A $174,863-a-day spectator for Yankees

Source: The Seattle Times

NEW YORK —
The biggest on-field accessory might be missing when baseball's most expensive stadium opens on April 16.

Fans will be able to slip into the $2,500 first-row seats and order expensive drinks from the martini bar at $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium. The $850,000 luxury suites with the flat-panel televisions will be filled, and fancy food from the new concessions company will be flowing.

But what if the team moving into the palace already is slipping in the standings following a nine-game road trip? What if Cleveland's Carl Pavano beats the punchless Yankees in the home opener? What if $423.5 million worth of free-agent fixes doesn't help?

Instead of following the tradition established by Babe Ruth and homering in the first game that counts in a Yankees home, Alex Rodriguez likely will be limited to watching as a $174,863-a-day spectator. Or he might be in Tampa on a rehabilitation assignment for the most expensive hip injury in sports history.



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As obscene is any CEO's bonus, Alex will make more money per day rehabilitating his hip then most of us will make in a year, or two, or three ---- in one fucking day!

Has our nation's economic woes spilled over yet into pro sports? Or has it fed the greater need for people to escape into it?

at spring training. Seems attendance is down some 12%, so that might have an impact on lots of things in this field of entertainment.

I never understood why grown men should be paid huge sums of money to play children's games. Why are people fans of teams or players when that team would up and move to another city if the money's right. A star player will go to another team if the money's right. Johnny Damon - when he played for the Red Sox he was one of the bad guys in NY and a hero in Boston. The Yankees offer him more money - bingo role reversed. Cities offer huge tax breaks to teams so they can build a new stadium and the stadium gets a corporate name. Fans say well the new stadium creates jobs. Well so would building housing for people who need homes, repairing roads and bridges, expanding mass transit, making homes and offices more energy efficient.. the list goes on and on.

Would you rather have the owners get the cash and not the players? Do you have the same complaint for movie/tv stars or other entertainers who make the good money?
I don't understand what the problem is with players making money.

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can someone explain to me as to why encouraging union activities for higher pay is SOCIALISM while cities provide tax break and cash incentives to build stadium isn't?

It isn't called free-market principles if cities have to provide subsidiaries to billionaires for building stadiums.

And the less said about that mess in Dallas the better.

as the current owners (Citigroup) may have to back out. The best suggestion I've heard is "Debits field".

Who knew?

It's just that either they can't afford to, or they're afraid of the bad PR they'll get when some CEO lays off 100 workers before noon so he can get to the stadium in time to see the first pitch from his company owned luxury box.

just like Manchester United should be wearing.

I know the fans in Philly would drive up to see the Phils play a late season league road game at Heimlich Stadium.

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But I would like the Treasury Dept. logo on Man U's uni's.