# Shrinking my home away from home - Yankee Stadium **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 16, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-my-home-away-from-home-yankee-stadium/368970 "2006-08-16T16:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-my-home-away-from-home-yankee-stadium/368970/21 "2006-08-18T17:58:15Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Stan’s, Fuhgetaaboutit!! [/QUOTE] Go around the corner to Billy’s. You can still get to the bar most days. Agree about Stan’s. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-my-home-away-from-home-yankee-stadium/368970/22 "2006-08-19T01:49:58Z")
> [@](#): > > **What Exit?** : The most special moment was without question the Don Larsen Perfect game in the World Series in 1956. My Dad always loved a pitcher’s game. I don’t know which he was more excited about – that game or the birth of his first grandchild the same night, October 8, 1956. Can you believe it’s been almost fifty years? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-my-home-away-from-home-yankee-stadium/368970/23 "2006-08-19T01:54:03Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] My Dad always loved a pitcher’s game. I don’t know which he was more excited about – that game or the birth of his first grandchild the same night, October 8, 1956. Can you believe it’s been almost fifty years? [/QUOTE] I hope we playing on October 8th at the Stadium. It would be an incredible ceremony if it works out right. Fun game tonight so far. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-my-home-away-from-home-yankee-stadium/368970/24 "2006-08-19T04:28:46Z")
Screw the Yankees. A pox on all of their houses when they leave Yankee Stadium. For a sport that claims to be driven by tradition and claims to have been “tainted” by steroids and the like, the very notion of the demolition of such history so Steinbrenner can get fatter pockets is so shameful as to defy description, just as it was with the Tigers and the White Sox. I hope the Red Sox stay in Fenway forever. I hope the Cubs stay in Wrigley forever. At least they have some sense of tradition. The day the old ballparks go away is the day I stop watching forever. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-my-home-away-from-home-yankee-stadium/368970/25 "2006-08-19T04:39:27Z")
A breakable record but the Yanks-Redsox game tonight just broke the Major league record for the longest 9 inning game. This is on the heals of a 4 hours plus game at 1pm. It will hopefully be a long time before the combined times of this day-night double header is exceeded. Jim ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-my-home-away-from-home-yankee-stadium/368970/26 "2006-08-19T12:45:22Z")
And a great game it was. No pox on the Yanks last night. ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-my-home-away-from-home-yankee-stadium/368970/27 "2006-08-21T06:47:09Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] Screw the Yankees. A pox on all of their houses when they leave Yankee Stadium. For a sport that claims to be driven by tradition and claims to have been “tainted” by steroids and the like, the very notion of the demolition of such history so Steinbrenner can get fatter pockets is so shameful as to defy description, just as it was with the Tigers and the White Sox. I hope the Red Sox stay in Fenway forever. I hope the Cubs stay in Wrigley forever. At least they have some sense of tradition. The day the old ballparks go away is the day I stop watching forever. [/QUOTE] I was going to say something about how pro sports have nothing to do with the fans that watch it, but you said it better than I would have. As for me, I’ll stick with the Isotopes. Nothing beats the minor leagues for cheap fun. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-my-home-away-from-home-yankee-stadium/368970/28 "2006-08-24T01:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] But which year in the 1950’s was the best? [/quote] 1954, of course. That’s the year I was born. 🙂 But you’re talking about _baseball_. So I’d say 1955, then. 🆒 > [@](#): > > And why are y’all moving? Didn’t you completely remodel just a few years ago? I hear that when yer _ooooolllllllllddd_, you start thinking that stuff that happened a long time ago seems much more recent. 😃 > [@](#): > > I really don’t think the stadium should be smaller either. Someone is not thinking ahead. Who makes these decisions? I think **What Exit?** and **Elvis** covered this one: bigger seats for bigger Americans. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-my-home-away-from-home-yankee-stadium/368970.md?page=1)