Old-Timer’s Day At Yankee Stadium

It was a beautiful morning in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World and that was good news because it was scheduled to be a huge baseball day.

It felt so nice to have blue skies and sun for a change. Billi Pod was more than happy.

The main event was the Old-Timer’s game at the stadium, with the opening ceremonies scheduled to begin at 11:30am.

Billi Pod briefly thought about trying to catch part of the Gay Pride Parade before heading out to the stadium, but that just didn’t work out, so it was directly out to The Bronx.

The Yankees previously announced that they had invited 50 former Yankees to attend, including:

Yogi Berra

David Cone

Whitey Ford

Joe Girardi

Dwight Gooden

Rich "Goose" Gossage

Ron Guidry

Reggie Jackson

Don Larsen

Joe Pepitone

Lou Piniella

Bill "Moose" Skowron

Mel Stottlemyre

Darryl Strawberry

Joe Torre

David Wells

Bernie Williams

Billi Pod was in his usual seat at 11:30am when the introductions began. The weather was nice. The three former Yankees who received the loudest and longest ovations were: Yogi, Torre, and Bernie Williams.

There was also a special, and very emotional, tribute honoring longtime team trainer Gene Monahan, who will retire at season's end after 49 years of service to the organization.

It was very entertaining and a “must” for real Yankee fans.

But ... WTF ... as soon as the Old Timer’s game was completed the clouds started rolling in and it got gloomy and nasty ... WTF ... I simply couldn’t believe it. Of course Billi Pod hadn’t considered bringing his rain gear with him.

And the Yankees started off just as gloomy, finding themselves in a 0-3 hole early on. Thankfully their bats came alive with homers from Swisher, Posada and Teixeira. The clouds went away and the sun came back out in the 7th inning.

The Yankees took a 6-4 lead into the top of the 9th and Mo came in and closed things out, striking out the side.

Wow!! Did all of that feel great. The Yankees remain in first place in the AL East.

Oh, forgot to say==>wore my Gator cap again and got lots and lots of very favorable comments and Chomps.

On the way back home Billi Pod got off the subway at Columbus Circle and walked back to PHC, a mile. It felt great.

Of course I am going to stay in this evening. Will probably watch whatever game is on ESPN.

I will close this late posting with ...

Billi Pod’s report card on MASTER CLASS==>A<==as in awesome. Theater at its best.

Tyne Daly gives a Tony-worthy performance. Everything about the show gets an A. See it!!

GO YANKEES AND GO GATORS!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”