Take Me Out to the Ball Game - NEW YORK STYLE (review - Sarah Gluck)

Sarah Gluck

Who: New York Yankee’s

What: New York Yankee’s Baseball Game

When: Saturday, April 25^th 2015 @ 4pm

Where: 1 East 161^st Street, Bronx, NY 10451

Yankee’s Stadium

Review:

Waking up to a bright and sunny morning always has great potential of being an excellent day for a baseball game. Even the action of getting to the stadium is an event in itself. Everyone riding the subway is going to the 4 o’clock Saturday game. The subway is divided up into two different categories. Bright orange Mets jerseys and hats are on one side of the train, while the other side of the train is packed with die-hard Yankee fans. It’s defiantly game day!

As you arrive to Yankee Stadium on 161^st street, you are immersed into the most diverse atmosphere. Along the sidewalk in front of the stadium the rush of thousands of fans strut on by. A little glimpse of conversation passes by my ear and my sight is full with every type of person known to man. New Yorkers and their heavy accents talking about what to eat, Spanish arguments, girls talking and taking selfies in their matching sports apparel, couples, single bachelors, people who have already had too much to drink, some people who have never drank, pregnant women, elderly folks wearing fanning packs, and very small children. Anything and everything has arrived to watch this rivalry baseball game.

Gates open and the people of New York are grabbing souvenirs and beers. Small wooden black bats are given to young children as they walk in the doors.  Excitement spans all across their small loving faces and they are already so content with this unexpected gift. Along the way to your seats, the wonderful white stadium opens up to clear blue skies above, which helps give one the impression and interpretation that baseball is still an outdoor sport. Lots of hot dogs, beer, lengthy bathroom lines, and vendors selling cracker jacks are in view. These fans are getting all stocked up for the next nine innings of a good game.

The game begins when all the baseball fans remove their caps for the National Anthem. The crowd roars as the players enter the field and it’s hard to tell whether there is more Yankee fans or Met fans present. Previously to this day, the Yankees recently broke the Mets 11 game win streak so regardless, this has the potential to be a close game.

Starting the game off, the Mets score their first run in the first inning. Tension runs high on the field and is reflected back onto the crowd. It isn’t until the third inning where the home team scores their first run. Yankees 1 - Mets 1. Just as the teams are tied up, the fourth inning comes around and four more runs are added to the scoreboard for the Mets. Images of orange and blue clutter my vision and Met fans are going crazy. The best thing about the game is the energy. The people come from all around just to see their favorite players up on the huge bright screen walking up to the batting box.

The fifth inning comes and passes and no one scores. Mets currently hold the score of five runs vs. the Yankees who are still only at one. Two more running feet pass home base as the Mets count up a total of 7 runs. The “close game” status doesn’t look too promising at this point. But just when you don’t think there’s any hope, the Yankees score a run in the 8^th inning and the fans rise to their feet to stand after hanging their heads so low.

Unfortunately, no more runs were scored for either team after that. The Mets go home with the win. Pitcher Matt Harvey was only one out away from a complete game, and he got his 4^th win of the season. Whereas pitcher CC Sabathia, on the Yankees, got his fourth loss of the season. It was a great game for a Mets fan, but a sore home turf loss for the Yankees. But whether you’re a fan or not, it’s absolutely an amusing and delightful experience to go to a New York baseball game.