New Yankee Stadium gets mixed reviews - BostonHerald.com
Just yesterday afternoon, walking into the Yankees’ new palace for the first time, I bumped into Bill Madden, longtime baseball writer for the New York Daily News. For 20 minutes, Madden told me how much he hates the place.
They have totally, tragically gummed up Monument Park. The monuments and plaques have been moved behind the fence in dead center, where they can barely be seen. It looks like somebody left them there for the night with the promise of moving them tomorrow. This is a spectacular blunder.
Ditto with the retired uniform numbers. They have been tossed on a brick wall behind the left field bleachers, and, again, it looks as though somebody showed up on Opening Day and said, ‘Hey, what should we do with all these retired numbers?’
Madden believes a child’s greatest joy when entering a big league park is getting to the front railing in search of autographs. Here, only ticket-holders can venture into the rich people’s seats, even long before the game.
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