Poll re Ticket Relocation Process

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WFAN Listens to Ticket Licensees

For 2 days now, yesterday on Boomer and Carton and today on Mike Francesca's show (also aired on the Yes Network) WFAN has listens to the stories of the ticket licensees. Still no response to the articles in the Daily News or to the 3 days of radio play WFAN has given the story. And of course, absolutely nothing out of ESPN.

Of course I expected nothing from ESPN 1050, they are owned by Disney, a company that produces high ticket entertainment. However I must admit that any Disney Park Admission is worth the value.

The Disney motto use to be will pay to come. Of course the deals Disney is offering now show you that even Disney is taking a hit from the economy. Peopel will no longer pay to come. Until recently Disney didn't have stay X nights get Y night free deals, but now they do.

I am seriously considering organizing a protest march around the new stadium during the pre-season game to be played. Anyone interested, contact me.

Is the New Yankee Stadium Cursed?

Lately, I am beginning to wonder what ghosts the Yankees may have disturbed by moving across the street. Unexplained incidents, scandals and unYankee like behavior have occurred since ground breaking including the following:

• Steinbrenner became semi-retired with rumors surrounding his health and weight loss.

• Bobby Murcer was diagnosed with brain cancer and subsequently passed away after a brave battle.

• The youth squad of pitching prodigies, Kennedy, and Hughes, along with staff ace Wang all succumbed to injuries that sent all to rehab and left the pitching in disarray.

• The Yankkes didn't even make the 2008 playoffs.

• The NY Attorney General and the US Attorney are investigating the financing and land appraisal for the new stadium.

• Leon Trost flipped the bird to the Yankee ticket licensees and relocated most to subpar seats so he can have plenty of expensive great view empty seats for his kind of people, rich.

• Jason Johnson, a pitcher with good potential acquired from the Red Soxs was diagnosed this past week with cancer of the retina, a career ending injury.

• And now of course in the latest saga of the A-Rod Steroid drama, Alex has been subpoenaed to testify before Congress and also before US Attorney regarding international trafficking in controlled dangerous substances. And of course A-Rod's admission means the drug dogs will be all over the Yankee charter for the next year. Maybe one of them will pee on Leon Trost's pants and luggage.

It makes you wonder if some Indian chief is buried in the Bronx or is it just a protest from the ghost of Yankee greats. Maybe Magic and Mystique don't want to move.

Anyway I am hoping the new Archbishop brings plenty of holy water to his first game, there seems to be something ominous lurking in the soil of the new digs.

The Daily News Keeps the Ticket Issue Alive

See today's news Sunday NY Daily News for a second article on the season ticket licenses downgrades.

Kudos to the Daily News for keeping focus on the this story on the lousy treatment of season ticket holders by Yankee Management.

A-Rod is a Goner

This morning on ESPN’s The Sports Reporters, there was more fallout on A-Rod from his latest set of lies. Clearly, the press has had enough of his excuses and of steroids. Old Time baseball writers like Mike Lupica and Bob Ryan have had enough. Clearly the Baseball Writers are rebelling, the drugs have to go and out with those who took them and their associated records.

The last element of integrity in baseball is with the baseball writers, those men and women who determine a player’s immortality in Cooperstown.

Clearly the writers are leaning to the right, only true immortals belong in the Hall of Fame. Bob Ryan went so far as to suggest a special wing for the steroid era players. However it appears the vast consensus is they don’t want to vote for any of them when they time comes. The writers are calling for action from Bud Selig. I think they will be waiting a long time.

If Selig does anything, like roll back the records books to Hank Aaron and Roger Maris, I will be amazed.

If Pete Rose won’t get into Cooperstown because of his gambling, then why allow all the steroid and HGH users into the Hall? At least this, Rose’s gambling only hurt him. It didn’t alter historical records or put Alex Rodriquez on par with Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron.

More so, the Baseball Writers seem to want A-Rod gone. The Yankees, the most respected team in baseball because of tradition and talent is stuck with him. The only way to get him out of NY is by permanent injury or paying his salary. He is however an ugly stain on the Yankees.

New York and Boston are the ultimate baseball towns. Fans in those cities may follow other sports, but baseball is special. To those fans, and maybe hat has spread elsewhere, baseball is religion. And the religion of baseball has sinned. The biggest public sinner is A-Rod, so naturally the deacons of the religion, the baseball writers want him exorcised.

Will the Yankees toss A-Rod, not unless he does not perform. As long as his offense holds up, he will stay in pinstripes. We are stuck with him until his contract runs out, or his body breaks down. But even if he lasts, the writers will not let him into Cooperstown. There minds are made up; no one will enter Cooperstown in pinstripes who has stained the Yankee legend and those Yankees who are already enshrined in Cooperstown.

As for Alex, I mailed him a roll of duct tape to apply to this mouth. Taping it shut is better than continuing to lie unconvincingly. He needs not to talk anymore. Anyway even if he does, not one will believe him. He’s like the boy who cried wolf. At least Aesop told a better fairy tale.

Corky Siemaszko, NYY Fan Hero

I'm not much for the NY Daily News, the sports only, the rest of the paper is good for under the paint can and lighting the wood stove; mostly I read the NY Daily News online. However Today on Page 7, staff writer Corky Siemaszko aired out more dirty NYY laundry, the bad deals given the ticket licensees.

A fellow Yankee ticket holder, Paula, also another person who was mislead in the ticket relocation called me to tell me about the article. Fortunately my local store still had today's news. This article will go in my Yankee scrapbook along with other NYY mementos. Right now it means as much to me as signed Bobby Murcer rookie card and my signed Tommy John baseball. Murcer and John are baseball heros, Corky is a fan hero.

This article appears directly underneath one about the money woes of Damon and Nady. It's easy to find because a banner headline on the front of the NY Daily News pointing to the Damon/Nady article reads SCAMMED YANKEES See Page 7.

It can also be found online at the following link:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/02/20/2009-02-20_were_getting_yanked_over_tickets_at_new_-4.html

Kudos to the NY Daily News and Corky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Broken Yankee Heart AKA The Yankee Screw

In a lifetime, there are any disappoints. The great joy of my lifetime was when I was finally able to get season tickets. This year, my heart was crushed by the insensitivity of the Yankees to relocating fans in the the home. Moving isn't hard, I moved a few times in my life, with proper planning it goes great. The Yankee fan move was not planned well; and consequently my heart was broken.

The Yankees are chasing the big dollar, luxury suites, high priced seats. So what happened to the ticket holder, most got screwed. I went from the Loge upper deck outfield bleachers.

THIS IS NOT A WAY TO TREAT A FAN!

I am not alone in the Yankee Fan Screw. I wan to hear from all of your who have been screwed. I want to know I am not alone. I am not the only one whose heart was broken.

When ground was broken George Steinbrenner tearful remarked he was doing this for the fans. Yes he did is alright, he gave the fans back for their lack of respect for his owner antics, he screwed us royally.

In honor of this auspicious occasion I have created a new Drink, the Yankee Screw. I am still refining it but so far this is what I have:

1 shot Tequila,

2 shots Amaretto

1/2 Sweet and Sour Mix

1 shot Kahlua

4 ounces club soda

1 ounce tonic

ice

Why those ingredients:

Tequila - The Yankees recruitment is effort targets Spanish speaking countries.

Amaretto - For Joe DiMaggio, one of the great Yankees

Sweet and Sour Mix - For all the Good and Bad Years I remember, the bitter and the Sweet.

Kahlua - It tastes better then the coffee they serve at the stadium

Club Soda - Like the last 7 Yankee teams, it starts out strong then looses it fizzle and falls flat

Tonic Water - for the bitter taste the 2004 ALDS left in my mouth

ice - for all those Aprils and Octobers I froze my behind off in the Loge

Email me and let me know if you got the short end of the relocation stick.

NYY Ticket Licensee Renewal

I got my invoice today, a big fat lie.

Instead of a 41 game plan with seats on the infield I got a big fat downgrade, outfield bleachers.

I was Loge, Section 484, Row D 2002-2008. Now I am Outfield Section 238, Row 22. I was told these seats were comparable to what I had. That person needs an eye exam!

Oh by the way I can have whatever I want if I pay $100 a seat for a half season in the outfield. What away to treat loyal fans.

I called the relocation office useless, they directed me to Yankee box office, they directed me to email the boss. I am now in wait mode.

Stay tuned for updates.

A-Rod, Disappointment, Cheat, Liar and Fraud

Yesterday on ESPN's "Sports Reporters", Michael Kay, Yankee broadcaster and Alex Rodriquez cheerleader admitted he was not shocked but disappointed to hear A-Rod had done steroids. The question remains is how that will alter, or will it alter Kay's perception of of A-Rod from this point on.

Disappointment is when you don't get your toy from Santa, when your parents cancel a planned outing. It is a an emotion generated from the loss of something we look forward to in life. Like it or not, personality and all, we all enjoyed watching A-Rod play. He has talent. Talent that will most likely be overlooked going forward in his baseball career. He will forever be tainted by steroids.

Personally I am neither shocked or disappointed. I blame A-Rods' agent, Scott Boras. An agent is supposed to bolster his client when he or she is insecure. A-Rod requires constant ego maintenance. An agent is supposed to furnish that to his client to keep him from stupid things, like steroids. A-Rod for all his natural talent is highly insecure. He is also image focused. Using steroids and thinking it would not come out is image suicide.

This morning, A-Rod used the lame excuse, I didn't do steroids. Later int he day he recanted, using the I dind't know defens. Alex, Alex, Alex, how stupid do you think people are? They got the records from the Baseball Player's Union. Lying about it intinally only made you look like an ass.

Was I surprised A-Rod went to denial? No, because once again it's his image. If he believes it, it won't be true. Well Alex you can deny it to yourself, but then their is the lab test that says you are a liar. Which would you rather be a fallen legend or an example of a liar and cheat? I personally would take the hit on my reputation for being stupid then for being a liar, then an idiot by admitting it and saying he didn't know. I will admit my mistakes. I have enough self-confidence in myself to admit my many faults; apparently Alex Rodriquez does not. He still believes the A-Rod fairy tale; and this fairy tell has an unhappy ending.

When Andy Pettitte got named in the Mitchell report, I was upset. However Andy came out and admitted to his nasty deed. It proves Andy is a mature person and can handle his own stupidity. When Roger Clemens was accused, he lied, of course, that didn't change my opinion of Roger either, watching him pitch for 20+ year,s you knew it was all about him. And unlike A-Rod, Roger will not be denied Cooperstown, he holds too many records, before he loaded up on the steroids to keep pitching. Alex on the other hand can probably kiss the Hall of Fame goodbye.

Had A-Rod fessed up today and been honest the first time, he might have got a pardon from the Baseball Writers. But Alex initially denied the truth, the truth that is plain in a printed lab report. Lying is something the Baseball Writers will not forget. Honesty and open dialog is the basis for their craft. Alex is not honest or open unless it benefits. Why then would they place him one day in the shrine of the immortals? Lying removes his reward for immortality. Had he gone with unknowingly stupid at first, he might have at least gotten an invite.

My parents always said, honestly is the best policy. In this day of tainted role models, what example does A-Rod's no, then maybe I didn't know defense teach our youth. It teaches them to lie, cheat and sneak to be successful. The fast track to disaster.

The biggest thing about this latest A-Rod Drama is the example it sets for those who want to be like him. And that is something we cannot allow. No matter how much talent, how much ability or success you attain, you should not be rewarded for attaining it unfairly.

As Kellogg's and USA Swimming stripped Michael Phelps of his rewards, the same should be done for all athletes who attain their success through cheating. Why it will not upset me if a talent like A-Rod is denied the Baseball Hall of Fame.

It is time to draw a line in the sand, the line of setting a good example. Those who cheated set bad examples, and bad examples requires punishment.

The moral of this tale, stupidity should never be rewarded and honesty is always the best policy.

The Smoking Steroid Gun

Much has come out of the Balco investigation by the DEA and US attorney. Now that discovery is over and trial time is near, the real evidence is available to the press, and they are like kids at Christmas, much to the dismay of to other than Messrs Barry Bonds and lawyers, the US Attorney and now Alex Rodriquez.


Hence a plethora of "shocking" steroid related stories.


Get real, anyone who believes A-Rod and Bonds weren't using roids prior to 2006 must have had vision impairment. Photos don't lie and at the end of 2002, A-Rod's face has the distinctive roids shape: round and pregnant looking. I don't think A-Rod was preggers. That would have been bigger news.


You would think that with A-Rod's money he could have done PEDs in the privacy of his home, much like Roger Clemens.

A-Rod in 2000 Oval Face, no rounding

A-Rod End of 2002 -Roid Use Rounded Face

A-Rod at NYY Announcement 2004, drug free oval face

To pass the NYY physical, A-Rod would have need to be roids free. Or dear old King George would have not signed on the dotted line.

I have no doubt that in the days and weeks to come their will be other shocking announcements. Even some unsuspected players, one not linked to Balco and the Mitchell Report.

As for Alex, his life is in the toilet, let the poor man alone. He's a multi-millionaire, deep in divorce proceedings, and living in the shadow of Derek Jeter and the 32 pages Joe Torre devoted to him in the "The Yankee Years" (By the way I have not gotten there yet, I cannot wait to get to Chapter 8., so far nothing new)

But one last dig, Alex, I would like to congratulate you on your induction into Club Asterisk *. Somehow I think Babe Ruth's record as the All-Time American League Home Leader will never be in jeapordy from you.

The New Joe Torre Book Part 1

Like many Yankee fans, I want to read to Joe Torre's new book, "The Yankee Years". Unfortunately it will not be in the stores until Tuesday, February 3. And of course on that day severe winter storm is heading to NJ and NY.

I read Torre's last book, "Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners", it will be interesting to see how this labeled tell-all rates with his philosophy.

I didn't read his first, "Chasing the Dream". His first book didn't do well. #2 was on the NY Times best seller list for several weeks, I predict # 3 will be as well. It's not even out and people are talking.

I personally don't believe in airing dirty laundry in public, that is what the clothes was was made for, so you only have clean clothes viewed in public. So people don't work well and play together nicely, well that part of life. I firmly believe everyone gets their just desserts in the end, and it is not my role to mete out justice because I work with a jerk, even if that justice comes as a book.

If I ever wrote a tell all about my family, first most would not believe it; for all intent and purposes I appear mostly normal. To it a few it might explain the way I am. But then I don't feel a need to explain myself to others. Apparently Joe Torre did.

Torre was heavily criticized by the Yankee and overall sports media for his management style.

Personally I had no problem with it. He never let on his thoughts. That is an excellent management, it forces others to hate you because they can't read you.

He was most of the time composed and cool in the dugout and respectful of the press in interviews. His criticism of the team's performance was minimally aired in public. That really is an example of good management. It is how you build up the respect of your employees, the Yankees, and your bosses, the Steinbrenners.

Long before Torre book # 2, I have always tried to practice that style. Criticism of employees should be private. It's how they learn to grow and mature. Debasing a human being in public is not necessary and uncalled for; it teaches the person nothing and makes you look like a Jackass.

So like many Yankee and baseball fans I am curious about the new book. Why did Joe Cool feel a need to write it? Was it final flip of the bird to Steinbrenner family? Has he been holding it all inside for years and this is his way of venting?

I don't have those answers.

I am also curious why he partnered again with Tom Verducci. Verducci a long time NY Baseball Writer and not a big George Steinbrenner fan would not have been my choice. I am wondering how much of the book is Tom and how much is Joe. I will read it and try and figure it all out.

If anything this may not have been the smartest political move Joe Torre has ever made, the book isn't even out and people are annoyed. From a financial point, it is excellent, as I stated earlier the book will surely spend a long time on the best seller list. I guess the did it because the cost of living is LA is so expensive.