Bronx in the dead of winter (I kid, I kid... Kind of).

It turns out that they ARE testing the new lights, and the WCBS 880 chopper did some flying this evening to capture some never before seen night-time photos of the new Yankee Stadium under the lights...


Photo: Tom Kaminski/ WCBS 880


Photo: Tom Kaminski/ WCBS 880

WCBS even took the time out to capture a photo of the Yankees' welcome to CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett:


Photo: Tom Kaminski/ WCBS 880

If that doesn't get you pumped up for the 2009 season, I'm not sure what will.

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Season Ticket Holders: Easily check the status of your relocation at Yankees.com!

Can't believe I didn't catch this sooner. The Yankees have a section of their website that provides periodic updates on the status of the season ticket holder relocation process for the new stadium.

The ticket office is currently making phone calls/sending packages out to FULL SEASON holders with a seniority date of August 2004. If you are a full-season ticket holder with a seniority date before August 2004 and you haven't received a call, you should probably initiate contact with the Yankees.

The long wait continues for B Plan holders like myself. This late in the game, installment payments are highly unlikely, so start saving that money!

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Yankee fans - Don't be surprised when AJ Burnett is hurt next year

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ESPN's Jerry Crasnick broke the news earlier today: A.J. Burnett (yes, unlike CC, he DOES like the periods between his initials) is your newest New York Yankee.

NYYSI has been and always will be against signing A.J Burnett to a long-term deal. Aside from the fact that he has questionable control, A.J Burnett is a MAJOR injury risk. Take a look at his stat sheet\. He has thrown over 200 IP 3 times in his career including last year. The previous two times, he came down with an injury the next year and was only able to start 4 games and 21 games, respectively.

A.J Burnett threw 221 innings last year - a career high by far. For us NOT to expect an injury would be setting ourselves up for disappointment. Brian Cashman typically is smarter than me, so I hope that is the case here as well.

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Ho! Ho! Ho!

An early Xmas gift for Yankee fans
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Does this mean I can easily report the idiot behind me that is booing A-Rod?

Via PRWeb we learn some more news about the ongoing modernization taking place at the new Yankee Stadium. GuestAssist by qtags will allow fans to text message customer service in the Stadium if any kind of problem arises. The shocking part of this is that there will be customer service in the new Stadium. Never heard of such a thing in the old Stadium! Essentially it is a text message version of twitter that allows fans to complain about things within a monitored system using their mobile device.

Read the press release linked above for some of the practical uses of this system, including a heartwarming story about a couple who drove hours to the game, only to find that they had left their tickets at home. Apparently GuestAssist was able to save their irresponsible asses. Below is apparently what the system looks like for the customer service representative monitoring it (thanks to 4G-WirelessEvolution for the example):

Anyone who knows me, knows that this is a dangerous tool to have at my disposal. I have a bad feeling that they are going to disconnect my access to GuestAssist before April is over. Lets just say my complaints will be a bit more specific and a bit less urgent.

Old smelly guy without deodorant in front of me? Thats a GuestAssist complaint. Yelling like an idiot about true Yankees and booing A-Rod? Damn right I'm texttle-telling on your ass to the fine folks at Guest Assist. Don't "take ya hat off" during God Bless America? Well, in that case, I probably won't be the one to text message GuestAsssist, but you better believe that some typical Yankee fan will.

Just imagine they had something like this in the old stadium?
Waiting in line 4 Chx Fingers 4 25 mins. FIX IT...
The dude next to me @ urinal just splattered pee on me - give me sum dividers!
Woman pouring Fosters 24 oz beer chatting with bff vendor instead of serving beer. Waiting in line 4 almost 3 innings 4 beer.
Hot chocolate sold out before game even started. WTF?

Can't wait to try it out!

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A-Rod's panties

Must... Resist... A-Rod's.... Undies...

I swear, my ebay user name doesn't start with a u and end with a p...



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