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Okay, after 85 years, Yankee Stadium will close its turnstiles at the end of the '08 season. Your thoughts?

Best ballpark in the Great Game's history 12 (7.23%)
Lousy stadium; great mystique, though 48 (28.92%)
Don't care -- good riddance! 22 (13.25%)
Never been there; wish I had at least once 66 (39.76%)
Parc Jarry, tu me manques 7 (4.22%)
Other (what?) 11 (6.63%)
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ChicagoJaysFan - Thursday, April 10 2008 @ 04:42 PM EDT (#182471) #
Been a while since French Immersion, but isn't it Parc Jarry me manque?  Or Je manque a Parc Jarry? (accent on the a)

Although given the move to the O, maybe Je manque Parc Jarry is right.

Either way, I vote for other ... wasn't the best ballpark (Wrigley), but whenever i had the chance to sit up in the nosebleeds straight behind home plate, I thought that was one of the best places to watch a baseball game.
ANationalAcrobat - Thursday, April 10 2008 @ 04:54 PM EDT (#182472) #
It is indeed Parc Jarry me manque.
John Northey - Thursday, April 10 2008 @ 05:31 PM EDT (#182476) #
I have been to Fenway and Tiger Stadium but never Yankee Stadium and now will never get there :(

Other classics I'd love to see are Wrigley (been outside it but never inside) and Kaufman Stadium (KC).  Dodgers is tempting too, but not in the same way.

ChicagoJaysFan - Thursday, April 10 2008 @ 05:44 PM EDT (#182477) #
I have been to Fenway and Tiger Stadium but never Yankee Stadium and now will never get there :(

Not sure what your work schedule is like, but there are tickets available for the Mariners game on May 2nd.  You can take the day off and make a 3-day weekend in NY.
JustinD - Thursday, April 10 2008 @ 05:54 PM EDT (#182479) #
I voted other as well. It may not be the best stadium, but it has the most history and I'm very, very sad to see it go. At least I got tickets to 3 games this year. 2 of them against our beloved Jays.
Geoff - Friday, April 11 2008 @ 12:08 AM EDT (#182510) #
Will be making my first and last pilgrimage to the old barn on September 20, the penultimate regular season game of the season versus the O's.

I hope to be rooting for them to miss the playoffs at that date. It would destroy me if the O's made the playoffs.

VBF - Friday, April 11 2008 @ 01:32 AM EDT (#182513) #
I want to visit Yankee Stadium, but wouldn't be able to drive there. Would any Toronto bauxites know of any coach bus deals from Toronto to New York, that are preferably focused towards the economy class fan?
Chuck - Friday, April 11 2008 @ 10:05 AM EDT (#182525) #

Parc Jarry me manque means Jarry Park misses me. Perhaps Parc Jarry, je te manque is what was meant? (Jarry Park, I miss you).

Jarry Park was a crummy park, let's be frank. But it holds nostalgic appeal to me since it was where I saw my first games, including a Tom Seaver 1-0 shutout of the Expos. Ah Mack Jones, Coco Laboy, Rusty Staub, John Boccabella, Boots Day... those were some names, even if the team was lousy.

ANationalAcrobat - Friday, April 11 2008 @ 10:24 AM EDT (#182528) #
Chuck, that's the literal translation. French grammar often does not translate literally into english as German might and it is definitely Parc Jarry me manque. "Parc Jarry, je te manque" would be incorrect as well: it would be "Parc Jarry, tu me manques."
Chuck - Friday, April 11 2008 @ 10:36 AM EDT (#182531) #
Wow, I've had it wrong all these years. Alta Vista's Babel Fish concurs with your translation. Thanks for the correction.
westcoast dude - Friday, April 11 2008 @ 12:10 PM EDT (#182543) #

I was at Yankee Stadium in 1965, before the renovation, sat in the upper deck behind third base and soaked in the ambience as a 16 year old. Now, that was the ballpark.

VBF, is there still a train to Grand Central from Toronto? In honour of the occasion, why not travel in style? Then hop on the DD Express, transfer at 125th Street, and there you are. That's how I remember it.  It may be surprisingly affordable.

Alex0888 - Friday, April 11 2008 @ 03:33 PM EDT (#182564) #
Ugliest stadium in the majors, maybe tied with Turner Field for lack of character.
Lugnut Fan - Friday, April 11 2008 @ 09:48 PM EDT (#182583) #
The ironic thing is that the last sporting event in Yankee Stadium history will most likely be a New York Ranger game this winter.  Yankee Stadium should close after a baseball game.
Edmonton Marc - Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 03:01 PM EDT (#182605) #
I voted other.  I made a visit during the Blue Jays series there last July, and it was a great experience.  While I got a lot of looks for wearing my Blue Jays ball cap, most people just came up to me and asked, 'What, you from out of town or something?  Well, I guess ya gotta cheer for your team, but I hope they lose!'  Big Troy had a great game, but Josh Towers made sure the home fans went home happy.  I'm glad I had a chance to see a game there.
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