Re: the overabundance of Red Sox fans at Yankee Stadium, I became horrified by this a few years ago. Say directly behind home plate is 6PM, my seats (given to me by a box seat owner) were about 7PM, about 15-20 rows back. I always had a clear view of Jack Nicholson and Lorne Michaels. This area was almost 100% Red Sox fans. I thought, who needs this, they probably bus them in. I vowed never to attend another of these games, went back on my vow once, and almost got into a fight with a Red Sox fan who…forget it. I vowed again never to return. As far as the rudeness, I find this increasingly in all aspects of life. Parents do not insist their children be civil human beings. Therefore, they act like animals.

I was at all 3 games this weekend and had a gaggle of Sox fans around me at all times. And when you’re in the bleachers and can’t completely see every play that’s made and there’s cheering, you get a little excited like “maybe I missed something!” and then you realize it’s really people cheering that Cano just struck out.

I blame eBay and Stub Hub for the amount of Sox fans coming to these games. From the Bleachers, you can see the entirety of the main part of the Stadium. Every day, I looked around thinking, “there is way too much red.” I just go on assuming that all the white I saw was accented with navy pinstripes.

As a Stadium season ticket holder, I would sooner allow my seats to remain empty than allow a possible Sox fan to purchase them from me.

I was at the game as well and Joel, you’re right,
there was no sense of urgency. The innings just meekly melted away. Cano worries me right now. Swings again at everthing and is always in a bad count. To his credit his fielding has not suffered. Why not move Abreu down in the order for a while? Your three hitter should show some power not look to walk and bunt. Steve, i wish I could find tickets at Fenway as easily as they get them in the Bronx.

I’m with you, Joel.

Steve, I was at the game Saturday and I find that parking on Ogden and taking a 5 minute walk to the stadium is much better – traffic and sanity wise.

More than any of the other losses they’ve had this season, this one troubled me the most. I thought this was something of a statement game; a “not-in-our-house” kind of a game. And they were very flat. After a good win on Saturday when Igawa stepped up out of nowhere and then to have our ace vs. their #5–at the Stadium–I thought “no way they beat us today.”

Now I put myself in the “it’s early” and pro-Joe Torre camp. And I view myself as one of the more optimistic folks who comment on this blog. But there was a quality to this game, a sense–whatever–that just did not sit well with me. Maybe it’s just me, but I shut my TV off today feeling very disturbed about this team.