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Friday, May 22, 2009

Raissman: Yankees Insecurity: Off field meanies are in play

“A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.”

Monday, following the Yankees 7-6 win over Minnesota, John Gordon, the radio voice of the Twins and former Yankees broadcaster, attempted to get on the team bus parked in a tunnel underneath the Stadium. Security personnel blocked his path and would not let him enter.

When Gordon informed them he was a Twins broadcaster (this is his 23rd season) and presented a proper credential, he was told to take a hike. He still couldn’t get on the bus. Security informed Gordon he needed to be “escorted” on by the team. Gordon headed back to the Twins clubhouse where some of the player’s wives, who were on the road trip, had congregated. They asked Gordon if he could help them gain entry to the bus. Stadium security had bum-rushed the ladies, too.

So, Gordon and the wives were forced to wait about an hour before the players left the clubhouse and walked them all on to the bus.

...The combination of food and security collided inside the Stadium Wednesday night. This had nothing to do with high-profile broadcasters or players’ wives. This was a rebellion of the rich. In that expensive area downstairs - the one with the empty seats - there are seemingly more waiters and waitresses, serving free food, than there are patrons.

On Wednesday, it got so crazy that the fan-elite started tossing ice cream sandwiches over the moat to peasants sitting in the $400 “cheap” seats. This did not sit well with Toastie security forces, who began scolding their most prized customers. The lecture from security prompted a guy in the rich seats to say: “I paid for this food, I can do with it what I want!”

Yeah, let them eat ice cream (sandwiches).

Repoz Posted: May 22, 2009 at 09:21 AM | 28 comment(s)
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   1. Van Lingle Mungo Jerry  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 08:36 AM (#3188695)
What's the name of that 70s-vintage child's toy where you use a magnet to sculpt iron filings into head and facial hair on a drawing of a man's face? Because Bob Raissman should TOTALLY sue the makers of that item for misappropriation of his image.
   2. Confined to the Halls of Congers (formerly Y...)  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 08:37 AM (#3188697)
The new Yankee Stadium is full of win.
   3. Masa Kobayashi Maru (loungehead)  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 08:38 AM (#3188698)
#1 - Wooly Willy!
   4. Sheer Tim Foli  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 08:46 AM (#3188707)
When I first read this I thought the rich fans were using the poor fans for target practice. Only after a second read did it click that they were giving the food away. I think it reads better my way.
   5. 1k5v3L, Useless  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 08:48 AM (#3188712)
Let them eat bread! Or grass... or whatever it is that sheep eat these days.
   6. TedBerg  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 08:53 AM (#3188716)
Nonetheless it seems security does not take the same rigid stance with everyone - like ESPN's mouthy Chris Berman. Monday, he was seen walking around the Yankees clubhouse like he owned the place. Berman was big-timing to the max, strolling into areas clearly marked "no media allowed beyond this point."
   7. The Yankee Clapper  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 09:06 AM (#3188731)
News Alert: There is also no sharing at the all-you-can-eat salad bar at Ruby Tuesday!
   8. Bob Dernier Cri  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 09:11 AM (#3188736)
If I have to die, I'd like to be killed in the stands at Yankee Stadium by a rock-hard Eskimo Pie to the cranium. Preferably right after a GWRBI by Josh Hamilton.
   9. Weekly Journalist_  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 09:13 AM (#3188737)
I'm telling you, whatever home day is closest to Bastille Day should be a day for a coordinated revolt at Yankee Stadium where the plebs storm the legends suites. Of course, I'll be sitting safe at home...I'm more of a general-type, useful for my strategies. Others can face the wrath of the rubber bullets and riot police.
   10. Nasty Nate  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 09:22 AM (#3188747)
I'm telling you, whatever home day is closest to Bastille Day should be a day for a coordinated revolt at Yankee Stadium where the plebs storm the legends suites. Of course, I'll be sitting safe at home...I'm more of a general-type, useful for my strategies. Others can face the wrath of the rubber bullets and riot police.


I'd love to hear Suzyn Waldman tearfully describe the angry hordes storming over the moat!
   11. KronicFatigue  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 09:28 AM (#3188754)
---Weekly Journalist_ Posted: May 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM (#3188737)

I'm telling you, whatever home day is closest to Bastille Day should be a day for a coordinated revolt at Yankee Stadium where the plebs storm the legends suites. Of course, I'll be sitting safe at home...I'm more of a general-type, useful for my strategies. Others can face the wrath of the rubber bullets and riot police.---

And i'll be at your house watching the game with you. b/c I have just as much a right to be there as the people who didn't pay for the expensive seats.
   12. Nasty Nate  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 09:30 AM (#3188759)
And i'll be at your house watching the game with you. b/c I have just as much a right to be there as the people who didn't pay for the expensive seats.


don't piss in our cornflakes
   13. Answer Guy, Snowed In  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 09:32 AM (#3188761)
I'm telling you, whatever home day is closest to Bastille Day should be a day for a coordinated revolt at Yankee Stadium where the plebs storm the legends suites.


Also, that would probably spawn the awesomeist BTF thread ever.
   14. BFFB  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 09:33 AM (#3188764)
The people who didn't buy the expensive seats want to watch TV in Weekly Journalists house? I hope he has a big bear fridge!
   15. Gamingboy  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 09:42 AM (#3188778)
I'm telling you, whatever home day is closest to Bastille Day should be a day for a coordinated revolt at Yankee Stadium where the plebs storm the legends suites. Of course, I'll be sitting safe at home...I'm more of a general-type, useful for my strategies. Others can face the wrath of the rubber bullets and riot police.


I said something similar earlier in the year. Because no matter what would happen, the Yankees would look like ########. If they let the Fans stay (which.. wouldn't happen) in the legends seats, they'd look weak. If they forcably removed the fans, they'd look tyrannical aristocrats. If it got violent......... god only knows what would happen.
   16. The Marksist  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 10:40 AM (#3188865)
I hope he has a big bear fridge!


Me too! If it's too small, the bear will get all cramped and cranky.
   17. alskor  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 10:46 AM (#3188875)
I'd love to hear Suzyn Waldman tearfully describe the angry hordes storming over the moat!


"The Marquis de Lafayette is in George Steinbrenner's box!"
   18. Gonfalon Bubble  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM (#3188891)
But that would be flashmob rule!
   19. Gamingboy  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 11:00 AM (#3188899)


"The Marquis de Lafayette is in George Steinbrenner's box!"

But that would be flashmob rule!


Great, now I'm laughing like an idiot.
   20. Eddie Kranepool Society  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 11:13 AM (#3188911)
I'm telling you, whatever home day is closest to Bastille Day should be a day for a coordinated revolt at Yankee Stadium where the plebs storm the legends suites. Of course, I'll be sitting safe at home...I'm more of a general-type, useful for my strategies. Others can face the wrath of the rubber bullets and riot police.---


would it be considered torture tactic if I cram packets of mustard and pickle relish down Michael Kay' throat during Le Revolution?
   21. Gonfalon Bubble  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 11:18 AM (#3188917)
Have you seen the size of Kay's head? Packets ain't gonna do it. You're going to have to make a pre-riot run to Costco.
   22. Weekly Journalist_  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 11:51 AM (#3188951)
Sure, come on over Kronic. I'll be grilling Kayem dogs. The more the merrier.
   23. jwb  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 11:52 AM (#3188954)
Have you seen the size of Kay's head?
'Roids!
   24. Gamingboy  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 12:08 PM (#3188972)
Too bad Steiner went to the West Coast. Because of that, we won't be able to hear him during the riot yelling out "Follow me, follow me to FREEDOM!".
   25. catomi01  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 01:50 PM (#3189138)
"Follow me, follow me to FREEDOM!"


I have to say that might be my single most favorite commercial of all time.
   26. Repoz  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 02:30 PM (#3189207)
If the revolution ain't here yet...it better #######' come quick.

John Sterling sings Sinatra...
   27. Gamingboy  Posted: May 22, 2009 at 02:35 PM (#3189216)
If the revolution ain't here yet...it better #######' come quick.

John Sterling sings Sinatra...


Okay, they've now entered War Crimes territory.
   28. catomi01  Posted: May 25, 2009 at 07:25 AM (#3192098)
Knowing that the only way I can listen to the Yankees while driving home from work involves listening to Sterling makes me want to move to India and take up cricket.
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