Pricey stadium stations

Pricey stadium stations

Yanks, Mets get spiffy rail stops, but aren’t pitching in on rising costs

by patrick arden / metro new york

JAN 29, 2009

When the MTA agreed to spend $40 million for a station to service the new Yankee Stadium, rider advocate Gene Russianoff suggested the team pay for naming rights to the stop. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE…[METRO]

YANKEE APPLICANTS WILLING TO WORK FOR PEANUTS

YANKEE APPLICANTS WILLING TO WORK FOR PEANUTS

By MATTHEW NESTEL

January 25, 2009 –

More than 2,000 hawker hopefuls lined up at the new Yankee Stadium yesterday hoping to catch food-service jobs at the Bombers’ new venue.

Laid-off waiters, recent college grads, and even former Yankee Stadium employees – who have to reapply for their old jobs – attended a job fair at the stadium in hopes of landing one of about 1,000 vending jobs available.

Howard Hopkins, 52, a head waiter at Tavern on the Green in Central Park until getting laid off last month, was excited about the possibility of working at another New York icon – as long as it’s not Shea.

“I’m a die-hard Yankee fan,” he said. “I live right by Shea Stadium, but I hate the Mets so much that if they were having a job fair, I wouldn’t go.”

A former waiter for Yankee owner George Steinbrenner’s private dining room, John Guercio, 80, of Staten Island, waited in line all day to reclaim his job.

“I can still move!” he said.

Two recent college grads from Toledo, Ohio, who were striking out with their other job interviews, hoped to make the cut with the Yanks.

“I’m scared I’ll have to leave town,” said Kevin Little, 22, who moved to New York last week and is crashing on his friend’s couch. “It’s bad here, but it’s worse there.”

In book, former Yankee manager Joe Torre takes aim at A-Rod, George Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman

In book, former Yankee manager Joe Torre takes aim at A-Rod, George Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman

By BILL MADDEN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Sunday, January 25th 2009, 2:23 AM

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Joe Torre’s place in the Baseball Hall of Fame is secure, but his place in Monument Park at the new Yankee Stadium may not be.

According to a new book by Sports Illustrated baseball writer Tom Verducci, Torre was a bitter man by the time he left the Yankees in October of 2007, and he takes a few rips at the team that he led for 12 seasons.

In “The Yankee Years,” due to be released on Feb. 3, Torre describes general manager Brian Cashman as a less than supportive ally who betrayed him on several fronts, and says that his star player, Alex Rodriguez, was often referred to by his teammates as “A-Fraud” and was obsessed with his perceived rival, shortstop Derek Jeter.READ MORE HERE …[NYDN]