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Day 9: Off to the Big Apple
The Dutch Softball Team had a day off on Tuesday and spend most of the day in New York City, which is somewhat over one-and-a-half-hour drive from Allentown, our 'home' at the moment.
On our day in the Big Apple, some of us took a bus-ride through the city, others walked around, but most of us saw the main sites, which makes New York unique.
Although, we had only a few hours in New York, we were able to see (either in person, from the car, the bus or from a distance) the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Broadway, Times Square, Chinatown, Central Park, Trump Tower and Yankee Stadium, the home of the world famous New York Yankees. The most impressive moment of course was Ground Zero on the site which has been changed forever, the location of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, which were attacked on September 11, 2001.
Of course, we all hoped to see a game of the Yankees. On the Internet, tickets were listed as available, so after arriving in Manhattan, Assistant Coach Rob Walgien, Physical Therapist Rob Oskam and Media Officer Marco Stoovelaar went to Yankee Stadium to check things out.
Unfortunately, instead of what was listed on the Internet, the cheapest available ticket was 280 Dollars! So, no game and thus informing the players, who were wanting to go to the game. Later in the day, some of us were able to obtain cheaper tickets and watched some innings of the Yankees playing against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees lost, 9-3.
On our way to Yankee Stadium, we passed the big United Nations Building
The world famous Yankee Stadium, which is in use for its last season
One of the entrance gates of Yankee Stadium
Media Officer, Webmaster and lifelong Yankee-fan Marco Stoovelaar in front of Yankee Stadium
(photo taken by Rob Walgien)
The new Yankee Stadium ,located behind the old, which will be opened next season
A look into Yankee Stadium.
Imagine this, being a Yankee-fan, standing in front of the stadium,
but not being able to get in
Physical Therapist Rob Oskam and Assistant Coach Rob Walgien near Central Park
The buildings bordering Central Park
Tickets or no tickets?
In Central Park, Coach Rob Walgien and Physical Therapist Rob Oskam
get in touch with players to inform them about the ticket-situation
Times Square and Broadway
Ellen Venker, Dana Horeman and Noémi Boekel
are ready to go on their way into the city
St. Paul's Chapel, built in 1766, this is New York's oldest public building in continuous daily use.
The Chapel, which is located behind the World Trade Center, remained unharmed on September 11
Ground Zero. The site where the Twin Towers were standing
An impressive moment of our day in New York
The Survivor's Stairs. The lone remainder of one of the Twin Towers
The stairs will be placed in a museum in the new World Trade Center, which opens in 2012.
Nina van Huissteden, Anouk Mels, Media Officer Marco Stoovelaar,
and Assistant Coach Rob Walgien (standing in the back), Sandra Gouverneur and Judith van Kampen
in front of the monumental flagstaff which commemorates the Dutch establishment of New Amsterdam
and the seventeenth century European settlement that launched the modern metropolis of New York City.
(photo taken by Rob Oskam)
The Statue of Liberty
One of entrances of the new Yankee Stadium
(photo taken by Marloes Fellinger)
Pre-game activities of the New York Yankees
(photo taken by Marloes Fellinger)
The New York Yankees play the Toronto Blue Jays
(photo taken by Marloes Fellinger)
Yankee-pitcher Joba Chamberlain delivers a pitch in his first Major League-start
(photo taken by Marloes Fellinger)
Dagmar Bloeming, Lynn Geertman, Jolanda Kroesen,
Kristi de Vries and Marloes Fellinger in Yankee Stadium
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