Day 9 - New York City

Start: Stamford, CT
Stop: New York City – Yankee Stadium – New York Yankees vs. San Diego Padres
Finish: Stamford, CT

Today started out with breakfast at 10 am, but it was kind of cutting it close to make our 10:37 train. We made the mile walk to the station and arrived at…10:37:02. The train doors had just closed as we got to the platform. Luckily there was another express train just 10 minutes later, so we hopped on that one. We got off the train and got an all-day subway pass and got on a train with a bunch of Yankees fans headed towards historic Yankee Stadium. Once we exited the train and got to street level, the stadium was right before our eyes. I was just honored to have the opportunity to watch a game in “The House That Ruth Built.”

While walking to our gate of entrance, we saw the brand new Yankee Stadium across the street. It looks really good, but the field is really just a replica of the original stadium. That’s fine with me, since it is so iconic. Let’s hope they have wider concourses there, because it was crammed in the current stadium.

We got to our seats in upper deck in right field and found out we couldn’t see the video board, which kind of took a little bit away from the experience. Still, watching Jeter and Posada play in Yankee Stadium was just awesome. The game was a great pitcher’s duel (we saw the young phenom Joba Chamberlain!) and ended in a 2-1 Yankee win. I felt kind of dirty cheering for the Bronx Bombers, but hey, I can see how a lot of people like them. After the game was over, we walked out to the sounds of “New York, New York.”

After the game, we got on the subway and headed down to Wall Street and headed down to the World Trade Center site. They are building the “Freedom Tower” at Ground Zero, so there was a lot of construction. The WTC #7 building has already been completed and it looks pretty good. After taking a few pictures, we walked down to Battery Park to get a view of the Statue of Liberty. We were a little far away, but the lighting was nice so we got some good pictures. After that, we bought some souvenirs and got on the 8:37 train back to Stamford. After getting back to the hotel around 10, we headed to McDonald’s to finally get some dinner. Whew, what a day!

Game Result: Yankees win, 2-1
Record: 4-3