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Wake N’ Watch: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Perform ‘Empire State Of Mind’ At The World Series

ebaker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:21 +0000

You’re probably still debating over whether New York or Philadelphia has hotter girls (vote here), but there is a baseball series going on between both cities, you know? We kid. Of course you know. That’s not to say that you’ve been watching all the games though, no matter how sports savvy you try to act around your friends. In case you missed out, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys opened up Game 2 of the World Series last night with their NYC anthem, “Empire State Of Mind.” The boys in blue might wanna get Hov on the bill for all their games, because they walked away with the win. Watch the performance above.

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5 Great Moments Of Thievery At Yankee Stadium

justinm — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:35:08 +0000

Bases aren’t being stolen at Yankee Stadium anymore, but that doesn’t mean the thievery is over. During the 85-year-old ballpark’s final game, police arrested 18 people for trying to swipe souvenirs rather than pay some rich assholes for the right to own a Yankee urinal.

A private security team is going to protect the stadium from other would-be thieves now (like that’ll stop us). In honor of the fans’ five finger discount, after the cut Complex looks back at five great Yankee Stadium rip-offs. We’re stealin’ on ya!

DAMN YOU JETER

5. Remember that time you brought your chick to the ballpark and suddenly she became a huge Derek Jeter fan? He banged her while you were buying beers. Thought you should know.

PAVANO NEVER PAID OFF

4. Coming off an 18-8 record in 2004, free agent pitcher Carl Pavano signed with the Yanks for $39.95 million. In return he gave them stays on the disabled list with broken ribs, an elbow strain, a left hip injury and bruised buttocks (seventh inning stretch pause). For $500, he also sold them an HD TV box filled with cinder blocks.

YOUNG’N IS A BALL GRABBER

3. In the 1996 American League Championship Series against the Baltimore Orioles, with the Yanks down 4-3, 12-year-old fan Jeffrey Maier reached over the right field wall and deflected a Derek Jeter fly ball'one that Tony Tarasco might have caught'into the stands. Though it was obvious fan interference, the right field umpire ruled it a home run, tying a game the Bombers won with a home run in the 11th inning. Tough-as-nails crime fighter (and honorary Yankee fluffer) Mayor Rudy Giuliani punished the young punk for his thievery by giving him a key to the city. Lesson learned: It’s OK to steal from losers.

THERE WENT A-ROD’s PRIDE

2. In the 2004 American League Championship Series, the curse-breaking Boston Red Sox made history by taking four straight games from the Yankees to come back from an 0-3 deficit. The Sox not only stole the series, they also took A-Rod’s dignity when he tried to knock the ball out of pitcher Bronson Arroyo’s hand at first with a girlish slap. Heyyyyy!

SORRY FANS

1. For Yankee Stadium’s farewell season, the 2008 Yanks stank up the joint and eliminated themselves from playoff contention well before the end of the season, robbing fans of a meaningful pennant race or postseason play. Even Shea Stadium is getting a better sendoff with the Mets playing a critical final home stand'and that place is an absolute shithole.

Remembering Yankee Stadium’s Funniest Moments

jerwin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:27:59 +0000

If you live under a rock (or just don’t follow baseball), we’ve got news for you: Yankee Stadium is closing this weekend. We’ve got a few Yankee fans on staff (although they’ve been strangely quiet recently), and they’ll probably remember the place as the site of father-son outings or some such cheesy shit.

For the rest of us though, the Stadium was just a place to get drunk on $10 beers and, even better, watch troglodytes (Yankee and Red Sox fans alike) get really drunk on $10 beers and do incredibly dumb shit. In honor of said cavemen, we present the 5 funniest YouTube moments in the history of ‘The House That Ruth Built’…

1. “WHO THE F#$% DO YOU THINK YOU’RE FIGHTIN’?”

What’s better than chicks who like sports? Chicks that fight cops! We have no idea what this lady did to get kicked out of the game, but we certainly admire her “no justice, no peace” stance on stadium security.

2. AND NOW YOU’RE DOWN THERE

It’s not really clear why the fat man at the beginning of this clip is splayed across a couple seats with his shirt half off. Our guess? He got flipped the fuck over the railing like the dude at the 0:10 mark.

3. NO, I INSIST, TAKE MY BEER

This clip starts innocently enough, with a Red Sox fan in a Pedro #45 getting escorted down the steps for some unknown offense. Then some Yank fans start throwing beer on him. Then some damn fool a section away decides to chuck his beer at a totally unrelated Boston fan. These are $10 beers people!

4. AND HE MIGHT GO ALL THE WAY!

Some (probably) drunk fan eludes cops and security for 30 seconds, losing his flannel and tagging 2nd base on the way. Don’t the Jets need a running back?

5. “HIT THE HOOKER!”

A bird’s eye view of clip #1. Paging Martin Scorsese!