#interleague baseball

It’s Okay To Be Different

  Guest Post written by William Earl Robinson Jr.

  As we move into the second month of the regular season I have a confession to make: I HATE INTERLEAGUE BASEBALL!!! I hate how it cheapens the regular season, and I especially hate how it ruins the all-star game. I hate how it lessens the thrills of the World Series and I hate how it’s supposed to create these fake intercity rivalries that…

Last Thursday, I was at the Stadium for an inteleague matchup between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Yanks. And although, I think interleague play is one of the stupidest and most pointless things imaginable, i had a good time -- that is until the top of the 12th when the Diamondbacks took the lead for good. 

So far, the season record with me at the Stadium  0-1. Ugh. Photos from the game are below:

The Brooklyn Nets' Brook Lopez throwing out the ceremonial first pitch efore the start of the game.

Vernon Wells hitting second? Sure, okay if you say so. 

This was at a very controversial and critical point of the game. The umpires ruled that this swing broke the plane of the plate, and was a strikeout with the bases loaded. But i don't think Robinson Cano's wrists even broke the plane.

At this point, I had moved down and was standing behind the 100 section, near Gate 8. 

Outside of the Stadium. It's hard to tell from the angle of the photo, but a thick cloud of fog and misty rain is just above. 

For these photos and more, check out the Flickr set here:

An old high school friend had 4 tickets in section 206 for Sunday afternoon's interleague battle between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium and he invited me, along with his junior high school buddy and his uncle.

With the Mets having a lead going into the 7th inning, I was beginning to wonder if I had some kind of new Yankee Stadium jinx. For some reason I've had the kind of luck where the Yanks have managed to lose almost every game I've attended at the new Stadium -- including those two awful playoff loses to the Texas Rangers during last season's ALCS. But an 8 run rally fueled by Mike Pelfrey, being -- well Mike Pelfrey, along with a fielding and a couple of seeing eye singles, helped the team score 8 in an inning where 13 men came up to bat. Final score: Yanks 9 Mets 3. A great way to start the week, for sure.

Curtis Granderson scoring a run early in the bottom of the first.

Mark Teixeira grounding out at first base.

Alex Rodriguez taking a pitch.

Alex Rodriguez after trying to beat out a play at first.

Robinson Cano making contact.

Robinson Cano directing the outfielders.

The 3,000 hit counter. Derek is inching closer to 3,000.

Curtis Granderson at bat with Derek Jeter on first.

Jorge Posada at bat.

Curtis Granderson at bat.

Robinson Cano at bat with Alex Rodriguez at first.

Derek Jeter running to first after a big time hit which tied the game at 3.

New York's two great shortstops -- well soon to be one great shortstop because everyone is almost assured that Jose Reyes will get traded.

Alex Rodriguez at bat.

Jorge Posada at bat.

Curtis Granderson catching the last out.

The Yankees win! Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees win!

For these photos and others I took that afternoon, check out the Flickr link here: