500! And I was there!
When I say "there" I don't mean "in the stadium" I mean, "10 feet away from a 30-second free-for-all fight over the baseball."
Simply put, the most amazing thing I've ever witnessed in a ballpark, and immediately goes past Jim Abbott's no-hitter as my favorite moment at Yankee Stadium.
To be that close to such a milestone, to experience the electricity in the crowd as A-Rod stepped to the plate, the realization as the ball came off his bat that it was coming towards us, watching as the ball seemingly hung in mid-air before beginning its descent to the left field seats, then the mad scramble that took place directly in front of me.
I felt badly for the fan who got the ball, it bounced perfectly into his hands before he was swarmed by a mob of lunatics, some of whom were kicking and punching him in an attempt to get a piece of history.
I say I felt badly for him, because word filtered back out to the crowd later in the game that he was given $100,000 for the ball. Quite a day at the ballpark for that guy.
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So did you catch the guy's name or what he looked like? I am sooo jealous!
I didn't get the guy's name, I assume it'll be in the newspaper accounts tomorrow. He never came back out to the seats after security whisked him out of there.
It was pretty surreal as it was happening. It was like the ball found him. Took one huge bounce of the concrete, and went directly to him in the middle of the mob.
I'm jealous that you not only were at the game, but also were near the center of the action! Wonderful!!!
Who gives a shit, really, I know I didn't and I'm hard pressed to believe anyone but a yankee fanboy like yourself cared either. Anyway, enjoy ARod in the post season, it'll be the last time you'll see him in pinstripes, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
very interesting to read ....thanks for giving this kind of blogs,thanks...
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