Comments on: Oh great: Concrete tests on Yankee Stadium were faked

By: hittfamily

hittfamily — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:06:38 +0000

Wanna trade?

Rays fans

By: rcali

rcali — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:51:28 +0000

Somebody must have given them an “offer they couldn’t refuse” to fake the tests.

By: macjacmccoy

macjacmccoy — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:53:52 +0000

if you don’t know construction you shouldnt speak like you do. Its not that chunks of concrete will fall on people its that after years of stress from 1000s of people accumulating on top of concrete walkways the likelihood of that walkway collapsing rises. If your using an inferior product that likelihood rises even more. They dont arbitrarily make up these rules of checks and balances for no reason they do it after years of learning from their mistakes. Like collapses of freeway over passes, piers, decks and bridges like the one in Minneapolis a few years ago. One weak area can greatly diminish the structural integrity of an entire structure.

For someone who got all up in arms over the height of a railing or lack of a net that led to 1 mans death a few weeks ago I dont see how you can brush this away like its nothing to worry serious. There has been dozens of examples where skirting the rules like they did at Yankee stadium has led to the deaths of countless individuals not just 1 man. Im not saying that that situation wasnt serious bc it obviously was Im saying that just bc the situation at Yankee stadium hasnt led to any deaths yet doesnt make it any less serious.

If we didnt know about this and a few years from now a section of yankee stadium collapses causing 100s of people to plummet to their death or to die bc of debree falling on them and then we found out that they falsified reports about building inspections and materials the media and public outcry would be enormous. And you would be leading the charge. So why is it such a big joke now? Bc it hasnt happened yet. People should be in the business of trying to stop something before it happens than just reacting to it after it occurs.

By: bigleagues

bigleagues — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:35:27 +0000

You nailed it!

By: Bryz

Bryz — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:52:59 +0000

New Yankee Stadium: “The House That Tim ‘The Tool Man’ Taylor Built.”

Fix’d.

By: ta192

ta192 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:40:09 +0000

Ouch!

By: silverdeer

silverdeer — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:13:20 +0000

Wow! I didn’t realize that NYC hired Kwame from Detroit.

By: hank10

hank10 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:47:12 +0000

If the Yanks don’t have a Helmet Day promotion, what better time to schedule one (and soon)?

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:46:25 +0000

Waiting for Karellen. But then, aren’t we all?

By: 78mu

78mu — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:32:00 +0000

Usually problems with construction take years before showing up. Think about the Kansas City Hyatt walkway collapse or the Minneapolis bridge. We always assume these things are tested and designed properly but really all we have to rely on are the human engineers and builders.

By: Panda Claus

Panda Claus — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:06:03 +0000

If any region of the country knows its concrete, it’s right there.

Concrete worries? Fuhgedaboutit.

By: bigleagues

bigleagues — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:58:19 +0000

Norm and Bob are sticklers for specs – so the whole joke has no foundation.

By: kellyb9

kellyb9 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:53:14 +0000

A true test of strength of each stadium is a little difficult to get. The Mets aren’t good enough to fill their stadium, and Yankees fans aren’t rich enough to fill theirs… sad.

By: shea801

shea801 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:09:53 +0000

No, you have it wrong. It’s “The house that Norm built, and Bob watched after being tuckered out from lifting a hammer.”

By: b7p19

b7p19 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:08:28 +0000

Don’t you EVER insinuate that Bob Villa took short cuts!

By: sportsdrenched

sportsdrenched — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:00:52 +0000

As there isn’t a Red Sox Jersey in that concrete everything will be fine.

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:59:18 +0000

Alas, Citi Field is probably the same.

Fun.

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:42:33 +0000

Old Yankee Stadium: “The House that Ruth built.”

New Yankee Stadium: “The House that Bob Villa built.”