Yankee Stadium filthy--NY Post (paging Randy Levine)

"This assessment of attending the Yanks' postponed home opener last week is provided by a longtime exec in both baseball and TV, a fellow who asked that we protect his identity: New York Yankees

• "Seats in the main level boxes that sell for $180 each had not been cleaned since last season. Those seats, in 1987, cost $10. They didn't bother to scrape the gum off the concourses or paint the concourses. Two Heineken draughts cost $21. A Yankee Yearbook was $25! We were told that the rain would get worse, but it had nearly stopped when we were told to leave. Barely rained the rest of the day.""

From NY Post by Phil Mushnick on 2nd page of column, "Joggin' Jonny, Mum YES crew run on empty," 4/7/08

• And from March 31, 2007 by Ronald Blum about filthy Legends Field:

"And then there are the little things, the absence of that maniacal attention to detail.

• Early one morning at Legends Field, the team's spring training home in Tampa, Fla., trash was overflowing a garbage can that usually had been cleaned each night. One afternoon after workouts, baseballs were scattered randomly across the floor of the indoor batting cage, the one where Steinbrenner had once scolded players for leaving bubble gum wrappers on the ground.

There was the morning Daylight Savings Time began. The scoreboard clock remained unchanged, one hour behind almost until the time the gates opened. And at least twice this year, the advertising boards outside the ballpark had typos in their messages.

“It's different,” Jason Giambi said. “We kind of miss not seeing him around.”"

AP report by Ronald Blum, "Unseen Boss: Steinbrenner's Grip on Pinstripes Loosens," 3/31/07, on signonsandiego.com

• IDEA: RANDY LEVINE SHOULD BE CLEANING EVERY SINGLE SEAT IN YANKEE STADIUM INSTEAD OF MARSHALLING ALL HIS POWERS TO GAIN 10 CENTS FROM CHIEN-MING WANG.

I LOOK AT LEVINE AND THINK OF A FILTHY YANKEE STADIUM AND A FILTHY LEGENDS FIELD. (SM)

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