Take batting practice at the New Yankee Stadium

[buc]

In case you Yankee fans have not seen this, thought it was pretty cool and still relatively low priced for the experience:
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[cordovacollector]

I got to do this at the Dome a few years back. Ours was free - a reward system based on attending a certain number of home games (maybe 50?). And when we weren't at bat we could go in the field and catch. I had dreamt of playing first base for the Twins since 1961. After taking BP twice, I took my position at first base. Then Jim Thome came up to bat :eek: --- er, well it was a guy half my age and built like a HR softball-jock ... all muscle, no feet. And a leftie. You know, in those final moments, your entire life does pass through your mind.

I used (OK, just shoot me now) a 1995 Marty Cordova ROY fielder's glove and made running catches of five of the six line-drive grounders that were clearly intended to do bodily harm to the Old Woman on first. Jim Thome hit many more after that in the same direction but, alas, on catching the fifth one I just kept running for the dugout trying not to trip over my tongue hanging down to my feet. I don't have asthma, but sure wished I did so I could explain why I was breathing like a freight train.

That same year with the rewards we got game issued dugout jackets for attending 80 games. They may have to bury me with my jacket and glove.

[Gameusedfan1]

Pretty cool stuff.