| 17 April 2010
This has been a fun month so far, huh? No better day than Saturday to pick up the pieces and review all of the stuff that has been going down in the world of Stadium Insider.
First of all, we have introduced a couple of new writers to our team, Brenden and Leonora. They've both been blogging about the Yankees for a while and they attend a bunch of games every year. They each have their own "stadium insider" personalities that we hope will shine through in all of their posts. So far Brenden has shared his experience of taking batting practice at Yankee Stadium and his guidelines for when to boo at Yankee Stadium. Leonora has contributed a stadium insider recap of each game that she's been to. Please be sure to look at the byline under the title of the post to see who's writing it. NYYSI is no longer the voice of one man. Next, if you can't get enough of Stadium Insider, here are some of the other places you can find us around the interwebs (click on the logos to find us on that service):
We recently partnered with Fansnap to provide blog posts all about the Yankee Stadium experience. It makes perfect sense - we're fan advocates and Fansnap.com is all about empowering fans to get the best value when purchasing event tickets. They're trying to build out their blog presence in major sports cities and we were their first addition to the team! Check out our first few posts from this week:
What To Look Out For During The Yankees First Home Stand of 2010: Ticket Deals Aplenty, A Final Farewell To The Old Yankee Stadium & The Return Of Matsui
Yankee Stadium Standing Room Only Tickets - You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers
First Trip To Yankee Stadium in 2010
Also, please subscribe to the Fansnap.com/blog RSS feed if you want to get those posts delivered right to you!
In case you haven't done so, feel free to add our RSS feed to your reader. It is the fastest and most efficient way to get your content delivered if you read a ton of blogs daily. That being said, we like the layout of our site and have some advertisers, so feel free to visit the real blog from time to time as well. Sometimes readings posts only in an RSS readers gets boring....
As always, we'll be tweeting away on Twitter. We have 1,500 followers and the list grows each day. We also recently found out that we're the third most influential #Yankees Twitter user in the world, at least according to WeFollow.com (behind only Nick Swisher and Mark Feinsand). We'll take that with a grain of salt, but at the very least it shows that we're committed to utilizing the service to share our thoughts, opinions, analysis and stadium news. While we stick to the stadium experience here, we tend to talk more baseball on the Twitter feed. We like to mix it up across the different channels. You can also find the other Stadium Insider contributors on Twitter:
We're still trying to get our feet wet on Facebook, as we typically use that service for personal interactions. That being said, we plan on having more outings like our beer night with Bronx Goblin next Friday night, and Facebook is a great place to organize those events. Speaking of that bar night, please head over to Facebook and RSVP now if you plan on coming:
We also plan on uploading our photos from trips to the stadium on Facebook, and are encouraging our Facebook fans to do the same.
We'll be posting videos shot on our HD Flip Cam from inside the stadium all season long. We'll be capturing everything we see that might be even the least bit compelling. Youtube has HD video, so we'll be posting them there. If anyone has suggestions for an alternative video service to use, please let us know. In the meantime, if you subscribe to our YouTube channel, you'll get to see what we find interesting on each of our trips to Yankee Stadium!
(in the news)
We haven't had too much to report on this front as of late, but this week we were featured prominently in a Yankees ticket article in the free daily newspaper Metro New York. This newspaper gets in the hands of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers each day, so it was cool for us. We have a "press clips" page where we have kept track of some of our other prominent mentions in the past. Its nice to pat yourself on the back sometimes.
In case you haven't done so yet, check out our posts about the changes to Yankee Stadium for 2010. Nothing groundbreaking here, but definitely fun to keep an eye during your next trip to the stadium. We have more to add to this from our first couple of trips to the stadium, so look for an update on Sunday (including videos).
Changes To Yankee Stadium For 2010 - A First Pass
At Yankee Stadium, Focus Shifts From Amenities To Baseball
As always, check out our Yankee Stadium tips post which we hope to update periodically throughout the season as the information changes. Thanks to everyone who is reading! We love to hear feedback (positive and negative), so feel free to do so in the comments section.
