A $174,863-a-day spectator for Yankees [View All]

[RiverStone]

Source: The Seattle Times

NEW YORK —
The biggest on-field accessory might be missing when baseball's most expensive stadium opens on April 16.

Fans will be able to slip into the $2,500 first-row seats and order expensive drinks from the martini bar at $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium. The $850,000 luxury suites with the flat-panel televisions will be filled, and fancy food from the new concessions company will be flowing.

But what if the team moving into the palace already is slipping in the standings following a nine-game road trip? What if Cleveland's Carl Pavano beats the punchless Yankees in the home opener? What if $423.5 million worth of free-agent fixes doesn't help?

Instead of following the tradition established by Babe Ruth and homering in the first game that counts in a Yankees home, Alex Rodriguez likely will be limited to watching as a $174,863-a-day spectator. Or he might be in Tampa on a rehabilitation assignment for the most expensive hip injury in sports history.



Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008829195_apbbaonbaseballrodriguez.html

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As obscene is any CEO's bonus, Alex will make more money per day rehabilitating his hip then most of us will make in a year, or two, or three ---- in one fucking day!

Has our nation's economic woes spilled over yet into pro sports? Or has it fed the greater need for people to escape into it?