Recent New York Baseball stories

Regarding ticket prices in general, why is all of the talk about Yankee stadium ticket prices only on the few seats that sell for four figures? Tickets in the upper deck (or whatever they call it now) sell for $20. I figure that all the emphasis on new stadium ticket prices in New York is some attempt at shock: Madoff tickets sell for $7,500! Yankee tickets cost $2,600! Saying that upper deck tickets cost $20 might be just as shocking because of how inexpensive they are.

Since when did the Mets claim "ownership" of Jackie Robinson? When Major League Baseball celebrated the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, the ceremony was held at Shea Stadium. Fans enter Citi Field, the Mets new stadium, through the Jackie Robinson rotunda, which has a statue of Jackie Robinson, a sculpture of the number 42, and other things to highlight the career and life of Jackie Robinson. It all looks great but the last time I checked, Jackie Robinson never played for the Mets. He played for the Dodgers.

Speaking of new stadiums, all of the "firsts" mentioned and talked about in the two New York stadiums has worn thin. While I am a fan of baseball history and find it poetic that Babe Ruth hit the first home run in the original Yankee Stadium, I really could care less that Jody Gerut hit the first home run at Citi Field, never mind who had the first hit, first walk, first RBI, first win, first save, etc., etc., which have been talked about seeming ad infinitum by the local broadcasters in New York. Does anyone really care who had the first balk?