Opener in the Bronx......

The opener in the Bronx was quite the spectacle. Beginning early in the morning, the whir of helicopter blades was unmistakable as news crews prowled along the Grand Concourse area of the Bronx around the new Yankee Stadium.

For the home television folks from the YES network, it marked a couple of years of preparation for the first telecast from the Yankees new home. For those of us on the visitor side, it was more like weeks of conversing about the various issues we may confront upon our arrival.

Once we really were involved at the site, the local crew really helped in setting up our cameras inside the ballyard. Finding the right connections, and delivering both audio and video signals were the main focus of the day. To their credit, just about everything worked. We were never able to receive the data for the pitch speeds from the ballpark. Recent conversations with Yankee folks have lead to the same result - they are still unable to retrieve a signal.

We did not have much time to really see much of the hoopla of the opener - but the Tribe came out on top - and that made the opener in New Yankee Stadium good for us!