Category Archives: Yankee Stadium

The Nothing To Do With Commuting Post: WORLD SERIES EDITION

This must happen fairly frequently. Say you’re C.C. Sabathia’s agent, and you need to keep C.C. in the loop on some business matter–say, reaching out to Myanmar to make sure they have enough cotton fabric to produce the star hurler’s ginormous … Continue reading

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Public Transport Boosts Employee Productivity in World Series

You may have heard McCarver/Buck mention the other night–Phillies ace Cliff Lee, jammed in traffic hours before his World Series start Wednesday night, jumped out of his cab in upper Manhattan and hopped a pair of subways to get to … Continue reading

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Fightin’ Phils Amtrak it to Fall Classic

The Philadelphia Phillies opted for a chartered train ride to Gotham to prepare for their World Series showdown with the Yankees at the House That Ruth(less Pursuit of Free Agents) Built. The Phillies also hopped a train to New York … Continue reading

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Bud Lime Wins Caption Contest

Just as the Great Yankeemobile hit a pothole en route to the Fall Classic, Trainjotting’s Connecticut Correspondent “Saugatucker” was selecting the winner of our first annual Caption Contest. Saugatucker speaks: The grand prize of all the dollar bills you can … Continue reading

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Last Chance to Enter Yankeemobile Caption Contest

Yes, folks, it’s your last chance to come up with a witty caption for the Trainjotting caption contest. Simply come up with a funny/snarky/heart-warming tagline for the photo below, shot at our train station last week, and post it in … Continue reading

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Derek Jeeper? Melky Car-brera?

On the eve of the American League Championship Series, we’d like to welcome you to the first annual Trainjotting Caption Contest. Please post the best caption you can for the following photo, taken this morning at our train station.   … Continue reading

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Yankee Clipper Rolls into the South Bronx

The Yankees unveil a new fall tradition this evening, as the winners of the Little League World Series, the Twins representing the Twin Cities of Minnesota, are invited to River Avenue to face off against the Bronx Bombers. It’s a tall … Continue reading

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What Drives Yankee Fans Wild

For some reason, the Missus and I were discussing a commercial we’d (separately) seen for a pinstriped Yankeemobile–some car painted in full New York Yankees regalia for the taste-challenged Bronx Bombers fan in your life. Mind you, neither the Missus … Continue reading

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Shell Game on Metro-North

The NY Times’ “Metropolitan Diary,” also known as “Septuagenarian Ladies Ending Cute Stories With ‘Only in New York!’”, offers not one but two yarns that take place on our area’s trains. One story depicts a man on the 2 train … Continue reading

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Bloomberg to Christen Yankee Stadium Stop

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and some of the still-remaining MTA bigwigs will assemble at the new Metro-North Yankee Stadium stop tomorrow at 12:30 to christen the new E. 153rd Street station. Metro-North says  a “special, non-revenue train will leave Grand Central … Continue reading

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