Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Baseball is just one more thing that New York knows how to do.  It would just be a crying shame if sports fans like us didn't see the Yankees while they were in town.

We rode the subway to the Bronx after breakfast.  At one point in our journey, we had a train car almost to ourselves. It was the only time all week that happened, that's for sure.

The subways usually looked more like this:

Before heading to our seats, we visited Monument Park--which is a tribute to all the Yankee legends.

The tribute to George Steinbrenner is the largest monument.  I admit that my only knowledge of him comes from watching Seinfeld.

We got first game certificates and then settled in at our seats.

The game was great!  I love how the Yankees include "God Bless America" in the typical "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" seventh inning stretch tradition.  And they play "New York, New York" at the conclusion of the game.  We are a sing-a-long, belt-it-out-with-the-crowd kind of family, so we appreciate details like that.

We're kind of a bunch of clowns, remember?  Here's proof:

We know how to have fun, that's for sure.

 We passed through Babe Ruth Plaza on the way to the subway.

We had planned on seeing the Metropolitan Museum of Art once we got back to Manhattan.  Turns out, however, that we had the closing time wrong and we were too late.  So we came up with a plan B.

Jon guided all the men plus Amy to the Financial District.  They walked down Wall St. to see the NYSE and pay a visit to the bull.

They then took the Staten Island Ferry for a nighttime view of the city and the Statue of Liberty.

The rest of us were doing this:

American Girl Place is a little girl's paradise.  It's even fun for the teenager and adults. Grandma let each of the girls pick something as a gift from her.  So much fun!

This would be our last night in New York City.  When the others returned from their downtown adventures, we stayed up late playing Scum.

It was another fantastic New York day and it was hard to see our week coming to an end.