Saturday was Yankee Day. A tour of Yankee Stadium followed by a baseball game – New York Yankees v Baltimore Orioles. The tour was clearly designed for Yankee fans – it wasn’t so much a stadium tour rather a Yankee highlights/history tour through their museum and their monuments yard where they celebrate their greatest players. Needless to say I stood out as the only person not in full supporter gear! It was interesting even if I didn’t know anything about the players and/or any of the games they referred to. My tour was early so after it ended there was still about 2 hours before the game started. I stayed with my tour group to watch some batting practice and casually snuck off to purchase a Yankees hat so I could blend in with the crowd (also the weather here has been crazy hot – basically 30 degree days since I arrived, so the hat was also a sun smart purchase!).

The Yankees didn’t play particularly well (or so it appeared from the commentary going on around me) and ended up losing 6-2. I think the experience might have been better if the home team had been winning but it was still a fun day.

Food highlights – I went with the traditional hotdog and fries. Not great on the taste side (only saved by the tomato sauce and mustard) but I think necessary for the experience. I declined the cheese sauce on the fries as it did not look like any cheese I had ever seen (and who puts cheese on fries!!).