Yankee Stadium - The Other Half of the Rivalry

My Ticket to the Yankees Game 

My brother and me in Monument Park

Outfield of Yankee Stadium

The Empire City welcomed us the next day as we headed to Yankee Stadium early to walk around and take some pictures. While walking into the stadium, we were being taped and ultimately discovered that we made ESPN's SportsCenter the following morning As we finally got into the stadium, we were the first ones in the gates for batting practice and it paid off because my brother and I came out of the game with four baseballs. It was a successful batting practice.  After batting practice, we went to visit Monument Park in center field where all the retired Yankee greats were honored. This was really cool because players like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Lou Gehrig, players that are looked up to by everyone in the sport of baseball, are remembered with plaques there.  These players deserve respect because they played the game it was meant to be played and they put their heart into it every single day, which is why they were heroes to everyone.  The respect given to these idols in Monument Park is felt in the air and it was noticeable even to us young fans.  The only way to gain respect is to give it and that it what I strive to do on and off the field all the time.  After Monument Park, we took our seats and watched the Yanks take on the Devil Rays. The game was pretty boring because the Rays blew out the Yankees, but we caught another baseball during the game to make up for it.  It was unbelievable but kind of satisfying to see a team with the highest payroll lose to the team with the lowest.  This showed us that money can't buy you everything, especially happiness.  Yes, it's nice to have money but that's not everything.  The people you meet and things you do are what make you happy, which is what my brother and I took out of our travels to Yankee Stadium.  Shortly after the game, we headed out of the Big Apple to avoid traffic and high hotel prices, but this would not be the last time NYC would be seeing the Nedoma family.