[新聞] A-Rod Meets Fans in Monument Park

看板A-Rod作者Ally1213 (牧羊貓 XD)時間16年前 (2009/06/18 16:29)推噓1(1推 0噓 0→)

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http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/a-rod-meets-fans-in-monument-park/ (有圖) A-Rod Meets Fans in Monument Park For all the highly visible problems with the new Yankee Stadium – the even shorter right-field porch, the forbidding moat in the lower bowl – it’s important to remember the improvements, too. As far as I can remember, at the old Yankee Stadium, there was never any structured interaction between players and fans. Already at the new place, Manager Joe Girardi, General Manager Brian Cashman and several players have met fans at the gates in the Great Hall. On Tuesday, Alex Rodriguez met fans for almost a half-hour in Monument Park. Rodriguez posed for dozens of pictures, signed a few autographs and chatted up the friendly crowd. Rodriguez is a complicated personality, but he can be charming when he wants to be, and the fans seemed smitten with him. If you’ve never been, Monument Park really is a special place. The plaques are larger and more impressive than those at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the monuments are a touch of grandeur you won’t find at other ballparks. That said, here’s hoping the Yankees redesign things next season so more fans can see Monument Park during the game. It seems forgotten in its present location, tucked under a sports bar and low-hanging netting in straightaway center field. It’s more like a cave than a park. The Yankees could improve the presentation by stacking the bullpens – as they do in Baltimore and Philadelphia – and moving the monuments to a more visible location, in left- or right-center field, where trees and landscaping could add to the ambience. I have no idea if that’s feasible, structurally, but it would make sense to try. -- 宇宙裡的微小塵埃 http://www.wretch.cc/blog/AllyDai -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.71.94.5