Yankee Stadium Opening Day

Yankee Stadium crowds at  gate 6

Yankee Stadium crowds at gate 6

Opening Day ticket prices were “in the stratosphere” according to my friend Alan, so we passed on the chance to witness the Red Sox demolish the Bronx Bombers. But I rode the train in anyway, wandered around to observe the scene from outside and enjoy the beautiful day.

Yankee fans pre-game festivities

Yankee fans pre-game festivities

The fans were having a good time at the bars nestled underneath the elevated on River Avenue.

Yankee fan through telephoto lens

Yankee fan through telephoto lens

I took this fellow’s picture, just to try the zoom telephoto on my new Sony Cyber-shot DSC HX200V. Not that my objective is to be a low-rent paparazzi, but he had no idea I was taking his picture. Of course, it was a fairly crowded scene. With plenty of light, the resolution was pretty good too.

Louis Heintz statue in Joyce Kilmer park

Louis Heintz statue in Joyce Kilmer park

I wandered over to Joyce Kilmer Park, to get a photo of the Louis Heintz statue, a late 19th century Bronx civic leader and Street Commissioner.

diamond pattern brick, double arched windows

diamond pattern brick, double arched windows

The brick facade of an apartment building facing Joyce Kilmer park – diamond pattern brick, double arched windows, decorative floral terracotta arches, etc. This stuff is all over the Bronx.