Cubs and Yankees in talks for Cubs to play opener of new Yankee stadium.
by lemon20pie on Oct 21, 2008 7:12 PM CDT
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It's probably been mentioned here but I haven't seen it. Just saw this on Yahoo that the games most futile franchise, the Chicago Cubs, are the Yankees first choice to open up the new Yankee stadium, in 1 or 2 unofficial games on the weekend before the April 6th opener. The teams are still in negotiations and are close to a deal.
I can just hear the comparison's between the 2 franchises now and all the "last things to happen before the Cubs have won a World Series" and yada yada, and the endless babble of Cub jokes and in contrast how great and mighty the Yankees franchise has been. It's kind of sadistic for the Yankees to want to play the Cubs. Does Steinbrenner need his ego stroked that much these days? so in that regard, I really don't care if the Cubs open up new Yankee stadium, even in an unofficial game. Years from now, noone will remember. 75 words yet?
Why start a new season with an instant kick in the stones? Eff that.
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That would be a pretty awesome game to watch
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #15 5-2 (1-2). Next up CU. Jeremy Maclin can still win the Heisman.
by nji232 on Oct 21, 2008 7:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No thanks...
The Cubs shouldnt stroke the Steinbrenners ego….why play an unnecessary exhibition game when the season starts in matter of days from that proposed date.
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Oct 21, 2008 7:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Because you can split the ticket revenue with the Yankees?
It’d be just like a set of spring training games. Roll the starters out for three innings and send in the clowns.
by cwyers on Oct 21, 2008 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is just utterly pointless
Who cares about split revenues from one meaningless exhibition game, its not worth the injury risk
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Oct 21, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you have a choice of who the Cubs play that day
The Mariners in Las Vegas or open the New Yankee Stadium. Either way the Cubs are playing that game.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #15 5-2 (1-2). Next up CU. Jeremy Maclin can still win the Heisman.
by nji232 on Oct 21, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, but you could sell more than twice the tickets to a game in a MLB park,
which would generate more revenue. The games in Las Vegas are in a minor league park.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 21, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly why we should be playing in Yankee Stadium
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #15 5-2 (1-2). Next up CU. Jeremy Maclin can still win the Heisman.
by nji232 on Oct 21, 2008 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like a no brainer to me!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 21, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Cubs play meaningless exhibition games to start the season anyway.
The question is simply whether these get played in Mesa, Las Vegas or New York. From a revenue point of view this is a no-brainer.
by cwyers on Oct 21, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, but...
… Vegas isn’t that far from Arizona, and relatively convenient to get to the opener in Houston.
Why they’d want to take a four-hour flight to NYC, then a three-hour flight back to Houston, is beyond me.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 21, 2008 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
For 40% of the ticket revenue at Yankee Stadium?
Pretty sure that these games don’t count toward revenue sharing, too.
by cwyers on Oct 21, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How much more would 40% in NY...
…be than 100% in Vegas?
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it" -W.C. Fields
by calicubfan on Oct 21, 2008 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cubs won't get 100%...
… of the Vegas revenue. They play another team that gets an equal share. I imagine that the Vegas affiliate also gets $.
by dmlichte on Oct 21, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking TWO games in Vegas...
…which means 100% of one game. Anyways, how much more would the Cubs rake in to justify two long airplane rides.
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it" -W.C. Fields
by calicubfan on Oct 21, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok
well the Yankees series would possibly be a two game series, too.
by dmlichte on Oct 21, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doubt it
They’d have to give the Cubs AT LEAST one day off for travel either to or from NYC
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it" -W.C. Fields
by calicubfan on Oct 21, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
typically
these series are played on Friday and Saturday with an off day on Sunday before the main opener. Further the final cactus league game is often populated with kids from minor league camp.
by dmlichte on Oct 21, 2008 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're right,
they probably would go split-squad. Still, I just don’t like the idea of so much travel — it doesn’t seem like a smart way to start off a 162 game season.
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it" -W.C. Fields
by calicubfan on Oct 21, 2008 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In an MLB Ballpark...
they generally charge full regular-season price for pre-season games.
Have you seen the Yankees prices? (sorry for bad formatting, but you’ll get the idea):
Seating Category Full Season Price Partial Season Price
Field $325 N/A
Field $225 N/A
Field $175 N/A
Field $150 N/A
Field $100 N/A
Field $75 $85
main $100 N/A
main $75 N/A
main $60 $70
main $45 $50
terrace $65 $75
terrace $55 $65
terrace $40 $45
grandstand $25 $25
grandstand $20 $20
bleachers $12 $12
WAYYYYYY more than Vegas.
by bison on Oct 21, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right...
…and since it’s the first game in the new Yankee Stadium, and since it’s a big draw like the Cubs that rarely plays the Yankees (interleague schedules like to split up the big revenue teams, outside of the historic rivalries) you’re almost guaranteed to sell the place out for one or both games.
by cwyers on Oct 21, 2008 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
These pre-season games...
are usually a forced buy to Season Ticket holders. At regular season prices.
Out here the A’s require their STH to buy the Giants @ A’s preseason game, and the Giants have three pre-season games at home to bump their season package to 84 games. The D-backs base their package on 83 games at Chase Field, last year that included a Mexican League team playing them at the end of Spring Training.The Angels and Padres do this as well.
It’s a pretty safe bet that whatever pre-season games are at the Stadium will wind up as part of the season ticket package as well. That would guarantee a sellout,
by bison on Oct 23, 2008 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At regular season prices?
Even well-heeled Yankee fans are going to grumble about that.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 23, 2008 4:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let 'em grumble...
no different than what every single NFL team has done for years.
If they say the season ticket package is 82 or 83 games, what else can you do?
The Brewers played KC twice at Miller Park in March last pre-season; in 2007 their pre-season games were part of the season ticket package (I couldn’t find 2008 info but bet it’s the same.) I’m sure I could find more examples.
When the Cubs and the Sox used to play the Crosstown Classic during the season, were those part of the package, or optional?
by bison on Oct 23, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was before I had season tickets.
I’m not sure whether those were mandatory for season ticket holders or not. Of course, that was 20+ years ago — ticket prices were quite a bit lower then.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 24, 2008 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was the last one...
the 1994 game when Michael Jordan played at Wrigley?
Maybe they called it something else then.
by bison on Oct 25, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll bet the casinos will miss..
…having so many millionaires in town
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it" -W.C. Fields
by calicubfan on Oct 21, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nothing a weekend visit from Mike Jordan and Charles Barkley can't fix
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #15 5-2 (1-2). Next up CU. Jeremy Maclin can still win the Heisman.
by nji232 on Oct 21, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's for sure
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it" -W.C. Fields
by calicubfan on Oct 21, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My initial objection
was the proximity to opening day, as for revenue, big whoop, its one exhibition game, it wont filter down to the team on the field.
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Oct 21, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This sounds pretty lucrative to me.
Definitely enough $ to make it worthwhile from a business perspective.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 21, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
One games worth of revenue, it just doesnt seem like its worth it
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Oct 21, 2008 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And if the Yankees don't make it worth the while...
…of the Cubs from a business standpoint, then it won’t happen. I’m sure that TribCo has enough bean counters and that they won’t just ignore their recommendations.
by cwyers on Oct 21, 2008 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Putting the team on an airplane for an extra 3 or 4 hours over 2 days....
…that doesn’t seem like a big deal at all to me. Especially since the Houston game will be a night game.
"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard
by TXCub on Oct 22, 2008 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You sure about that?
Do the Astros usually open at night? I’d almost assume it’d be a day game.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 22, 2008 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember when the opened the season at home
against the Marlins a couple of years ago, it was a night game.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 22, 2008 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where does Steinbrenners
Ego come into this equasion.
by NYCUB FAN on Oct 22, 2008 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When is this game?
You said it might be on April 6th but we’ll be in Houston for opening day then. Also, this may have been discussed in mid-september when the schedule came out, but does anybody know why MLB pushed back the 2009 season to start a week later? Is it to prevent snowed out games the first week of the season?
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar-tissue." -George F. Will
by In Piniella We Trustiella on Oct 21, 2008 7:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
WBC....
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/news/wbc_09/index.jsp
Another one of Bud’s follies….
"When I got to Chicago, fans came to Wrigley Field just to have fun, now they come to see us win. The expectations have changed, for the players and for the fans. It’s about winning." Kerry Wood, 7/14/08
by JB 23 on Oct 21, 2008 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked the WBC
There is no way to get the timing perfect, but I thought it was pretty exciting
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Oct 21, 2008 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree, I thought the WBC was a lot of fun to watch.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 21, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like
Ducking the Cubs jokes isn’t going to make it go away. Let’s go into Yankee Stadium and kick their ass. Welcome home boys.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Oct 21, 2008 7:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Another exhibition game?
After the WBC? No thanks.
by kanderber on Oct 21, 2008 7:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This is a great point
Alot of these guys will face some degree of jet lag / fatigue from all the WBC travel, why make them wrap up ST with a long plane ride to NY?
Listen I think it would be cool, to some degree (probably get TV coverage), but I think the timing for next season is crappy.
by StevenABQ on Oct 22, 2008 8:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
If you play two games, you’re making the Cubs fly four hours across three time zones, play a night game and a day game, then fly another two-plus hours to Houston for Opening Day.
No thanks.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 22, 2008 8:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, no one is "making" the Cubs do anything in this situation.
The organization is responsible for the decision as to where to play the last exhibition games before the regular season begins.
The bottom line is if these games happen between the Yankees and Cubs, they will be held to generate revenue (for both the Yankees and Cubs). Many people want the Cubs to spend the money to put the best possible team on the field and the reality is they must increase revenue to do so.
On the flip side, the Yankees have spent an enormous amount of money to build this stadium and they are looking to generate the most revenue possible and that is why they would want the Cubs to come as they are one of the biggest draws in MLB.
The bottom line is if the increase in revenue is significant enough, it would be good business to do make this deal.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 22, 2008 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously, how much $ do you think the Cubs would get from a game (or two)?
$1 million, maybe? I can’t imagine it being much more than that. Hardly worth the effort, IMO.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 22, 2008 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll leave the business aspect of it to the folks whose livelihood depends on it..
….I’m sure they’ll do due diligence on the numbers.
"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard
by TXCub on Oct 22, 2008 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It'd be to help generate revenue?
Are you serious? It wouldn’t matter if the Yankees were playing the Cuban Little League World Series team, that first game will be sold out regardless. And how hard up are the Cubs for that extra “revenue” everyone on here is talking about? Pullleeeassee.. This just doesn’t make sense. I think it might be cool but when you factor in the travel and the constant questions the team will face about playing for a franchise wish has shown nothing but ineptitude compared to how it’s like playing such a mighty organization to open up a new stadium which will inevitibly bring more mighty things, I say pass.
Now, some teams would take that kind of talk and put in place comments as a motivator and use that type of talk to inspire them , but obviously this team isn’t one of
them. This team’s psyche is too fragile obviously to handle that kind of circus atmosphere to open up a season.
Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen
by lemon20pie on Oct 22, 2008 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What about the publicity that would be generated
from playing these games at the new statium? There is great value in the publicity a team can generate, particularly at the beginning of a season.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 22, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If there is one team that doesn
Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen
by lemon20pie on Oct 22, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
IF there is one team that doesn't need any publicity
It is the Cubs.
Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen
by lemon20pie on Oct 22, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm missing something
Why are people against this? I assume this would be played when most teams play exhibition games in other cities. Would people rather have the Cubs play exhibition games again in Las Vegas? I think this would be pretty cool.
by dmlichte on Oct 21, 2008 8:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It won't be April 6...
… because that’s Opening Day.
I think it would be REALLY strange for the Cubs to play the entire spring in Arizona, have to fly to New York, then back to Houston for Opening Day.
Fun, I suppose, but ultimately meaningless.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 21, 2008 8:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It would be a nice change
I’m all for it. The Cubs have been relegated to Las Vegas and Phoenix the last many years. The last time I can recall them playing away from the southwest for exhibition games was when they played the first games at Turner Field before that ballpark opened. I’d love to see this happen!
by dmlichte on Oct 21, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Relegated?
The Vegas thing has become something of a standard deal for them, but I’ll give you “relegated” since Cashman Field is pretty dumpy. But geez, the Cubs spring training home is in the Phoenix area (Mesa) not unlike alot of other teams, of course they will play there during the spring. And as its been mentioned Vegas works out due to its close proximity to AZ, and its usually not too far away from destination one of the season. I see your point, nice to see them play in another venue just for kicks…but I have to say NY would not be my first pick.
by StevenABQ on Oct 21, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
2001 - Jackson, TN
The Cubs played a 7-inning exhibition game against the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx at Pringles Park in Jackson, TN, in 2001.
"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray
by memphiscub on Oct 22, 2008 7:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds a little like...
The HOF game!
by jbertram on Oct 22, 2008 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup pretty much
But at least rain allowed us to dodge that bullet.
by StevenABQ on Oct 22, 2008 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sigh.
I wish they’d have played. I was there.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 22, 2008 8:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I remember
Sorry Al, guess I’m just in one of those moods this morning. In reality, the HOF game was not a bad idea, it just got supressed and taken over by teams wanting to create their own “exhibition” games. By the time it rolled around to be played for the last time this past season, it seemed like it was already gone.
by StevenABQ on Oct 22, 2008 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds nice,
But too much travel. Let them play in dumpy Cashman Field.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Oct 21, 2008 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Are the Mets planning a similar game?
I was gonna say a NY-NY would probably be more exciting, but the Mets probably want to have the stage to themselves when they open theirs as well
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Oct 21, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
its a trial run
Teams typically have a game or two exhibition series a few days before opening their new park. They see what works and what needs to be altered before things begin for real.
by dmlichte on Oct 21, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not more exciting
They get Yankees/Mets 6 times a year. Cubs/Yankees would be fun to watch.
by ak123 on Oct 21, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really hope this happens
I for one will be there ready to see Cubs at the new stadium.
How exciting! While this might not be a big deal for people in Chicago, those of us in NY area would love to see any Cubs game at Yankee Stadium.
I mean the earliest Cubs would play there minus any post season game would probably be 2011 and that is even unlikely since Cubs were away against Yankees last time.
I really hope this happens.
by ak123 on Oct 21, 2008 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Who would want to see those two teams play each other anyway? Neither of them won anything this year!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 21, 2008 11:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think they're more interested..
…in the press it would attract. Both teams have a strong national following that will stir up all kinds of attention for their new park
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it" -W.C. Fields
by calicubfan on Oct 21, 2008 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like this a lot
Cubs in the new Yankee Stadium going up against the Bronx Bombers will be cool.
"Not that I don't feel like I'm part of the team, by no means, but when you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, it's no better feeling than to have that done.'' -- Matt Stairs (aka The Professional Hitter)
by MDBNIU on Oct 21, 2008 11:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Or look at it this way, folks.
Remember how badly Drayton McLane wanted to play those three games in Houston?
Remember how McLane accepted Milwaukee as a neutral site, just so that he could get ticket sale money from all those Cubs fans that would make the commute?
That’s the kind of money we’re talking about here, as far as the difference between playing in New York versus Las Vegas.
by cwyers on Oct 21, 2008 11:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Take a look at the Cubs payroll and the Astros payroll
The revenue the Cubs would get from that exhibition game would be a pittance compared to the payroll.The Astros on the other hand and their attendance last year it did make sense for them to take that game in Milwaulkee.
I don’t think you’re compares apples with apples here. The Cubs are a money machine set on cruise control and they can already predict their bottom line for 2009. The importance for 2009 is a World Series and not making a couple extra hundred thousand in a meaningless game. Granted, if they did play 2 games, I imagine all the starters will not even be in New York but my point is, I really don’t think that the main decision for the Cubs to play this game is one of “extra” revenue, as much as you seem to think.
Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen
by lemon20pie on Oct 22, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what's going to happen, don't you?
The Cubs are going to be SO EXHAUSTED from having to fly from Arizona to New York to Houston, that Roy Oswalt will throw a no-hitter on Opening Day and the Cubs will spend the rest of the season bitching about it.
Talk a walk, Steinbrenner! Screw you, Bud Selig! Justice for the ’09 Cubs!
"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Final words of the water pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 22, 2008 10:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Red Sox opened the 2008 season...
in Japan. I suppose the jet lag finally caught up with them last week.
by bison on Oct 23, 2008 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Precisely.
The team is expected to file a formal protest later this week.
"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Final words of the water pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 23, 2008 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And then whine about it for a couple of weeks.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 23, 2008 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And t-shirts. Don't forget the t-shirts.
"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Final words of the water pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 23, 2008 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's hear it for "RedSox Nation", the graeatest fans in the world! - Give me a break.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Oct 23, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could really care less...
…about this. Its just another side show, and all I care about it how they improve the team this offseason.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Oct 22, 2008 10:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
We would be fools to say no!
This economy is in a crisis mode right now. Don’t be foolish to think this won’t affect major league teams as well.
The Cubs need to get as much money as possible, especially if we want to increase payroll and put a better product on the field.
Wouldn’t it be great in 30-40 years your sitting with your grand child watching a Yankee game and the AFLAC trivia question comes up, who played the Yankees in the first game at New Yankee Stadium?
by MrShowtime on Oct 22, 2008 11:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd be real surprised...
… if they sold tickets to that game or games, at full price. Who’s going to pay that, as you say, in this economy?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 22, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Yankees don't have problems selling tickets.
And there’s a real novelty factor here, given that it’s the first time to see the new park. If the Cubs are there, you can litterally bill it as a game against (most of) the NL All-Star team. I don’t see how selling this thing is going to be a problem.
by cwyers on Oct 22, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There have been other such games.
Almost none of them have sold out.
Now, they may make Yankee season ticket holders buy them as part of their packages, but otherwise, I’d think they’d have a tough time selling them out, particularly the first weekend of April in NYC, when the weather can be iffy.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 22, 2008 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The new stadium will be a bigger draw than you think.
The Cardinals sold out their “first” game in the new Busch Stadium in less than a day and it was only an exhibition against the AA affiliate. People just wanted to go to see what the new stadium was like.
by smmcctrk on Oct 22, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me
I would love to go to that game! Even if it’s exhibition.
I mean who knows when Cubs will come to NY to the play Yankees again. They only did it once in interleague thus far.
Other than the All Star Game this is one of the few times we’d get to see Yankees play against Cubs.
Plus maybe at this ball park more than 1 Cub will hit a HR in the ballparks career.
by ak123 on Oct 22, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that's a big reason why the Cubs are the Yankees first choice for these games.
It gives them the best chance to maximize the revenue potential for the games.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 22, 2008 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lots of other teams sell pre-season games at full price...
every year—why wouldn’t the Yankees?
by bison on Oct 23, 2008 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The answer to that Aflack question would not be the Cubs,
but the Cleveland Indians. In all reality the CUbs Yankees game is completely meaningless, along with all the hype that would mangle around it.
Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen
by lemon20pie on Oct 22, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Smart Money
. . . says these games in NY will happen.
by leothelip on Oct 22, 2008 11:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I love that magazine.
"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Final words of the water pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 22, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will give $100
…to anyone who tries to bring a goat into the Yankee’s new stadium.
by Rev Gunia on Oct 22, 2008 5:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ANd what about the hospital bill.
Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen
by lemon20pie on Oct 22, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Goat? What's the significance of that....?
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Oct 22, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would you want to take the goat to the hospital?
Who wants to curse a hospital?
by Rev Gunia on Oct 27, 2008 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and what about the hospital bill?
Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen
by lemon20pie on Oct 22, 2008 6:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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