Royals firsts in New York

First game in Yankee Stadium: June 9, 1969 - Royals 7, Yankees 1
First time 2X2L pays attention to the Royals: August 17, 1971 - the Mets are in LA so I'm listening to the Yanks on the radio
First game in renovated Yankee Stadium: April 23, 1976 - Royals 3, Yankees 2
First Royals game I see in person: July 6, 1976 - Royals 3, Yankees 1
First game in the new Yankee Stadium: September 28, 2009

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The Royals dropped both ends of a doubleheader

the first time I paid attention to them. Excellent.

The only things I remember about that day are that Phil Rizzuto talked about how “surprising” the Royals were that year, and some combination of the Yankees broadcasters discussed the suspension of Alex Johnson, which was still under appeal at the time.

Of course my memory might be entirely fried and some other broadcast was my enticement to become a Royals fan — but it doesn’t look like it.

by 2X2L on Sep 28, 2009 3:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was at one of the final games in Old Yankee Stadium

The one where Brian Bannister was staked to a 4-0 lead, gave it up within an inning, and it was 10-4 by the end of the second.

I did get a chance to move down to the championship-level seats on the third-base side thanks to a very generous family friend. As Ross Gload was coming off the field with the ball after an inning, I got up and shouted his name. He was about to toss the ball to some kids in front, but when he saw my Mark Teahen jersey he changed his mind and threw it to me!

Stupid kids, that’ll teach you to be Yankees fans.

by awolfson on Sep 28, 2009 6:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

remember that game too...

Saturday, no? I was at a wedding and checking scores on my phone throughout the reception

by royalsreview on Sep 28, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sunday. I was walking around town here with that one on XM Radio.

by 2X2L on Sep 28, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you yell

“Gload will explode”?

Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!

by cmkeller on Sep 28, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was at that game as well.

My dad and I made a trip to New York for the sole purpose of seeing a game at Yankee Stadium before they tore it down. Say what you will about the Yankees, but that was an awesome place to watch a baseball game. I’ve been to about ten stadiums, and old Yankee Stadium and Wrigley are just different than anywhere else I’ve been. (Given there’s still around 20 I haven’t been to yet).

by KCBear on Sep 28, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Different in the way that it reeks of urine?

I’ve heard that the place was a serious craphole. Seats have weird angles and some have obstructed views. The history there is undeniable, but the place itself wasn’t so great.

by AxDxMx on Sep 29, 2009 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't have any real problem with it

It just got too expensive for me after a while.

Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!

by cmkeller on Sep 29, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was alright

I too went because I had never seen the stadium.

Better than Wrigley for actually watching the game (I hate those seats underneath the upper deck), although mostly because of the atmosphere. The stadium itself was nothing special, but not awful.

My friend that I went with was wearing his Sox jersey (he came down from Boston) so we took a tour of the upper deck to see what kind of catcalls we’d get, which was fun. Nothing super memorable though. Yankees fans were not threatened by me whatsoever which was to be expected.

by awolfson on Sep 29, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs