To Our Legend's Suite Accounts

This message is for our valued Legend's Suite account holders. When you purchased your suite , we promised you exclusivity - that nobody would sit in your suite at any time for any reason, except you. We take this policy very seriously because you are our most valued fan. I have attached a photo below so that you may see that even when the stadium is being rented for non-sports purposes your suites are protected.

This photo is from the NYU graduation ceremony that took place just a few days ago. As you can see, your suites were guarded to ensure the graduates did not mess them up in any way. We value your business and hope this demonstrates our commitment to protect the exclusivity of your purchase.

Legends Suites Ticket Prices

Rebecca from the blog "This Purist Breeds Pinstripes" wrote some very mean things yesterday about our valued Legends Suite ticket holders. In her post she wrote that only those with salaries over $100,000 matter to the Yankees. This is simply untrue.

First of all, it does not even make any sense. It costs over $100,000 to purchase a Legends Suite season ticket and that is if you are attending by yourself. If all you earn is $100K, you are definitely not getting into the Legends Suites area of my stadium. You are better off on the Main level with people that have incomes similar to you. Our target customer earns at least $500,000 per year and is willing to commit to purchase at least two Legends Suites.

Lobel's

I received a few e-mails from fans asking why the Lobel's stand was on the field level when most fans were located in upper levels. The Lobel's stand is located on the field level because the fans on the field level are the ones that can afford it. If you can't afford $300 for a field level seat how are you going to stand there and convince me that you can afford a Lobel's sandwich?

However, for the few of you that for whatever reason do not have field level seats and can still afford a Lobel's sandwich, you do not need a field level ticket to purchase a sandwich from the Lobel's stand. It is located near section 130.

Daily News Guy

Yesterday some Daily News media guy named John Madden wrote an open letter to The Boss. He addressed it to George Steinbrenner. Is this guy living under a tree? George does not even call anymore. I run the operations and Brian runs the team. So I will assume he intended to write the letter to me and will address it as follows.

The basis of his so-called letter is that the common fan is not wanted in the restaurants and seats closest to the field. This could not be further from the truth. The common fan simply cannot afford the price of admission for these areas. That is not my fault. I only set the seat prices. I do not set your income.

He went on towards the end to say that the Legends Suites are mostly empty. This is not true as well. Sure there were a handful empty on opening day. But since then we have given away enough tickets to fill the Legend's section for the remainder of the season.

Paul O'Neill

The newspapers are all up in arms about our security people ejecting Paul O'Neill from the indoor batting cages this past weekend. Am I missing something here? The batting cages are for Yankees on the current roster to practice their hitting. It is certainly not my fault that Mr. O'Neill retired. Nobody forced him to hang it up at 40. He retired about 25 years earlier than most people yet you expect me and our security team to show him sympathy? I am almost 65 and I still work 12 hour days.

I don't understand the mentality of some people. If you owned an indoor batting cage, would you want a retired Paul O'Neill standing there watching you?