Halomeeps visits the museum . . . (1 Viewer)

[4th Hussar]

I have been to easily 100 regular season and 5 post-season games at Yankee Stadium, and I have never had a better day than this one . . .

You are a lucky man, the best I can do is travel to Seattle once a year to see a Yankee game. Love the team but not enough to want to live in NYC.

 

[Njja]

You are a lucky man, the best I can do is travel to Seattle once a year to see a Yankee game. Love the team but not enough to want to live in NYC.

You know its really not as bad as you might think. My daughter had a nice

apartment on 50th street for several years. We had a great time when ever

we would visit, we would stay at the Waldorf just down the street and have

a wonderful visit........of course it cost me what I used to think was a nice

income for a year when I first got married.....but money isn't everything

 

[Louis Badolato]

You are a lucky man, the best I can do is travel to Seattle once a year to see a Yankee game. Love the team but not enough to want to live in NYC.

With all due respect, you really don't know New York if you think that. I lived in NYC for several years, and I now live in an incredible historic Village on the North Shore of Long Island called Roslyn Harbor. Before I moved to Roslyn Harbor, I lived for 3 years in the Grammercy region of Manhattan. Before that I lived in Brooklyn Heights for several years. In NYC, I was surrounded by incredible food, cultural events that are unmatched outside of Paris, and access to virtually anything a person could want to do or see. I lived through 9-11 (I was about 5 blocks from the World Trade Center on Fulton Street and saw the fireball from the second plane hitting) and saw New Yorkers' courage, kindness, sacrifice and support. New York has had two excellent mayors in a row in Rudy Guiliani and Mike Bloomberg, and is clean, safe and well governed. Central Park is a safe and pleasant place to have a picnic, go to the zoo, exercise, or see a free performance. Believe it or not, I find the people to be generally polite and friendly, and have rarely had bad experiences. A year or two ago, New York was voted the most polite big city in America. If you prefer a house, and some living space, there are amazing places to live on Long Island, parts of Staten Island and Queens,in Westchester, or in New Jersey, all within a fairly easy commute of the City. My community is zoned for a minimum property size of half an acre, and most lots are an acre or more. Its wide open, with tons of huge old trees, and many of the homes are historic. I have a lovely view from my front porch of the Harbor about 150 feet away. The schools are great, and there are tons of activities for kids.

I've lived a lot of places, including Irving Texas, Beaumont Texas, and Rome Italy, but I can't imagine living anywhere but New York.

The one downside, and it is a big downside, it the cost of living. It is ridiculously expensive to live in New York. A one bedroom coop apartment will run you half-a-million, a two bedroom 1.5 million plus, double that for condos. State and City taxes are insane. Heck, renting a parking space is $500 a month.

 

[4th Hussar]

Louis,
I enjoy NYC but I don't want to live there with who knows how many million other people. I have recently relocated to a small community in a rural area. We have many of the amenities of larger communities but folks can still leave their cars unlocked.

 

[jazzeum]

Here are five more photos, Louis to add captions.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Here are five more photos, Louis to add captions.

1. A relaxed Yankee bullpen watching the game (which the Yankees won 15 to 6 over Kansas City).
2. As Sergeant Grayson walks us down into Monument Park, I take a quick photo of the retired numbers of the two greatest Yankees, George Herman "Babe" Ruth (#3) and Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (#4), my favorite Yankee.
3. Upon entering Monument Park, the first thing I did was take a photo of the monument to the Iron Horse.
4. Standing next to my icon's monument, I feel like the luckiest man on the face of the earth!
5. Looking up through monument park at the facade of baseball's greatest cathedral.

 

[Njja]

Thanks for posting these special photos!

 

[halomeeps]

This is Ed Pijuan and I would again like to thank Luis for sharing his home and time with me and my son. Luis is a great host and I can't wait to visit him and his collection again.

THANKS LUIS

 

[MCKENNA77]

With all due respect, you really don't know New York if you think that. I lived in NYC for several years, and I now live in an incredible historic Village on the North Shore of Long Island called Roslyn Harbor. Before I moved to Roslyn Harbor, I lived for 3 years in the Grammercy region of Manhattan. Before that I lived in Brooklyn Heights for several years. In NYC, I was surrounded by incredible food, cultural events that are unmatched outside of Paris, and access to virtually anything a person could want to do or see. I lived through 9-11 (I was about 5 blocks from the World Trade Center on Fulton Street and saw the fireball from the second plane hitting) and saw New Yorkers' courage, kindness, sacrifice and support. New York has had two excellent mayors in a row in Rudy Guiliani and Mike Bloomberg, and is clean, safe and well governed. Central Park is a safe and pleasant place to have a picnic, go to the zoo, exercise, or see a free performance. Believe it or not, I find the people to be generally polite and friendly, and have rarely had bad experiences. A year or two ago, New York was voted the most polite big city in America. If you prefer a house, and some living space, there are amazing places to live on Long Island, parts of Staten Island and Queens,in Westchester, or in New Jersey, all within a fairly easy commute of the City. My community is zoned for a minimum property size of half an acre, and most lots are an acre or more. Its wide open, with tons of huge old trees, and many of the homes are historic. I have a lovely view from my front porch of the Harbor about 150 feet away. The schools are great, and there are tons of activities for kids.

I've lived a lot of places, including Irving Texas, Beaumont Texas, and Rome Italy, but I can't imagine living anywhere but New York.

The one downside, and it is a big downside, it the cost of living. It is ridiculously expensive to live in New York. A one bedroom coop apartment will run you half-a-million, a two bedroom 1.5 million plus, double that for condos. State and City taxes are insane. Heck, renting a parking space is $500 a month.

NYC is an awesome place of urban activity. I would love to live there but Sara KGB would dump every dollar I earn on flipping shoes. As with most crowded urban areas the downfalls are the cost of living and the size of space you get for the dollar. In my opinion everyone should experience living in a large urban city - not necessarily forever but long enough to learn, know and understand(and lose your fears of) the bustle and lifestyle of a place "that doesnt sleep." To each their own.

Take Care

 

[damian]

Baseball? Heard about that somewhere similar to cricket but different.
Just kidding. Nice photos Louis. Even I have heard about Babe Ruth
Regards
Damian

 

[6th Wisconsin]

What could be more fun then a Sunday at Yankee Stadium

Well, a Sunday at Fenway Park of course!!! Actually, although they are the enemy, I did go to a game at Yankee Stadium on a recent trip to NYC. It was a great experience except for the horribly long food line before the game. I do love NYC very much though. It is a favorite family travel destination, especially for me and the kids. And Louis, I wouldn't mind living there for a while!!

 

[Warrior]

"Well, a Sunday at Fenway Park of course!!!"

Gotta love 6th Wisconsin, he's got great taste in Union Brigades (the Iron Brigade) and baseball teams.

Went to see the Sox play for the last time at Yankee Stadium earlier this week; had a great time even though we lost, the Yankee fans in my section all seemed resigned to the fact that the old girl is going out without a World Series, let alone a playoff series as the last hurrah. As a side note, Yankee fans are just brutal when it comes to ARod; man do they hate that guy, kind of makes me feel sorry for him.

When I think about all the great players in baseball history who have stood on that field, it's very sad they are taking a wrecking ball to it. I understand all about progress and all that, but we're talking YANKEE STADIUM here; Ruth, Mantle, Joe D, Costanza (sorry, had to throw in a Seinfeld reference)................there's something very, very wrong about this IMO.

 

[Louis Badolato]

I couldn't agree more, George. I think they should have played a couple of seasons at the Mets new park (like they did at Shea back in the '70's) and rebuilt Yankee Stadium exactly where it is. What a disgrace that Cashman didn't make the deal for Santana and give the old Girl one last shot at a title.

As far as A-Rod is concerned, universally Yankee fans were thrilled when he opted out of his contract, because (1) as talented as he is, he is absolutely useless in the playoffs or in any other clutch situation and (2) it would have freed up all that money for top notch pitching (which, frankly, is what really wins in the playoffs). The guys is batting over .300 overall but under .200 with runners in scoring position. I'd love to see his numbers with runners on third and less than two out. When you think that the three guys setting the table for him are batting .310 (Damon), .295 (Jeter) and .299 (Abreu) with his talent he should have around 125+ RBI's right now. Plus, he wanted to leave, but when nobody wanted to pay what the numbers he was looking for, he came crawling back. That in combination with the fact that he has choked in the clutch in every playoff series since he came here, makes him universally disliked. Imagine if Big Poppi had put up gaudy numbers in the regular season, but hit under .200 with practically no RBI's in the playoffs, then opted out of his contract to leave Boston, but only came back because there were no other takers, and think of the reception he would be getting at Fenway.

 

[nshighlander]

Thanks for the pictures.Great stuff.There`s a chance we may have a port visit in Nov.I hope so,great Xmas shopping for the kids.
Cheers
Dave

 

[Louis Badolato]

Thanks for the pictures.Great stuff.There`s a chance we may have a port visit in Nov.I hope so,great Xmas shopping for the kids.
Cheers
Dave

Well Dave, if you and your family can make it into town, let me know, and I will try to show you guys a good time . . .

 

[Warrior]

Good points all around Louis, I understand about ARod now. He is called "Mr April" by one of my good friends (my host for the Yankee game last week), who is a life long die hard Yankee fan............

 

[4th Hussar]

Good points all around Louis, I understand about ARod now. He is called "Mr April" by one of my good friends (my host for the Yankee game last week), who is a life long die hard Yankee fan............

A-rod is an outstanding athlete with some real serious psychological problems. He like his old Mariner partner, Griffey, never learned that baseball is a team sport not an individual event.

Can we get back to toy soldiers?

 

[nshighlander]

Hi Louis
The family will not be with me.The ship I`m on is HMCS Preserver.I think someone told me we may have a port visit to NYC.We were there for Fleet Week.Thanks for the offer.I hope we will make it.
Cheers
Dave