With and influx technology the bleacher creatures have been able to continue the cheering for the yanks and the heckling of the opponents even when there isn't baseball being played. Many of the bleacher creatures have twitter accounts and Facebook pages where they continue to show their love for the yankees. fans tweet pictures of players and bring what happens on the field to social media, like this picture of Curtis Granderson acknowledging the fans (http://yfrog.com/obeidxuj). The Bleacher creatures are the heart and soul of Yankee Stadium and they represent all of the die-hard fans everywhere who are watching onTV, listening on the radio or following on their computers. They embody what it means to be a true fan of any team. They are passionate about what they do and they love their Yankees.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Bleacher Creatures
The title of this blog, The View From Section 203, is the section that the Bleacher Creatures sit in at the New Yankee Stadium. The bleacher creatures are a group of die-hard Yankees fans that are there for all 82 Yankees home games every year and sit in the same seats every time. They are the most die-hard Yankees fans out there and they truly live and die by the successes and failures of the Yankees. The name was given to these fans in 2004 when a columnist for the New York Daily News, Filip "Flip" Bondy, did a piece on these crazy fans. These bleacher creatures were said to be found by Ali Ramirez who was said the be the "original bleacher creature" in the 80s and 90s when the yankees weren't all that good. He died on May 8, 1996 and on May 14 the Yankees front office dedicated a plaque to Ali Ramirez on the seat where he was for every Yankees game. It read "This Seat is Taken, in memory of Ali Ramirez 'the original bleacher creature'." The cool thing about this is that the day they put this plaque on his seat Dwight Gooden pitched a no-hitter, one of only 11 in franchise history
The bleacher creatures are know for their many cheers and chants, most notably the roll call to begin each and every home game. It stats of with Bald Vinny, one of the bleacher creatures, yelling out to who ever the center fielder (currently Curtis Granderson) "Yooooo, Curtis!!"After that the entire section chants the starters names (except for the pitcher and catcher), which is followed by the players acknowledging the chants. Some of the players get very into this and come up with their own unique way to acknowledge the fans. My favorite one is Nick Swisher. After they chant his name he turns around and salutes the bleacher creatures. After this is over they break into a chant of "Box Seats Suck" except when the red sox are in town and then it becomes "Boston Sucks". Here's a Video of the roll call
With and influx technology the bleacher creatures have been able to continue the cheering for the yanks and the heckling of the opponents even when there isn't baseball being played. Many of the bleacher creatures have twitter accounts and Facebook pages where they continue to show their love for the yankees. fans tweet pictures of players and bring what happens on the field to social media, like this picture of Curtis Granderson acknowledging the fans (http://yfrog.com/obeidxuj). The Bleacher creatures are the heart and soul of Yankee Stadium and they represent all of the die-hard fans everywhere who are watching onTV, listening on the radio or following on their computers. They embody what it means to be a true fan of any team. They are passionate about what they do and they love their Yankees.
With and influx technology the bleacher creatures have been able to continue the cheering for the yanks and the heckling of the opponents even when there isn't baseball being played. Many of the bleacher creatures have twitter accounts and Facebook pages where they continue to show their love for the yankees. fans tweet pictures of players and bring what happens on the field to social media, like this picture of Curtis Granderson acknowledging the fans (http://yfrog.com/obeidxuj). The Bleacher creatures are the heart and soul of Yankee Stadium and they represent all of the die-hard fans everywhere who are watching onTV, listening on the radio or following on their computers. They embody what it means to be a true fan of any team. They are passionate about what they do and they love their Yankees.
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