Yankees reveal plans to let fans on the field before the final game

However, Big Stein has a message for you:

Yankee Stadium gates will open at 1 p.m. on Sunday as the Yankees invite fans to take one last memorable stroll through Monument Park. Fans will also be allowed to exit Monument Park onto the field where they will be permitted to walk along the warning track around the outfield and behind home plate.

You hear that kids? DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT STEPPING ON BIG STEIN'S BEAUTIFULLY MANICURED (pedicured?) LAWN! Trust me, you don't want to break the rules at Yankee Stadium. I took the Stadium tour this winter and the guards watch you like hawks making sure that you don't step foot on the grass. I think there may have even been snipers on the facade of the Stadium ready to act if I took a wrong step.

All kidding aside, this is a pretty cool thing for the Yankees to do. If you have tickets to the game on Sunday, you will most certainly have a memorable day at the old ballpark.

Check out the details of the festivities and don't forget that if you try to steal stuff, you will be arrested.

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Speaking of the Yankees' playoff chances...

It used to be fun to keep a finger on the pulse of Baseball Prospectus' postseason odds report. The Yankees playoff chances were usually up in the 90% range, and around this time of year the countdown to the playoffs and the "magic number" watch would commence.

Unfortunately, everything that could have gone wrong for the Yankees this season has gone wrong. The Yankees chances of making the playoffs currently stand between 8 and 10 percent (depending on if you adjust the playoff odds report to PECOTA projections or not). Any way you look at it, the likelihood of the team making the playoffs is getting smaller every day. It obviously isn't even close to impossible, but with every 3 game sweep, the odds move from unlikely to "its going to take a miracle".

On another note, as the odds of the Yankees making the playoffs continues to shrink, the prices for the last game at the current Yankee Stadium continue to rise. Imagine how high the prices will go once the Yankees are mathematically eliminated from the playoff race? What a sickening thought.

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