According to the NYT, some MLB players are perfectly happy to say goodbye to Yankee Stadium, which is expected to be demolished at the ripe old age of 85 years when the team’s new stadium opens next year.
Times reporter Alan Schwartz points out some of the hassles associated with other stadiums (rats at the Astrodome? ewwwwww) and then shares some of what players won’t miss about the House that Ruth Built. Top beef? The smell.
“Especially when it rains, the smell that comes up through the drainage system is not pretty,” said Jason Varitek of the Boston Red Sox. “It affects your sinuses, I’ll tell you that much.”
[Michael] Young [of the Texas Rangers] added: “It depends on the day. The last time we were there, which was a couple of weeks ago, a pipe burst. I was going back up the tunnel, and there was a flood — a sewer line broke or something like that. So I still have that kind of in my nose right now.”
Twins closer extraordinaire Joe Nathan preferred to focus on the exorcism factor:
“The ghosts,” he said. “There’s a reason these guys have won so much. Good to get a fresh start in the new place.”
But along with crappy accommodations for visiting teams (Joe Crede of the White Sox referenced hitting his head on the low ceiling of the dugout), Schwartz writes, “Olfactory issues led the voting.” Check out the full article here.
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