The real fans weren't there on Tuesday.

Unless they make alot of money.



I'm a big time Yankee fan. I know they stink this year, and chances are they will not make the playoffs, but every night when I get home from work I turn on the game. There are a million and one other people like me out there. The same million and one that couldn't afford tickets to the all-star game this past Tuesday in the BX.

I pass "The Cathedral" every single day whether it's by car or subway on my way to work. It sickens me that a faithful like myself couldn't grab a seat to this experience. I was willing to sit in the bleacher seats, but those tickets were starting at $500!!! The nosebleeds clocking in at $650. I didn't even bother looking at the other sections.

Oh sure, I had the opportunity to catch the Taco Bell Celebrity Softball game on Sunday, but who the hell wants to see an E! correspondent, or a hack like Billy Crystal play slow pitch? Or better yet, watch Chris Rock strike out three times (affectionately called The Golden Sombrero). Who strikes out in slow pitch softball?


***while trying to find video of Rock's epic fail on YouTube, I came across this. Country music vixxxen, Carrie Underwood in short shorts and Eric Ferrer's crackhead socks playing in a celebrity softball game somewhere down South***

Enjoy...


continuing...

I would have even caught the home run derby, and catch reformed basehead Josh Hamilton crush the shit out of the ball, but to no avail tickets were still too much for my pocketbook.

It's an argument that comes up every year during the Super Bowl and I can see why tickets should be more expensive to cover costs, security, and every other phantom expense there is out there. The fact the corporate douches, silicone saints, and trust fund kids fill the stadiums at these big events really get on my nerves. This commercial that's been running as of late explains it all (pardon the bad quality, it's the only one on YouTube) ...



Real fans go to games winning record or not, stay up late to watch the game that starts at 10PM (feeling me on this east coasters?), and sneak the game on radio when they're at work. We are the ones that support the game and our team the most. What do we get as a reward? The bragging rights to say that it was in our hometown.

Hoo-fuckin-ray.

Oh there is a shot of me going to an all-star game before I die. It just have to wait AT LEAST 31 years. Here's what I mean...

The previous time the all star game was held in NY was in 1977. That was the same year that the Seattle Mariners, and the Toronto Blue Jays were born. Those two cities had to get their shot to host an all star game. Let's not forget the Marlins, the Rockies, the Rays, and the Diamondbacks. So in 31 years, six teams were born. I don't count D.C. because they're originally the Montreal Expos.

Chances are there are going to be couple more teams born due to expansion within the next 31 years, so that will delay the mid-summer classic coming back to NY.

I better start taking that heart medicine.