My First Yankee Game

By EricMesa

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[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Yankee Stadium from the Train Station”] Yankee Stadium from the Train Stop[/caption]

Ever since I’ve known my wife I wanted to go to a Yankees Game. But we were often busy during the baseball season and neither of us are big ball fans. In fact, this was also my wife’s first Yankee game despite having grown up in NYC and rooted for the Yankees her whole life. So it was to my great dismay that I found out I would never get to see a Yankees game in the original stadium that housed Babe Ruth. However, I finally did make it to a Yankee game after nearly a decade. It was a bit of a taunt to see the old stadium right next to the new one as demolition has not yet taken place.

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“The Old Stadium”] Old Yankee Stadium[/caption]

Inside a series of banners with the old Yankees legends paid tribute to the > 100 year legacy. (Depending on whether you count when they moved to NYC or when they were renamed to the Yankees)

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“333” caption=“Legendary Yankees Players”] Yankee Legends[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“alignleft” width=“240” caption=“Prepping the field”] 17 Minutes to Game Time[/caption]

We arrived at the train station with about 20 minutes to go. By the time we got to our seats we had 17 minutes until game time. We decided to use this time to get some ballpark food. My attempts to eat food before leaving were thwarted by the fact that we’d have to rush through the food. I walked around the concourse looking for food. I kept wishing they had a map on one of the columns letting the patrons know where the different vendors were. I guess they purposely don’t tell you so that you will tend to eat whatever is near your seat. I ended up finding a Moe’s cart that served nachos with meat. Danielle and most others got hot dogs.

I caught this pre-game meeting between the umpires and, I guess, the coaches.

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“333” caption=“Pre-game Meeting”] Pre-Game Meeting[/caption]

There were Canon adverts throughout the stadium. It’s widely used in sports photography, making me proud to own Canon products.

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Canon Foul Line”] The 318 ft Foul Line: Sponsored by Canon[/caption]

It was very confusing that both teams had red hats and there wasn’t much contrast between the white and grey uniforms.

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Blue Jays Dugout”] The Blue Jays Dugout[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“333” caption=“Yankees Dugout”] The Yankees Dugout[/caption]

The Yankees very quickly hit a home run.

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Congrats on the Homerun”] High Five from Hideki Matsui[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Hideki Matsui on 1st Base”] Three Wide Stances[/caption]

And now the rest of the photos.

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Yankee Stadium has a deal to sell Pepsi products”] Yankee Stadium Sells Pepsi[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Depending on where you are sitting, you can still enjoy the announcer if you are deaf or have hearing problems.”] Subtitles[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“We had pretty good seats for photographing outfield plays.”] Catching a Fly[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“It got a little extra patriotic since we were playing vs the Canadians”] Go America! Beat those Canadians![/caption]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“He seems unable to believe that the Yankees have won”] This guy seems unable to believe that the Yankees Won[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“But they did win!”] Theeeeeee Yankees WIN![/caption]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“So the team walked onto the field for congratulations”] Congratulations are in Order[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“It was great finally seeing my first Yankee game. It was especially great that the Yankees won.”] Thanks for Visiting - Don’t Come Back Unless You Pay[/caption]

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Luckily we got to the train quickly and avoided a large portion of the crowds although it still was pretty crowded on the train for a few stops.”] Crowds Leaving Yankee Stadium[/caption]

See more photos from the game on my Yankee Stadium Set.