One of our favorite criticisms of Hal Steinbrenner is that he doesn't care about the common fan and uses the money that he doesn't put back into the team to buy yachts.
This recently released concept illustration of Yankee Stadium III shows it's worse than that. Much worse.
Hal's vision for the future of the franchise includes turning the stadium itself into a terrayacht and sailing it around the world.
As Yankee COO Lonn Trost explained in a recent press conference where the concept was unveiled, "The Yankees have always been about providing a first class entertainment experience. YS3's seating is comprised of 7,500 luxury boxes and will be accessible only by helicopter and smaller yachts. It doesn't get more first class than that."
When asked about seating for fans that don't have the reported ten million dollars for a season ticket Trost replied, "We love our lesser fan base and will have gameday steerage seats available as well as a program in place where fans can work for access by serving our luxury cabin guests drinks or spending three innings in the boiler room shoveling coal. For those that don't want to work we will also have an unlimited number of SRO (Swimming Room Only) seats for under $100."
He continued, "Placing Yankee Stadium on a terrayacht will strengthen the brand by providing wealthy patrons worldwide with the opportunity to see a Yankee game live as, for example, we dock off the coast of France for a couple of weeks in the late Spring when it is quite lovely. As an added bonus we will play our games beyond the three mile limit allowing our patrons to do whatever the fuck they want."
Trost closed the press conference by expressing his hope that the Yankees will be able to retain the services of Aaron Judge but asked fans to be realistic, "There is a budget at work here. Ownership has a responsibility to its shareholders and bondholders."
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Hal repeated five times in part one of the YES interview that although it is no excuse, that injuries hurt the Yankees. In part two, he uttered five times that spending does not guarantee a championship. I wonder if he counted. Hal when asked, replied the Yankees goal is a championship. Not when you do not get to the World Series. He mentioned Player Development, which has basically sucked under Genius Cashman. He mentioned that The Yankees use scouts and analytics. Neither has worked. After part two, Yankee Boy Michael Kay did some major ass kissing. He mentioned how Hal should be the voice of the Yankees because he is
misunderstood. No, he is not. He is cheap and does not care enough regarding the fans. Hal did mention that he understands why Yankees fans are angry. Do you really Hal?
3:04pm: The Angels and Twins are in agreement on a trade sending infielder Gio Urshela from Minnesota to Anaheim, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports (via Instagram). The Angels are sending Class-A right-hander Alejandro Hidalgo back to the Twins in the deal.
Doug,
When your post said "Class-A", I immediately thought of Class-A assholes in the Yankees' front office. I'd list them here, but I believe there is a character limit.
Godspeed to Mr. Urshela.
Unless Hidalgo is really something special, seems like a good deal for the Angels.
Too bad WE didn't get him back!
Going to Yankee Stadium now makes me feel like I woke up as Jethro in the Beverly Hillbillies.
Golly, look at those prices.
Granny, they have seats with cushion down there!
No disrespect to Appalachia intended.
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