Our New Seats at Yankee Stadium

We received word yesterday from the Yanks about our seat reassignment. Mind you, Morganobrien.com Jr. has had seats at the big ballpark in the Bronx since 1976, when I was not yet around. And after I arrived on the planet, sent to Earth from Krypton by my father Jor-El, I've only known the ballpark on the corner of River Ave and 161st St. as baseball's home office.


Our Seats in the Old Stadium: Section 220
Third base line, behind the plate

So here's the deal:

- In the old ballpark, we were on the 3rd base side of home, about 20 rows off the field
- In our reassigned seats, we're in right field, Section 103, Row 13, Seats 21-24:


We'd be four rows back, right next to the bullpen

- Our tickets in the old ballpark included access to the exclusive Pinstripe Pub and cost $85/per seat.
- The new ballpark does not have a Pinstripe Pub equivalent and the seats cost $100/pop.

(Ed. note- I'm not even going to go into the economy argument here, but the price increase--while mitigated by 5 less games--still stings).

- The old plan provided 46 dates, none on the weekend.
- The new plan provides 41 dates, alternating games. So we get Opening Day* and a bunch of weekends. Our best sellers on StubHub last season were Boston and the NY Mets. Under the new plan, we only get 4 Red Sox games, but 2 of the Mets games.

As a life-long Yankee diehard, it goes without saying that I'm conflicted about what we should do.

Last year was terrific. I was back home after 10 years and was able to give the old ballpark a last go 'round. I went to an All-Star game and saw Josh Hamilton DESTROY the Home Run Derby. While they failed to reach the postseason, by all accounts, 2008 was a fitting sendoff for the old place. And for obvious reasons, I don't feel the same affinity towards the new place.

And as for the new seats, call me a Paul O'Neill fan but I like looking my right fielder in the eye. Staring at the back of the player manning that hallowed ground just wouldn't feel right.

One final factor is that I figure to move to DC this summer, putting a cramp in the flexibility of my StubHub prowess and the Acela won't get me to the Bronx by gametime on weeknights.


Our location in the New Yankee Stadium, Right Field


I can only imagine the joy my old man would derive from conversating with Manny Delcarmen as he manned the seat right next to the visitor's bullpen

So tell me, friends and family what should we do? Should we renew? Your comments are appreciated (serious comments only, please).

*It should be noted that the Chicago Cubs will play the Yanks in an exhibition before Opening Day