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Friday, March 21, 2008

Yankee Stadium to Host Baseball Fantasy Camp for First Time

$5,500 to scoop up pathetic memories of Steve Blateric’s bladder ick. Good luck, a-holes…pull a rotting hammy for me!

New York Yankees fans who have dreamed of stepping up to the same plate as Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Derek Jeter will get their chance.

The 26-time World Series champions are holding a fantasy camp at Yankee Stadium for the first time in August, allowing fans to don their own pinstriped uniforms and take the field, Yankees Chief Operating Officer Lonn Trost said in an interview. Pricing hasn’t been set. The seven-day camp at the team’s spring training complex in Tampa, Florida, costs $5,500 a person.

...Former Yankees players appearing in the franchise’s annual Old-Timers Day game on Aug. 2 will coach and manage participants in the camp on Aug. 4-6, Trost said. In the past, former players Whitey Ford, Rich ``Goose’’ Gossage and Reggie Jackson have played in the game.

Repoz Posted: March 21, 2008 at 03:07 PM | 7 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. The importance of being Ernest Riles Posted: March 21, 2008 at 03:53 PM (#2717092)
but what about fantasy baseball fantasy camp?
   2. AROM Posted: March 21, 2008 at 04:22 PM (#2717110)
but what about fantasy baseball fantasy camp?


For those who dream about building a team while seated at the same table that Ron Shandler, Deric McCamey, and Sam Walker once drafted from...
   3. Hang down your head, Tom Foley Posted: March 21, 2008 at 06:44 PM (#2717203)
New York Yankees fans who have dreamed of stepping up to the same plate as Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Derek Jeter will get their chance.


Two of those three people are dead. That plate might be contagious.
   4. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: March 21, 2008 at 06:59 PM (#2717215)
In the past, former players Whitey Ford, Rich ``Goose’’ Gossage and Reggie Jackson have played in the game.

This year, Jake Gibbs, Jim Mason, and Hensley Meulens and scheduled, so get your tickets now.
   5. villageidiom Posted: March 21, 2008 at 07:14 PM (#2717229)
So, was Billy Crystal's one-day contract a pilot program?
   6. Rich Posted: March 21, 2008 at 07:30 PM (#2717244)
The plan to squeeze every last dollar out of the stadium continues...
   7. schuey Posted: March 21, 2008 at 11:29 PM (#2717392)
A bargain at twice the price.
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