On Sunday, after TV replays confirmed an umpire's call, Yankees catcher Jorge Posada was credited with the 20th home run of the season — already — at new Yankee Stadium. The Elias Sports Bureau reports that no other ballpark ever has opened with such a home-run flourish. Speculation is running rampant that something funky must be happening at the Bronx's new ballpark. What might be going on?
10. Team management now encouraging fans to meet not by the giant bat, as was customary at the old Stadium, but by the giant syringe.
9. Stadium reportedly attended preseason party hosted by Jose Canseco.
8. Right-field home-run porch is actually 12 feet closer to plate than first base is.
7. What's really strange is that six of the home runs have come with those miniature bats they sell at the concession stands, four came on "air" swings and Derek Jeter just thought about hitting one and it went over the fence without The Captain in the batter's box.
6. New stadium may be only one city block away from the old one, but many do not realize that it also rests on bluff 6,000 feet above sea level.
5. Jason Giambi left the fellas a little going away present in the clubhouse.
4. Gee, wouldn't you know it? Con Edison left the giant wind turbines in the mezzanine section switched on during games.
3. This newfangled aluminum wood is working a li'l too good as the solution to the exploding maple bat problem of recent seasons.
2. Keeping players bound in a humidor between games — which violates the Basic Agreement, Bill of Rights and Geneva Conventions — no longer a viable homer deterrent.
1. Smart-aleck umpires keep handing out grapefruit-sized baseballs to Chien-Ming Wang, who doesn't notice the difference.
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