Get a foul ball for just a few thousand dollars

You are looking at Not Very Much Attended Premium Seating at the new Yankee Stadium, which didn't take long to thin down a mite, especially in the pricey seats, for non-Opening Day crowds. The gent in the foreground in pinstripes is on the freaking field. One generally assumes that, you know, great swaths of empty seats should not be the thing closest to him, no?

Shockingly, New York Fan, even New York Corporate Fan Guy, hasn't been too interested in ponying up for the $2500 seats this year. I wonder why? Oh, right, because we're in a freaking recession that's making people reconsider, perhaps permanently (fingers crossed), the wisdom of such things.

Oh, and there's also this. NY Baseball Fan, for all of his flaws, is actually there to see the game, and not the freaking building, you unconscionable rubes. Enjoy your sparkling new albatrosses. (And no, according to the NYT, there are no plans afoot to price 'em down. In the immortal words of Nelson Muntz, "I *said* Ha, Ha...")