Yankees lose to 2nd-worst team in baseball

After winning 9 straight on the road for the first time since 1998, the New York Yankees (76-61, 3 GB) lost to the Chicago White Sox (49-88, 30.5 GB) yesterday at Rate Field in Chicago. And yet, it was a beautiful day for a baseball game!

My cousin got the tickets for $32 each, and they came with a hot dog, chips, cookie, and bottled drink. Each. He also said he popped for a 10-ticket package, good for any home games next season (except against the Cubs), for $14 each. Desperate times!

We also discussed why they oriented Rate Field southeast, which, as you can see in the photo above, has no view whatsoever. The original Comiskey Park pointed northeast so that fans sitting in the equivalent upper-deck seats we had yesterday would have seen the skyline:

Rate Field, which opened as "New Comiskey Park" in 1991, ended what my cousin and I call the "Ugly Years." My least-favorite parks on the 30-Park Geas were built between 1962 and 1991:  Shea Stadium, Dodger Stadium, Kauffmann Stadium, Oakland Coliseum, and Tropicana Field. (Oddly, Angel Stadium was also built in 1966, but it has a beautiful view that makes up for the clunky architecture.)

I could go on about Mid-Century and Brutalist architecture at length, but I'd rather go play outside. Autumn has arrived, and the weather is perfect!