It doesn't seem possible that I'm now in the final city of my holiday and that my next destination will be London.
I left plenty of time to get to the stadium today as I had to visit Will Call to pick up my tickets. However, there was a problem on the subway on the 4 line with a passenger becoming ill on the train in front of mine - a train that I had earlier got off before it even left where I was boarding as I felt it was too crowded and uncomfortable. After waiting a while at one station, we were told that our train would not stop at the next station, and we switched to the express track, passed the stopped train and returned to the normal track again to continue our journey to Yankee Stadium (so I would have arrived even later if I had stayed on the original train!)
I went all the way around to the Will Call window and the man gave me my ticket, so I walked off, put all my cards and passport away again, and then discovered he'd given me my ticket for tomorrow's game but not today's game. So I went back, queued again and saw somebody else who was able to give me the ticket for today. By this time, I'd missed the first three innings, however, that wasn't so bad as my seat was in the sun until the 5th inning, so I'd have got very hot if I'd got there any sooner. Also this was the day I had the cheap side in left field. It's more difficult to follow what's going on from such a distance, I think. I was in section 234, almost as far around as the visitor's bullpen, but on the second level. However, you can see how powerful the zoom on the camera is with this shot of Curtis Granderson at the plate, shaping to bunt.
New York won the game, mainly due to the two home runs in the second inning and to be honest, Tampa Bay never really looked like they were going to come back, despite some resistance in the 7th.
I didn't hurry back to the subway station after the game, as it's always packed. In the end, I let one train go and got a seat on the next one right at the front.
I went all the way around to the Will Call window and the man gave me my ticket, so I walked off, put all my cards and passport away again, and then discovered he'd given me my ticket for tomorrow's game but not today's game. So I went back, queued again and saw somebody else who was able to give me the ticket for today. By this time, I'd missed the first three innings, however, that wasn't so bad as my seat was in the sun until the 5th inning, so I'd have got very hot if I'd got there any sooner. Also this was the day I had the cheap side in left field. It's more difficult to follow what's going on from such a distance, I think. I was in section 234, almost as far around as the visitor's bullpen, but on the second level. However, you can see how powerful the zoom on the camera is with this shot of Curtis Granderson at the plate, shaping to bunt.
New York won the game, mainly due to the two home runs in the second inning and to be honest, Tampa Bay never really looked like they were going to come back, despite some resistance in the 7th.
I didn't hurry back to the subway station after the game, as it's always packed. In the end, I let one train go and got a seat on the next one right at the front.
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