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Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:31 pm EDT

My New Haircut: The best of Tuesday's All-Star photos

By Nick Friedell

BLS contributor Nick Friedell attended Tuesday night's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, armed with only a camera and a dream. To capture the best the streets and stands of the Bronx had to offer. The picture above is of the Coke vendor (that's a capital 'C', folks ... fight those New York stereotypes, folks!) in his section in the upper deck. More photos and captions follow the jump.

To the best of my knowledge, these kids are now indentured servants on the Upper East Side. 

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Not everyone at the game was from New York.  Here are a few of the Midwest's finest. (Not pictured: 'Duk)

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Visual proof of at least ONE Rays fans attending Tuesday night's game.

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This guy was out on the street trying to sell an "autographed" Josh Hamilton picture. He said that Hamilton had signed it the other night at the Doubletree hotel. No word on if he sold the picture. But I asked how much he was looking for at one point, he said $50. After a few more minutes, it became $30

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This photo is just a Create-a-Caption waiting to happen. 

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My seats weren't the best, but a ticket's a ticket. If you look closely, you can see that the ticket says "Watch on Fox," which seems a bit silly. How are you going to be watching on Fox if you're at the game?

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The photo is a bit blurry, but the scoreboard says that Aramis Ramirez owns the Cubs' franchise record for home runs in a season with 38. Guess they forgot about Sammy Sosa's 66 in '98 ... or 64 in '01 ... or 63 in '99 or 50 in '00 or 49 in '02 ...

Not to mention Hack Wilson's 56 in 1930 ... Or Andre Dawson's 49 in '87 ... Or Dave Kingman's  48 in '79 ... Or Ernie Banks' 47 in '58 .... Or Derrek Lee's 46 in '05 ...

Do I need to go on?

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No comment necessary.

Related: Road Trip: ASG in NYC

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  1. Rebelyell
    1. Posted by Rebelyell Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:11 pm EDT

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    I would have paid the $30 for the Hammy poster, even if it is fake.
    They should have made a LVP award for Uggla last night.
    first?
  2. Saro G
    2. Posted by Saro G Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:46 pm EDT

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    I guess they couldn't fit 'franchise record for a third baseman' on Aramis' bio screen, but hey, these are the Yankees. They cut corners left and right all over the ballpark, including vendors.
  3. ej.campbell
    3. Posted by ej.campbell Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:52 pm EDT

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    that haircut rocks.
  4. ej.campbell
    4. Posted by ej.campbell Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:52 pm EDT

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    Did you get to move to better seats once folks started leaving?
  5. Butt Pirate
    5. Posted by Butt Pirate Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:03 pm EDT

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    Yeah, #2, the Yankees really cut corners. I heard that new $1.3 bn ballpark is going to be a dump.
    That's $1,300,000,000.
  6. Saro G
    6. Posted by Saro G Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:46 pm EDT

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    That's a waste of partly public money. Not the same thing as understaffing vendor pools.
    And think about this, FOX pointed out the park is 63% bigger, but actually has *fewer* seats. Sounds incredibly inefficient. Screw luxury boxes and restaurants. Just give me a damn dog and a beer and I'm fine.
  7. fansince67
    7. Posted by fansince67 Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:34 pm EDT

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    Why are NY fans so ignorant? The Red Sox players and coaches are great players and earned there way onto the All Star team just the way the Yankees did. I usually enjoy watching the All Star game but did not this year by the way the fans acted. Remember the Redsox were on the same team as the Yankees, not playing against them. Did you notice that the players themselves all got along, why can't the ignorant Yankee fans act the same way as the players did.
  8. joe mama
    8. Posted by joe mama Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 pm EDT

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    dude, your camera sucks. ask yahoo to buy you a new one.
  9. Butt Pirate
    9. Posted by Butt Pirate Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:03 pm EDT

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    OK, Saro; you're back, so I'll hit you with this tasty bit of info: vendors at MLB parks are payed by commission they receive from their sales. They are not payed by the hour. So, the Yankees are not saving money by using a minimum number of vendors at the park.
  10. Mendoza Line
    10. Posted by Mendoza Line Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:25 pm EDT

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    Either I need my eyes checked or you need yourself a new camera.
    +1 vote for Uggla LVP.
  11. Decapitated Mr. Redlegs
    11. Posted by Decapitated Mr. Redlegs Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:12 pm EDT

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    Hey Fansince67 I would think that the Nation would respond in the same manner as the Yankee fans did if the game was in Fenway.
  12. bigboo's bro
    12. Posted by bigboo's bro Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:38 pm EDT

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    Hopefully they won't allow Freddy in the new stadium. Better yet, start now by banning him from the old stadium. That pot banging cretin has been an institutionalized annoyance for too long. Sure, I pay $100 for a ticket to listen to that toothless moron. If someone would off Cornhole-eye Joey, who does that inbreed dancing in the media booth, that would be an even bigger plus.
  13. Saro G
    13. Posted by Saro G Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:46 pm EDT

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    Well that's one of the problems, isn't it? Vendors would do well selling to 50,000+ attendees, but instead you have to miss an inning or two waiting in line at the concession stands. It's a cheaply run system at Yankee Stadium. I see many, many more at Shea.
  14. Once and Future King
    14. Posted by Once and Future King Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:29 pm EDT

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    When you think that the Skydome/Rogers Centre cost our taxpayers, etc. about $600M, even in funny CDN dollars back 20 years ago, the number does not seem that out of line...
  15. saucy
    15. Posted by saucy Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:41 pm EDT

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    Fansince67 - back in '99, Torre pulled Nomar from the field, mid-inning, in order to get hims some applause from the home crowd. Tito did the same thing last night for Jeter and A-Rod. Though in '99 the Sox fans were more eager to Boo Jeter as he entered than to applaud their own guy.
  16. PinstripesMakeTheMan
    16. Posted by PinstripesMakeTheMan Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:49 pm EDT

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    Hey Fansince67, where have you been in the last 41 years ?? Yankee fans hate the Redsox and Redsox fans hate the Yankees. It's Life and that's the way God intended it to be. Maybe if Papelbon would shut his mouth, they wouldn't have had anything bad to write in the NY Daily News and therefore, fewer boos at the Game. Stop Crying and Hate Me, would you.
  17. Jeremy B
    17. Posted by Jeremy B Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:33 pm EDT

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    I second the Uggla LVP notion
  18. Rage
    18. Posted by Rage Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:39 pm EDT

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    The dude with the frying pan and the Cory ladle is an institution at Yankees games. He'll change the sign on the pan depending on the game (like when Ian Kennedy was pitching, something like, "Let's get 7 from the kid!") and will walk around the park getting people to smack the pan with the ladle. Just a hokey good luck kind of thing.
  19. Cactus Jack Sancho
    19. Posted by Cactus Jack Sancho Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:06 pm EDT

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    The aramis thing - they forgot to put 3rd basemen record for the cubs.
    The Jankees are classless - even in pinstripes. Like an old guido at the bar looking to hook up with chicks half his age.
    If this sounds like you - You are a GUIDO!!!
  20. Nick A
    20. Posted by Nick A Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:41 pm EDT

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    @PinstripesMakeTheMan: So Papelbon should shut his mouth and not say that Mariano Rivera is the Godfather of closers? The NY media was going to write a story bashing Papelbon no matter what he said.
  21. rr1
    21. Posted by rr1 Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:53 pm EDT

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    Uggla looked like the little league coaches son out there.................he moved like he had crap in his pants. He had a cloud of flies around him all night..................
  22. rr1
    22. Posted by rr1 Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:53 pm EDT

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    The hair was inspired by another picture taken the night before of Madonnas BEAVER. She had more stars on hers.................
  23. killjoy
    23. Posted by killjoy Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:12 pm EDT

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    Freddy, the crank who wanders around the stadium banging on the pan or getting other idiots to do so, may think he is a good luck kind of thing, but he certainly is an annoyance. We need less of this kind of stuff at sporting events, not more. I'm sure Freddy is a nice old guy and means well, but I don't want to listen to him banging his pan and, worse yet, listen to or have to see other morons who think their shenanigans are good luck kinds of things.
  24. rr1
    24. Posted by rr1 Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:53 pm EDT

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    Is that hair cut on the back of Haley Berry's head ?
  25. Mike
    25. Posted by Mike Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:27 pm EDT

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    Did you take any photos that weren't blurry?

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