Christensen: New Yankee Stadium features old, deteriorating team

“do without that smelly, old ballpark on their side”? I thought they were allowing Freddie Sez in the new jernt?

The Twins make their first visit to the new Yankee Stadium tonight. It will be interesting to see how the Yankees do without that smelly, old ballpark on their side.

The new $1.5 billion palace might be a spectacular replica of the one across the street, but the home team is crumbling at the foundation.

Stars from that four-title dynasty are breaking down, and the pressure only builds for hired guns Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett—not to mention second-year manager Joe Girardi.

After committing more than $420 million to free agents last offseason, the Yankees are 17-17, a half-game behind the Twins.

The only thing overshadowing the team’s mediocre play has been stadium news, and much of that has been negative, too. Home runs are sailing out at an alarming rate—47 in 13 games, including 37 to right field—and from the television shots, the stadium seems littered with thousands of vacant, overpriced seats.

Those who come aren’t seeing the dominance of Yankees past.