Since it was only about an hour before the game, the 4 train up the east side was very crowded. Although the trains are airconditioned, they still get hot and stuffy although not as bad as the stations themselves.
My seat was on the back row of the lower level, so I had a good view of the action. However the heat was still intense even as we moved into the evening. Oakland just couldn't catch a break. Three stolen bases for the Yankees in the first inning alone and they never really looked like losing the game. Unfortunately, this game seemed to drift aimlessly and slowly - perhaps the heat was getting to the players as well. Even with the occasional waft of the homemade fan, formerly a Yankees 2010 Game Schedule leaflet, by the girl next to me, there was no breeze at all. I left my seat after the 5th inning and saw the rest of the game on the outer edge of the concourse where there was a very occasional light breeze. In fact to avoid the crush on the subway, I left in the middle of the 8th inning.
My perceptions of the new stadium are that it's still very new and shiny, but it doesn't have the same atmosphere as the old place. The crowd were really flat and disinterested as far as I could tell - most of the crowd involvement stuff was ignored - e.g. trying to encourage clapping with two strikes on the batter, or trying to induce the crowd to make some noise. Maybe it was the heat. Or the one-sided scoreline.
The Yankees won, by a lot.
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