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Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It serves as the home ballpark for the New York Yankees, replacing the previous Yankee Stadium, built in 1923. The new ballpark was constructed across the street, north-northeast of the 1923 Yankee Stadium, on the former site of Macombs Dam Park. The ballpark opened April 2, 2009, when the Yankees hosted a workout day in front of fans from the Bronx community. The first game at the new Yankee Stadium was a pre-season exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs played on April 3, 2009, which the Yankees won 7–4.[4] The first regular season game was played on April 16, a 10–2 Yankee loss to the Cleveland Indians.[5][6]
Much of the stadium incorporates design elements from the previous Yankee Stadium, paying homage to the Yankees' history. Although stadium construction began in August 2006, the project of building a new stadium for the Yankees is one that spanned many years and faced many controversies. The stadium was built on what had been 24 acres (97,000 m2) of public parkland. Replacement ballfields, slated to open when the new stadium did, have not been completed. Also controversial was the price tag of $2.3 billion, including $1.2 billion in taxpayer subsidies.[7] It was the third most expensive stadium[citation needed] after Wembley Stadium in London and New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[citation needed]
Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Planning
1.2 Construction
1.3 Financing
2 Features
2.1 Design and layout
2.2 Field dimensions and playing surface
2.2.1 Comparison with the 1923 Stadium
2.3 Amenities and facilities
3 Accessibility and transportation
4 Public opinion
4.1 Opening and public perception
5 Yankee Stadium firsts
6 Other events
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
[edit] History
[edit] Planning
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner began campaigning for the building of a new stadium in the 1980s, even alleging unsafe conditions around the original Yankee Stadium despite the possibility that such statements could discourage attendance at his own team's games. Yankees ownership allegedly planned to move the team across the Hudson River to New Jersey. The Yankees also considered moving to the West Side of Manhattan, which was where the proposed West Side Stadium would later be considered for the New York Jets.[8][9]
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani had already been instrumental in the construction of taxpayer-funded minor league baseball facilities MCU Park for the Mets' minor league Brooklyn Cyclones and Richmond County Bank Ballpark for the Staten Island Yankees. Shortly before leaving office in December 2001, he announced "tentative agreements" for both the New York Yankees and New York Mets to build new stadiums. Of $1.5 billion sought for the stadiums, city and state taxpayers would pick up half the tab for construction, $800 million, along with $390 million on extra transportation.[10] The plan also said that the teams would be allowed to keep all parking revenues, which state officials had already said they wanted to keep to compensate the state for building new garages for the teams.[11] The teams would keep 96% of ticket revenues and 100% of all other revenues, not pay sales tax or property tax on the stadium, and would get low-cost electricity from the state of New York.[11] Business officials criticized the plan as giving too much money to successful teams with little reason to move to a different city.[11]
Michael Bloomberg, who succeeded Giuliani as mayor in 2002, called the former mayor's agreements "corporate welfare" and exercised the escape clause in the agreements to back out of both deals, saying that the city could not afford to build new stadiums for the Yankees and Mets. Bloomberg said that unbeknownst to him, Giuliani had inserted a clause in this deal which loosened the teams' leases with the city and would allow the Yankees and Mets to leave the city on 60 days' notice to find a new home elsewhere if the city backed out of the agreement.[10][11] At the time, Bloomberg said that publicly funded stadiums were a poor investment. Under Bloomberg, the New York City government would only offer public financing for infrastructure improvements; the teams would have to pay for the stadium themselves.
The proposal for the current stadium was unveiled by the Yankees in 2004. The team scrapped plans to build a retractable roof, saving $200 million in construction costs.[12]
[edit] Construction
The stadium under construction in 2007 (top), and the completed venue next to the remains of the former facility in 2010 (bottom)Groundbreaking ceremonies for the stadium took place on August 16, 2006, the 58th anniversary of Babe Ruth's death, with Steinbrenner, Bloomberg and then-Governor of New York George Pataki among the notables donning Yankees hard hats and wielding ceremonial shovels to mark the occasion.[13][14] The Yankees continued to play in the previous Yankee Stadium during the 2007 and 2008 seasons while their new home stadium was built across the street.
During construction of the stadium, a construction worker and avid Boston Red Sox fan, buried a replica jersey of Red Sox player David Ortiz underneath the visitors' dugout with the objective of placing a "hex" on the Yankees, much like the "Curse of the Bambino" that had plagued the Red Sox long after trading Ruth to the Yankees. After the worker was exposed by co-workers, he was forced to help exhume the jersey.[15] The Yankees organization then donated the retrieved jersey to the Jimmy Fund, a charity started in 1948 by the Red Sox' National League rivals, the Boston Braves, but long championed by the Red Sox and particularly associated with Ted Williams.[16][17] The worker has since claimed to have buried a 2004 American League Championship Series program/scorecard, but has not said where he placed it.[18] These attempts did not work; the Yankees won the World Series in their first year in the new stadium.[19]
[edit] Financing
$1.5 million of New York state tax revenue will be used to build parking garages (as authorized by the State Legislature). The parking garage project would cost $320 million. City and state taxpayers will forgo up to $7.5 million annually in lost taxes resulting from the sale of $225 million in tax-exempt bonds authorized on October 9, 2007, by the New York City Industrial Development Agency (administered by the New York City Economic Development Corporation) to finance construction and renovation of the parking garages.[20][21] However, if the parking revenues are not enough to pay a reported $3.2 million land lease to the city, the entity that will operate the parking garages and collect revenue will be able to defer that payment.[22]
[edit] Features
The new stadium is meant to be very similar in design to the original Yankee Stadium, both in its original 1923 state and its post-renovation state in 1976. The exterior resembles the original look of the 1923 Yankee Stadium. The interior, a modern ballpark with greater space and increased amenities, features a playing field that closely resembles the previous ballpark before its closing. The stadium features 4,300 club seats and 68 luxury suites.
[edit] Design and layout
The Indiana limestone exterior, shown at Gate 4, mirrors the exterior of the original Yankee Stadium in 1923.The stadium was designed by the architect firm Populous (formerly HOK Sport). The exterior was made from 11,000 pieces of Indiana limestone, along with granite and pre-cast concrete.[23] The design closely mirrors the exterior of the original Yankee Stadium when it first opened in 1923.[23] The exterior features the building's name V-cut and gold-leaf lettered above each gate.[23] The interior of the stadium is adorned with hundreds of photographs capturing the history of the Yankees. The New York Daily News newspaper partnered with the Yankees for the exhibition "The Glory of the Yankees Photo Collection", which was selected from the Daily News' collection of over 2,000 photographs.[24] Sports & The Arts was hired by the Yankees to curate the nearly 1,300 photographs that adorn the building from sources including the Daily News, Getty Images, the Baseball Hall of Fame and Major League Baseball.
The seats are laid out similar to the original stadium's stands, with grandstand seating that stretches beyond the foul poles, as well as bleacher seats beyond the outfield fences. The Field Level and Main Level comprise the lower bowl, with suites on the H&R Block Level, and the Upper Level and Grandstand Level comprising the upper bowl.[25] Approximately two-thirds of the stadium's seating is in the lower bowl, the inverse from the original Yankee Stadium.[25] Approximately 51,000 fans can be seated, with a standing room capacity of 52,325.[26] The new stadium's seating is spaced outward in a bowl, unlike the stacked-tiers design at the old stadium. This design places most fans farther back but lower to the field, by about an average of 30 feet (9.1 m). Over 56 suites are located within the ballpark, triple the amount from the previous stadium.[23] Seats are 19–24 inches (48–61 cm) wide, up from the previous stadium's 18–22-inch (46–56 cm) wide seats, while there is 33–39 inches (84–99 cm) of leg room, up from 29.5 inches (75 cm) of leg room in the previous stadium.[25] Many lower level seats are cushioned, while all seats are equipped with cupholders.[25] To allow for the extra seating space, the stadium's capacity is reduced by more than 4,000 seats in comparison to the previous stadium.[25]
The frieze that lined the roof of the original Yankee Stadium from 1923-1973 is replicated in its original location.Many design elements of the ballpark's interior are inspired by the original Yankee Stadium. The roof of the new facility features a replica of the frieze that was a trademark of the previous ballpark.[25] In the original Yankee Stadium, a copper frieze originally lined the roof of the upper deck stands, but it was torn down during the 1974–75 renovations and replicated atop the wall beyond the bleachers.[25] The new stadium replicates the frieze in its original location along the upper deck stands.[25] Made of steel coated with zinc for rust protection, it is part of the support system for the cantilevers holding up the top deck and the lighting on the roof.[27] The wall beyond the bleacher seats is "cut out" to reveal the subway trains as they pass by, like they were in the original facility. A manually-operated auxiliary scoreboard is built into the left and right field fences, in the same locations it existed in the pre-renovation iteration of the original Yankee Stadium.[25]
The Great Hall is situated along the southern front of the stadium.Between the exterior perimeter wall and interior of the stadium is the "Great Hall", a large concourse that runs between Gates 4 and 6.[28] With seven-story ceilings, the Great Hall features more than 31,000 square feet (2,900 m2) of retail space and is lined with 20 banners of past and present Yankees superstars.[28] The Great Hall features a 5-by-383-foot (1.5 by 117 m) LED (light-emitting diode) ribbon display as well as a 25' by 36' LED video display above the entrance to the ballpark from Daktronics, a company in ‹See Tfd›Brookings, South Dakota.[28] [28]
Monument Park, which features the Yankees' retired numbers, as well as monuments and plaques dedicated to distinguished Yankees, has been moved from its location beyond the left field fences in the original Yankee Stadium to its new location beyond the center field fences at the new facility. The newly relocated Monument Park is now situated under the sports bar, this choice of location has drawn criticism as the many monuments are underneath the sports bar and not as in the open as in the previous Yankee Stadium. Fueling this criticism has been the advent of black shades that cover monuments on the back wall during games to prevent interference with the vision of the batter.[29] The new location of the monuments is meant to mirror their original placement in center field at the original pre-renovation Yankee Stadium, albeit when they were on the playing field. The transfer of Monument Park from the old stadium to the new stadium began on November 10, 2008.[30] The first monuments were put in place on February 23, 2009.[31] Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera requested that the Yankees reposition the team's bullpen, as well as add a door to connect the Yankees' bullpen to Monument Park, in order to allow access to it by Yankee relievers. The organization complied with his request.[23][32]
[edit] Field dimensions and playing surface
The view from the Grandstand Level (400 Level).The field dimensions for the outfield fences have the same distance markers as the original facility prior to closing yet the dimensions are not identical.[33] Due to the design of the right-field stands and the inclusion of an embedded manual scoreboard, the right-field wall is an average of 5 feet (1.5 m) closer to home plate.[34] Overall, the fences measure 318 feet (97 m) to left field, 399 feet (122 m) to left-center field, 408 feet (124 m) to center field, 385 feet (117 m) to right-center field, and 314 to right field.[25][26] At the old Yankee Stadium, the right field wall curved from the right-field corner to straightaway center, while at the new ballpark the fence takes a sharp, almost entirely straight angle.[34] This results in a difference at certain points between the right field markers of as much as 9 feet (2.7 m).[34] The dimensions in left field are substantially the same despite the presence of an embedded auxiliary scoreboard there as well.[34]
The outfield fences measure 8 feet 5 inches (2.57 m) high from the left-field foul pole until the Yankees' bullpen, when the fences begin to gradually descend in height until the right field foul pole, where they are only 8 feet (2.4 m) tall.[25] This also marks a decrease from the previous Yankee Stadium, where the outfield walls stood at a height of approximately 10 feet (3.0 m).[33] The distance from home plate to the backstop is 52 feet 4 inches (15.95 m), a reduction of 20 feet (6.1 m) from the previous facility.[26] The field is made up of Kentucky bluegrass, the same surface as the previous stadium, which is grown on a 1,300 acres (530 ha) farm in Bridgeton, New Jersey. The grass is equipped with a drainage system (featuring over 14,000 feet (4,300 m) of pipe) that makes the field playable an hour after taking 2 inches (51 mm) of rain.[25]
[edit] Comparison with the 1923 Stadium
Characteristic Old Stadium [as of 2008] New Stadium
Opening Day April 18, 1923 April 16, 2009
Capacity 56,866 52,325 [35](including standing room)
Seat width 18 inches (46 cm)–22 inches (56 cm) 19 inches (48 cm)–24 inches (61 cm)
Legroom 29.5 inches (75 cm) 33 inches (84 cm)–39 inches (99 cm)
Concourse width (average) 17 feet (5.2 m) 32 feet (9.8 m)
Cup holders Select Field Level Seating For every seat in General Seating
Luxury suites 19 56
Club Seats N/A 4,300
Team stores 6,800 square feet (630 m2) 11,560 square feet (1,074 m2)
Restroom fixture ratio 1 per 89 fans 1 per 60 fans
Public elevators
(passenger lifts) 3
(Otis Traction) 16
(KONE Traction)
Video scoreboard 25 feet (7.6 m) by 33 feet (10 m)
(Standard Definition LED) 59 feet (18 m) by 101 feet (31 m)
(High Definition LED)
Distance from Home Plate to:
Backstop 72 feet 4 inches (22 m) 52 feet 4 inches (16 m)
Left Field 318 feet (97 m)
Left Center 399 feet (122 m)
Center Field 408 feet (124 m)
Right Center 385 feet (117 m)
Right Field 314 feet (96 m)
Sources: The New York Yankees [26] and Andrew Clem [36]
[edit] Amenities and facilities
A signature by Babe Ruth is one of many autographs in the "ball wall", the centerpiece of the Yankee Museum.Yankee Stadium features a wide array of amenities. It contains 63 percent more space, 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) more in total, than the previous stadium, with wider concourses and open sight lines on concourses.[23] Along with 227 miles (365 km) of wired Ethernet cable, the building has sufficient fiber-optic cable wiring that Cisco Vice President and Treasurer David Holland calls the building "future proof".[23] Over 1,100 high-definition video monitors are placed within the stadium and approximately $10 million worth of baseball merchandise is housed within the ballpark.[23]
The center field scoreboard, which measures 59 x 101 feet (31 m) and offers 5,925 square feet (550.5 m2) of viewing area, was the third-largest high definition scoreboard in the world when it opened (behind the 8,736-square-foot (811.6 m2) board at newly renovated Kauffman Stadium and the new 8,066-square-foot (749.4 m2) board at the renovated Tokyo Racecourse).[37] Since then, it has also been surpassed by the world's largest scoreboard at the new Cowboys Stadium.[38] Displaying 5,925 ft (1,806 m)² of video, the scoreboard can display four 1080p high definition images simultaneously.[25]
The Yankees clubhouse features 30,000 ft (9,100 m)² of space, over 2.5 times the space of the clubhouse from the previous facility.[39] The dressing area alone features 3,344 ft (1,019 m)² of space, with each locker equipped with a safety deposit box and touch-screen computer.[39] The Yankees clubhouse features a weight room, training room, video room, and lounge area, while both teams' clubhouses have their own indoor batting cages.[39] The Yankees' therapy room features a hydrotherapy pool with an underwater treadmill.[39] The Yankees are believed to be the first team to chemically treat their uniforms, as well as the showering surfaces with an anti-bacterial agent that reduces the risk of infection.[39]
The Yankees Museum, located on the lower level at Gate 6, displays a wide range of Yankees' memorabilia.[40] A "Ball Wall" features hundreds of balls autographed by past and present Yankees, and there are plans to eventually add autographs for every living player who has played for the Yankees.[40] The centerpiece of the museum is a tribute to Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, with a commemorative home plate in the floor and statues of Larsen pitching to Yogi Berra.[40] Along with a facsimile of a current locker from the Yankees' clubhouse, fans can view the locker of the late Thurman Munson, which sat unoccupied in the previous stadium's Yankee clubhouse in honor of Munson.[40]
The ballpark offers a wide choice of restaurants. There are 25 fixed concessions stands, along with 112 moveable ones.[28] A Hard Rock Cafe is located within the ballpark, but it is open to anyone at the 161 St. and River Ave. entrance year round.[28] The Hard Rock Cafe at Yankee Stadium officially opened on March 30, 2009, and an opening ceremony took place on April 2, 2009.[41] A steakhouse called NYY Steak is located beyond right field.[28] Celebrity chefs will occasionally make appearances at the ballpark's restaurants and help prepare food for fans in premium seating over the course of the season.[28] Above Monument Park in center field is the Mohegan Sun sports bar, whose tinted black glass acts as the ballpark's batter's eye. The sports bar obstructs the view of approximately 600 bleacher seats in the right and left field bleachers, preventing fans from seeing the action occurring deep in the opposite side of the outfield. In response, the Yankees installed TV monitors on the sides of the sports bar's outer walls, and have reduced the price of these obstructed-view seats from $12 to $5.[42][43]
[edit] Accessibility and transportation
The stadium is serviced via subway by the 161st Street station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line (top) (as well as the IND Concourse Line; not shown) and via railroad by the East 153rd Street Metro North station (bottom)The stadium is reachable via the 161st Street – Yankee Stadium station complex, the same that served the old Yankee Stadium, by the 4 B D trains of the New York City Subway. It is also served by the Yankees - East 153rd Street (Metro-North station), which opened on May 23, 2009,[44] which routinely features Hudson Line train service, but on game days, Harlem Line and New Haven Line trains as well as shuttle trains from Grand Central Terminal also platform there. The stadium is also served by multiple bus lines. On game days, NY Waterway operates the "Yankee Clipper" ferry route stopping at Port Imperial (Weehawken) and Hoboken in New Jersey and West 38th Street, the Wall Street Ferry Pier, and East 34th Street in Manhattan, and New York Water Taxi operates a free ferry to the stadium from the Wall Street Ferry Pier before every game only. For selected games, SeaStreak provides high-speed ferry service to Highlands, New Jersey.
Yankee Stadium is accessible by car via the Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87), with connections to Interstate 95, Interstate 278 and other major thoroughfares. Aside from existing parking lots and garages serving the stadium, construction for additional parking garages is planned. The New York State Legislature agreed to $70 million in subsidies for a $320 million parking garage project. On October 9, 2007, the New York City Industrial Development Agency approved $225 million in tax-exempt bonds to finance construction of three new parking garages that will have 3,600 new parking spaces, and renovation of the existing 5,569 parking spaces nearby.[45] Plans initially called for a fourth new garage, but this was eliminated before the final approval. The garages will be built (and renovated) by the Community Initiatives Development Corporation of Hudson, N.Y., a nonprofit entity that will use the parking revenue to repay the bonds and pay a $3 million yearly land lease to the City of New York. Parking is expected to cost $25 per game.[45]
[edit] Public opinion
[edit] Opening and public perception
Four F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 174th Fighter Wing fly over the "New" Yankee Stadium on Opening DayAlthough Yankee Stadium has been praised for its amenities and its usage of "classic" design elements from the original facility, the new stadium has been widely criticized for fan-unfriendly practices.[46][47] Seats within the first eight rows in the lower bowl, called the "Legends Suite", rank among the highest priced tickets in professional sports, with the average ticket in the section selling for $510 and the most expensive single game-day ticket costing $2,600.[46] Legends Suite Seats have been regularly empty, with many ticket holders in this section having given up their tickets, and others remaining unsold, despite most other seats in the ballpark selling out. This has created an "embarrassing" image on television of the seats behind home plate being almost completely vacant.[46] Consequently, a surplus of tickets for Legends Seats have emerged in the secondary market, and with supply exceeding demand, resale prices have dropped. Empty seats in the Legends Suite could even be seen during the 2009 playoffs, including World Series games. Even though all playoff games have been sellouts, Legends Suite ticket holders are in the lounges and the restaurant underneath instead of their seats.[48][49]
Legends Suite seats are also separate from the other lower bowl seating and are vigorously patrolled by stadium security, with the divider being described as a "concrete moat".[46][47] Fans that do not have tickets within this premium section in the front rows are not allowed to access it or stand behind the dugouts during batting practice to watch players hit and request autographs.[46][47]
The Yankee Stadium staff was also criticized for an incident during a May 4, 2009 game, which was interrupted by a rain delay.[50] Fans were told by some staff members that the game was unlikely to resume and consequently, many fans exited the stadium, only for the game to eventually resume play.[50] The fans that left the ballpark were not permitted to re-enter, per the stadium's re-entry policy, and many subsequently got into arguments with stadium personnel.[50] In response to the backlash the Yankees received for the incident, the staff members were required to sign a gag order preventing them from speaking to media, but they did indicate that communication for rain delays would be improved.[50]
After less than a season, cracks have appeared on the concrete ramps of the Stadium. The Yankees are trying to determine whether there was something wrong with the cement, or the ramps' installation or design. The company involved in designing the concrete mix were indicted on charges that they either faked or failed to perform some required tests and falsified the results of others.[51]
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In 2009, the stadium was criticized for its propensity for allowing home runs. In its opening season, 237 home runs were hit.Yankee Stadium has quickly acquired a reputation as a "bandbox" and a "launching pad" due to the high number of home runs hit at the new ballpark.[52][53][54][55][56][57] Through its first 23 games, 87 home runs were hit at the venue, easily besting Enron Field's (now called Minute Maid Park) previous record set in 2000.[58] Early in the season, Yankee Stadium was on pace to break Coors Field's 1999 single-season record of 303 home runs allowed, and the hometown New York Daily News newspaper started publishing a daily graphic comparing each stadium's home run totals through a similar number of games.
ESPN commentator Peter Gammons has denounced the new facility as "one of the biggest jokes in baseball" and concludes that "[it] was not a very well-planned ballpark."[54] Likewise, Gammons' ESPN colleague Buster Olney has described the stadium as being "on steroids" and likened it to his childhood Wiffle-ball park.[52][59] Newsday columnist Wallace Matthews joined in the criticism, labeling the stadium "ridiculous" and decrying its cheapening of the home run.[53] Former Yankee Reggie Jackson termed the park "too small" to contain current player Alex Rodriguez and suggested it might enable the third baseman to hit 75 home runs in a season.[53]
A variety of theories have been posited to account for the dramatic increase in home runs at the new Yankee Stadium over the original stadium, foremost among these the sharper angles of the outfield walls[34] and the speculated presence of a wind tunnel.[52] During construction of the new ballpark, engineers commissioned a wind study, the results of which indicated there would be no noticeable difference between the two stadiums.[60] The franchise is planning to conduct a second study, but Major League rules prohibit it from making any changes to the playing field until the off-season.[60]
An independent study by the weather service provider AccuWeather in June 2009 concluded that the shape and height of the right field wall, rather than the wind, is responsible for the proliferation of home runs at the stadium.[61] AccuWeather's analysis found that roughly 20% of the home runs hit at the new ballpark would not have been home runs at the old ballpark due to the gentle curve of its right field corner, and its 10-foot (3.0 m) wall height.[61] Nothing was observed in wind speeds and patterns that would account for the increase.[61]
The number of home runs hit at the new stadium slowed significantly as the season progressed,[62] but a new single-season record for most home runs hit at a Yankee home ballpark was nonetheless set in the Yankees' 73rd home game of 2009 when Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hit the 216th home run of the season at the venue, surpassing the previous record of 215 set at the original Yankee Stadium in 2005.[63]
In 2010, the rate of home runs were markedly less as of May 15, 2010, with 35 home runs hit in 14 games for 2.5 per game (a projection of 205 - in 2009, the stadium was at 2.93 per game for a total of 237.) Several reasons were given for the sudden dropoff in home runs, including a lower April 2010 temperature (56 degrees in comparison with 63 the previous year), slower winds, poor pitching, a change in direction in winds,[64] as well as removal of the original Yankee Stadium and the effect this has had on wind currents.[citation needed] ESPN suggested the prolific home run totals of 2009 were a fluke.[64]
[edit] Yankee Stadium firsts
Logo for the inaugural season at the Stadium.Before the official Opening Day against the Cleveland Indians April 16, 2009, the Yankees hosted a two-game exhibition series at the Stadium in early April against the Chicago Cubs.[5] Grady Sizemore of the Indians was the first player to hit a grand slam off of Yankee pitcher Dámaso Marte. The Indians and 2008 Cy Young Award winner, Cliff Lee, spoiled the opening of the new stadium by winning 10-2. Before the Yankees went to bat for the first time, the bat that Babe Ruth used to hit his first home run at the old Yankee Stadium in 1923 was placed momentarily on home plate.[65] Jorge Posada hit the first Yankee home run in the new ballpark hitting his off Lee in the same game. Russell Branyan, while playing for the Seattle Mariners, was the first player to hit a home run off of the Mohegan Sun Restaurant in center field. Like its predecessor, the new Yankee Stadium hosted the World Series in its very first season; in the 2009 World Series, the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 2. It also became the latest stadium to host a World Series-clinching victory by its home team in the venue's first season (after the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series at Busch Stadium in 2006), when, on November 4, 2009, the Yankees won their 27th World Series championship against the Phillies. The Yankees are the only team to inaugurate two stadiums with World Series wins and also appeared in the 1976 World Series following the refurbishment of the original Yankee Stadium.
Statistic Exhibition Regular season Postseason
First game April 3, 2009
Yankees 7, Cubs 4 April 16, 2009
Indians 10, Yankees 2 October 7, 2009
Yankees 7, Twins 2
Ceremonial First Pitch Reggie Jackson Yogi Berra Eric T. Olson
First Pitch Chien-Ming Wang CC Sabathia CC Sabathia
First Batter Aaron Miles (Cubs) Grady Sizemore (Indians) Denard Span (Twins)
First Hit Aaron Miles (Cubs) Johnny Damon Denard Span (Twins)
First Yankees Hit Derek Jeter Johnny Damon Derek Jeter
First Home Run Robinson Cano Jorge Posada Derek Jeter
First Win Chien-Ming Wang Cliff Lee (Indians) CC Sabathia
First Save Jonathan Albaladejo Mariano Rivera (4/17) Mariano Rivera
[edit] Other events
Football configuration for new Yankee Stadium.The first ever non-baseball event at the Stadium took place on April 25, 2009, with pastor and televangelist Joel Osteen holding a “Historic Night of Hope” prayer service.[66]
A New York University graduation ceremony took place on May 13, 2009 with the address being delivered by U.S. Secretary of State and former New York Senator Hillary Clinton. The 2010 NYU ceremony featured alumnus Alec Baldwin as a speaker.[67]
The promotional tour for the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight began with an event at Yankee Stadium on September 10, 2009.
On June 5, 2010, Yuri Foreman fought Cotto in the first boxing match in The Bronx since 1976. The fight was referred to as the "Stadium Slugfest." Cotto defeated Foreman with a TKO in the ninth round.[68]
The Army Black Knights will play a college football game at Yankee Stadium against The Notre Dame Fighting Irish on November 20, 2010. This will mark the two teams' first meeting in the Bronx since 1969.[69] Also, Army will play Air Force, Rutgers, and Boston College in 2011, 2012, and 2014 respectively at Yankee Stadium.
Yankee Stadium will also host the newly-created Pinstripe Bowl, an annual college football bowl game that will pit the third-place team from the Big East against the seventh-place team from the Big 12. Organizers plan to hold the inaugural game December 30, 2010.[70]
The Yankees were in discussions with the National Hockey League to have Yankee Stadium host the 2011 NHL Winter Classic. However, the NHL chose Heinz Field as the host. The stadium was a candidate to host the 2010 NHL Winter Classic before it was awarded to Boston's Fenway Park.[71]
Rappers Jay-Z and Eminem performed the first concert at Yankee Stadium on September 13, 2010.[72]
[edit] See also
Citi Field, a new baseball stadium for the New York Mets (National League) also opened in 2009, replacing the Mets' previous home Shea Stadium in northern Queens (New York City).
Barclays Center, an arena for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association to be built by and over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Atlantic Avenue railyards in northwestern Brooklyn (New York City) currently under construction.
New Meadowlands Stadium, a new football stadium for the New York Giants and the New York Jets of the National Football League which replaced Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey that opened in 2010.
Red Bull Arena, a new stadium for the Major League Soccer team New York Red Bulls that opened in 2010, replacing the team's previous home, Giants Stadium.
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Robert “Bob” Metcalfe ’69, an MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) research affiliate and MIT Corporation life member emeritus, has been awarded the 2022 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award for his invention of Ethernet. Often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of computing,” the award comes with a $1 million prize provided by Google.
Metcalfe, the founder of 3Com Corp., the company that designed, developed, and manufactured computer networking equipment and software, was cited by the ACM for the “invention, standardization, and commercialization of Ethernet,” one of the earliest and most extensively utilized networking technologies. 3Com, Metcalfe's Silicon Valley startup founded in 1979, helped to increase the commercial viability of Ethernet by selling network software, Ethernet transceivers, and Ethernet cards for minicomputers and workstations. 3Com introduced one of the first Ethernet interfaces for IBM PCs and their clones when IBM launched its personal computer.
A current research affiliate in computational engineering at MIT, Metcalfe is also an emeritus professor of electrical and computer engineering after 11 years at The University of Texas at Austin. Metcalfe graduated from MIT in 1969 with bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and industrial management.
“Bob’s work has profoundly impacted computer science and the world, which cannot be overstated,” says Daniela Rus, director of CSAIL and the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). “With the invention of Ethernet, he enabled seamless communication and information sharing, paving the way for countless applications that have become integral to our daily lives. From the internet to online video streaming and beyond, Ethernet has formed the foundation of modern technology and transformed how we connect. It's hard to fathom life without the connectivity that Ethernet has made possible.”
Ethernet, commence
Metcalfe’s renowned 1973 memo on a “broadcast communication network” proposed linking the first personal computers, PARC's Altos, in a single building, which paved a way for the devices to talk to each other and share information in a local area network. The first Ethernet clocked in at 2.94 megabits per second, approximately 10,000 times faster than the terminal networks it replaced. The memo suggested that the network should be adaptable to new technologies such as optical fiber, twisted pair, Wi-Fi, and power networks and to swap out the original coaxial cable as the primary means of communication to “over an ether.” The contribution was later immortalized in their 1976 Communications of the ACM article, “Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks.”
But what came before Ethernet? Metcalfe likes to call it some version of luck. “My first task at Xerox was to put it on the ARPANET, which I had already done for Project MAC. I built the necessary hardware and software and Xerox got it connected. Later, the Computer Science Lab at Xerox PARC aimed to create the first modern personal computer and have one on every desk — imagine that,” he says. “So they asked me to design a network for this purpose. I was given a card with 60 chips for the network. That was the second-biggest stroke of luck in my life. The first one was being born to my parents.”
Metcalfe was not alone in pursuing efficient network communication; he connected as well with David Boggs, the co-inventor of Ethernet, who passed away last year. Metcalfe and Boggs set out to avoid using wires, an idea that was short-lived. “We went to a place that had packet radio network at the University of Hawaii and saw immediately that we couldn't have zero wires. The radios were just too big and expensive and slow. We'd have to have more than zero wires, so we decided to have one. And this one wire would be shared among the attached PCs.”
Making things standard
Metcalfe and Boggs cooked up a recipe of Jerrold taps, Manchester encoding, and ALOHA randomized retransmissions to bring Ethernet to life. The first would puncture the coaxial cable and attach to the semiconductor without cutting the cable. Manchester encoding allowed the clock to be in the packet. Finally, ALOHA randomized retransmissions allowed for turn-taking. The two then built and attached many stations to the Ethernet and wrote network protocols to use it.
“We had to make Ethernet standard. I served as the so-called 'marriage broker' connecting Digital Equipment Corporation, then the second-largest computer company in the world, and Intel Corporation, a brand new semiconductor company, and Xerox Corporation, a large systems vendor,” says Metcalfe. “We created the DIX Ethernet standard and submitted it to the IEEE. A couple of painful years later, it got standardized. Then a big fight ensued between the Ethernet companies and IBM and General Motors, a three-way battle. General Motors lost quickly, and IBM hung on for 20 years. All of them wanted their technology to be the standard everybody used to connect computers. Ethernet won.”
Today, Ethernet is the main conduit of wired network communications worldwide, handling data rates from 10 megabits per second to 400 gigabits per second (Gbps), with 800 Gbps and 1.6 terabits per second technologies emerging. As a result, Ethernet has also become an enormous market, with revenue from Ethernet switches alone exceeding $30 billion in 2021, according to the International Data Corp.
Life at MIT
MIT has long been a second home to Metcalfe, where he could not stay away for long.
From 1970 to 1972, he worked on putting MIT on the ARPANET in J.C.R. Licklider's dynamic modeling systems group. “This was all on the ninth floor of Tech Square — where everything interesting in the world was happening” says Metcalfe. “I returned to MIT in 1979, after I left Xerox, and became a consultant to Michael Dertouzos. I was peddling Ethernet, and Mike's people were peddling something called a 'token ring.' He and I were on opposite sides of a big argument. He was pro-token ring, and I was pro-Ethernet. Dertouzos wanted me to join that fight, which I did through most of 1979, during which I founded the 3Com Corporation while at LCS.”
Metcalfe has been a member of the MIT Corporation since 1992. In 1997-98 he served as president of the MIT Alumni Association. He served as MIT Visiting Innovation Fellow with the Innovation Initiative and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science during the 2015-16 academic year, during which he mentored students on all things entrepreneurship. In 2022, Metcalfe joined CSAIL as a research affiliate to pursue research in computational engineering.
“Ethernet is the foundational technology of the internet, which supports more than 5 billion users and enables much of modern life,” says Jeff Dean, Google Senior Fellow and senior vice president of Google Research and AI, in the official ACM announcement. “Today, with an estimated 7 billion ports around the globe, Ethernet is so ubiquitous that we take it for granted. However, it's easy to forget that our interconnected world would not be the same without Bob Metcalfe's invention and his enduring vision that every computer must be networked.”
Past Turing Award recipients who have taught at MIT include Sir Tim Berners-Lee (2017), Michael Stonebraker (2014), Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali (2013), Barbara Liskov (2008), Ronald Rivest (2002), Butler Lampson (1992), Fernando Corbato (1990), John McCarthy (1971) and Marvin Minsky (1969).
Metcalfe will be formally presented with the A.M. Turing Award at the annual ACM Awards Banquet, held this year on June 10 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
iss064e057956 (April 13, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Victor Glover routes new Gigabit Ethernet cables inside the International Space Station's Harmony module.
I really like my backlit keyboard shot I did for the '5' theme an would ideally have used that shot but I challenged myself to find something different. I think this shot is ok, I still prefer the backlit keyboard but this a good as well. I do like the reflections of the green and orange lights and the overall blue hue.
This is a working prototype of an analog meter showing the number of my unread items in Google Reader on a scale of 0 to ~500. It updates every minute, so it's fun to see the needle drop as I scroll through Google Reader, marking the items as read.
I have a web server that's doing most of the heavy lifting, i.e. logging into my Google Account and parsing the data that Google's servers return. The Arduino and Ethernet Shield just poll my web server for the value to display on the panel meter. That way, I can easily reconfigure the server in order to have the meter display different types of values.
Learn how to make this meter here: vimeo.com/15312319
While installing an ethernet cable under the floorboards of my house, I noticed this Victorian bell crank and wires in a far corner. The space between the earth floor and the suspended downstairs floorboards is cramped and dirty, but I was able to crawl over and recover the crank.
On the Apple IIGS. Accelerated 8MHz (ZipGS) Apple IIGS w/ 5.25MB RAM, ethernet, CFFA3000 floppy/HD emu. Terminal prog = Spectrum.
There was once a time when Ethernet had two flavours: Thick and thin Ethernet.
These three parts belong to the thin Ethernet party. They are two terminators with 50 Ohm resistance and the T shaped connector to put in a computer into the loop. You had to be careful not to unplug any wire, as it would terminate all traffic on this specific section.
The shot is focus stacked from 7 shots.
Thanks to Martijn Boer for providing this chip!
Datasheet: datasheetspdf.com/pdf-file/638829/Realtek/RTL8186/1
This is the controller from a WiFi/Ethernet access point. It has an embedded Lexra LX5280 32-bit RISC CPU.
I was surprised by the colors this one gave off under side illumination, so I decided to use that rather than the matealurgical light source.
Panorama Y Axis: 6 Images
Panorama X Axis: 10 Images
Light Source: LEDs on side of objective (2 at 90degrees offset)
DIC: No
Microscope Objective: 5X
Stitching Software: PTGui
Other Software: Gimp for scaling and cropping.
This is an Intel HL82571EB dual port Ethernet controller from a Sun Fire X4150 server. This uses 90nm lithography and was released in 2005. This chip only supports two 1 gigabit Ethernet ports, but the board has 4. It turns out the IO controller hub (another chip on the board) can also handle an additional pair of Ethernet ports on it's own. This chip was hidden under the small heat sink on the right side of the main board.
Stitching this chip was a nightmare on the normal software I use and this was the final straw for me to finally buy a PTGui license. It handled it much better than the other tools I've used previously.
Prepared by shaving away the metal layers using utility razor blades and washing away removed metal with water to prevent scratches.
Camera: SONY A6000
Panorama Y Axis: 6 Images
Panorama X Axis: 12 Images
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1.3"
Light Source: LEDs on side of objective (2 at 90degrees offset)
DIC: No
Microscope Objective: 5X
Stitching Software: PTGui 12.13
Other Software: Gimp for cropping and scaling.
Image Type: PNG (Scaled down from 24104x17860px)
I thought I was doing macro with chicklets and then I read about John Dohrn. No way, things could get way more macro. Ok, so I rummaged under my desk and found a 30 year old Pentax Asahi 1.8/55. Flipped it around and used electrical tape to hold it on the front of my super zoom (2.8-3.7/35-420mm). Ok, now I needed a subject. Scouring the house I found a dead fly but it didn't look so photogenic. I found a couple things with detail including this very old ethernet card.
It was lit with flash left and above on 1/4 power through several layers of white fabric and and desklamp with daylight bulb overhead. Main lens stopped to f11 and zoomed to 420mm, the adjunct lens wide open and focused short. Focused manually with the main lens. It is amazing trying focus and work with a sub-millimeter depth of field.
In this one the outer lens wasn't open all the way so got some vignetting.
My white 13" Apple Macbook laptop computer.
pictured (left to right): MagSafe AC power connector, ethernet port, Mini-DVI port, FireWire 400 port, two USB 2.0 ports, optical digital audio input/analog line in, optical digital audio output/analog headphone jack, and security slot
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specs:
13.3" TFT glossy widescreen display (1280 x 800 resolution)
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
2 GB of RAM (DDR2)
160 GB hard drive (5,400 rpm)
Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor (144 MB shared RAM)
built-in iSight video camera
slot-loading 8x SuperDrive (DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, CD-R, CD-RW)
FireWire 400 (1 port)
USB 2.0 (2 ports)
Mini-DVI port
10/100/1000BASE-T ethernet port
built-in AirPort Extreme wi-fi wireless networking (802.11g/n)
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
optical digital audio input/analog audio line in
optical digital audio output/analog headphone out
built-in stereo speakers
meets Energy Star requirements
size: 12.78" x 8.92" x 1.08"
weight: 5.0 pounds
Another old friend brought out into daylight for the Macro Mondays theme Technology.
Here we have an ethernet card. There is not much to it, other than that it was quite inexpensive yet Linux compatible. I used to build my computers and to my delight this card was available pretty much everywhere. I always had one extra in my hardware box.
To my fellow Americans: Happy Memorial Day.
After 3 days of cleaning... compare with the original here: www.flickr.com/photos/documentingtrees/131547704/
Today I made some changes in my bedroom which is also my studying place. So, I had to shorten my Ethernet wire which means I had to make a new connection. Eight little wires had to go into this little plastic piece!
Job well done.
Available before too long, my spies tell me. Uses a tftp server to allow arduino code upload.
Look closely at the board and you'll see that's a Wiznet W5100. Read more about the work that started this effort at code.rancidbacon.com/Netduino
Come and have a look at it in the pub tonight: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/582860/
Shopping List:
Grounding mat w/ cable and alligator clip
Ethernet to USB adapter, drivers
Bootable USB stick/(thumb)drive w/ utility sw
Additional USB drives/sticks w/ BIOS updates, etc.
Large paper-clip ready to reset, force DVD/CD disc ejects, etc.
Thermal conduction putty/grease/stuff
Grounding strap w/ cable and alligator clip
Shirt-pocket digital multi-meter
Magnifying glass
Plastic putty knife for prying open plastic cases w/o scratching
3M Magic tape + dispenser
Overly complicated screwdriver bit handle w/ #2 Philips bit
Additional driver bits, Torx, Philips, blade styles
Small sockets w/ bit-to-1/4" adapater
long-reach diagonal cutters
Explanation:
Phase 1 and phase 2 kits are on the lower left.
Starting at the upper left:
Grounding mat with wrist strap. Doesn't actually have a connector TO ground, you'll note, but does keep you and the workpiece at the same potential, so better than nothing. Now you appreciate the little chain that drags on the ground under the carts and chairs in some labs.
Some people and their environment and wardrobe choices generate more electrostatic potential than others. I know a guy who used to lead with his car keys to the latch seat on the door jamb, whenever he went through a doorway at the office. One key would arc to the bare-metal plate the door latches on. He drew arcs that made audible "pop!" sounds if he didn't offer a low-impedance path, and the arcs hurt. Could have had something to do with polyester suits. I prefer cotton.
The mat can't hurt, might help. If the workpiece's grounded cord is plugged in, use an alligator clip haywire to connect chassis ground to the mat. Or touch the chassis ground with one hand while working. Or connect the mat to ground at a grounded outlet- the North American 3 wire receptacle ground connection take a standard "Banana" jack. (A forthright Canadian friend uses the word "jill" in place of "receptacle"... the counterpart to a "jack". Suit yourself)
Ethernet (RJ-45) to USB adapter. More than two connectors and a wire, there's Ethernet transmitter / receiver hardware in the body of it, and USB receiver / transmitter hardware too. Just like you'd expect, these have their own MAC and you may have to make that known (depending on how your network runs). Sadly, I haven't yet seen a PXE boot setup that accepts the external adapter's MAC. But I have over-written the adapter's default to have the adapter take the place of a failing-but-not-completely-broken built-in NIC...
Note ROM disk with drivers.
Partially-unbent paper-clip, size large. For resetting things with recessed reset buttons, forcing CD/DVD drives to eject, etc. Its on a badge-clip and attaches to the lanyard with the bootable USB stick. Save the last one you made and you don't have to find another paper clip when time is of the essence...
Small tube of thermal putty. Better quality heat-sink-and-fan assemblies come with a dab already in place, and it will squish and flow when heated. If you're reusing a heat-sink when upgrading the processor on something, you'll need your own supply. It does dry out, so put the cap on after cleaning the surfaces. Don't buy the big, economy, size, unless you really use it frequently. I don't like to let an open tube go more than 6 months.
Non-conductive ruler. Wood or plastic. A metal edge on a wooden ruler is OK, but an all metal ruler is unnecessary trouble.
Grounding strap - wrist band to aligator clip, use with mat or separately, see discussion at top.
Pocket-size volt-ohm-(amp)-meter, aka VOM. Cheap. Something to read what you expect to be +/- 5V, 120 VAC, 240 or 208 VAC, +/- 12, 3V lithium cells for CMOS memory, etc. Built-in leads don't fall out or break off. Some alligator and/or "ball clip" jumper wires will help if you need to secure one or both ends. Ammeter functions in these are usually too few mA to bother with, but if you use it, get some replacement fuses, its a "when", not "if", situation.
"Magic" tape dispenser. For mending or sealing paper and cardboard. The "magic" 3M tape can be written on with ballpoint pen, vastly superior to shiny tape.
Large multi-bit screwdriver, with Phillips, regular, Torx and socket ends. For unusual jobs, where it is worth having the right tool for the fastener. You can't buy an assortment of 'bits' without getting all the regular blade and Phillips sizes in any event. I prefer a dedicated handle and a bit that doesn't come off, but I don't have 1.3 meters of wall space to hang them all on.
Phase 4 exists, it includes a small, sharp, knife, coffee cup and coaster, cup or can for pens, pencils, plastic flatware, skinny tools; duct-tape, vinyl tape for color-coding, extension cords, a Brother or similar label maker, zip-lock polyethylene bags, nickel-plated anti-static bags, boxes and bins for organizing stuff, extra monitors, keyboards and mice. Broom, dust-pan, small-but-powerful vacuum cleaner (Mighty-mite from a garage sale, or similar). Speakers for your radio / computer / phone audio when acceptable. I don't favor headphones in the lab, may people do. A water bottle or large plastic cup.
There are also consumables: tie wraps, facial tissues for blowing your nose and cleaning up surfaces, paper towels / napkins, light cardboard tags to attach to stuff that has a story. Blank CD/DVD media. A notebook.
A few 50 port ethernet switches at work.
Panasonic TZ5, 28mm (equiv), 1/6s, f/3.3, ISO 100. (P1000667)
So Mr. B. asked me "Why are you taking a picture of my truck?" I replied "You said it was ok. You said you don't care." He said "I don't care."
Well, there you go then. 'Click!'
Here's where the Ethernet cable comes in. It holds on the front grill: www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/51171614844/
Thanks Mr. B.
My hobby is photography.
CTV Regional Contact gave me 3 minutes on the local CTV News here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C2U_01ajdw
Mikey G Ottawa's 100 most interesting images as per Flickriver HERE: www.flickriver.com/photos/mikeygottawa/popular-interesting/
See Mikey G Ottawa's most popular Flickr Photo Albums HERE:
www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/albums
CBC Radio 1 gave me almost eight minutes. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=253iqLH82oA
Rogers Cable TV gave me 10 minutes on Camera Talk HERE:
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机箱尺寸:37.8*43.3cm*4.5CM
。
Tyan泰安Tomcat K7M(S2498), 集成显卡,
支持普通DDR内存,和纯ECC DDR内存.(上不了ECC REG DDR内存)
双网卡INTEL82541GI Gigabit Ethernet 千兆一个和Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ 百兆 一个
纯铜CPU散热器风扇，3个机箱风扇，
主板集成双IDE，4*USB，
两个硬盘位。(大部分机子是一个硬盘架子.)
CPU 型号/频率: AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) Processor - 1400.087 MHz
CPU 二级缓存: 256 KB
CPU 电压: 1.2 V
CPU 外频: 133 MHz
BIOS 型号/版本: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 发布日期: 06/22/2005
主板型号: KN400-8237
显示芯片 VIA KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome]
以太网卡1 Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
设备名: eth0
以太网卡2 Intel 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
设备名: eth1
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When you are into technology as much as me, sometimes you gotta burn some money on basic infrastructure. $200 in cables, and I had to order another $100 not too long after this. Issues being addressed: Redundant ethernet cables to each computer, USB2 to USB3 upgrade (have since bought yet another USB hub to increase my computer to 23 USB ports), increased electric guitar roaming, blacklight computer cables, crowded electrical outlets, free monitor missing cables, running out of places to put guitars (I later bought 15 more guitar wall mounts).
********** THE ORDER: **********
POWER EXTENSION CABLES:
6ft 16AWG Power Extension Cord (13A/125V) - Black- 2 *$2.70 =$5.40
10ft 16AWG Power Extension Cord (13A/125V) - Black- 1 *$4.08 =$4.08
15ft 16AWG Power Extension Cord (13A/125V) - Black- 1 *$5.08 =$5.08
GUITAR STUFF:
Wall Mount for Acoustic Guitar - Vertical- 1 *$4.91 =$4.91
35ft guitar cable 1/4-inch Right Angle Male to Right Angle Male 16AWG Cable (Gold Plated)- 1 * $13.58 = $13.58
ANALOG A/V:
RCA Coupler - Gold Plated- 2 *$0.61 =$1.22
RCA Female to F Female Adapter - Gold Plated- 5 *$0.87 =$4.35
RCA Jack to 2 RCA Plug Splitter Adapter - Gold Plated- 7 *$0.52 =$3.64
NETWORK CABLES:
Cat6 24AWG UTP Ethernet Cable, 20ft, Red- 2 *$3.62 =$7.24
Cat6 24AWG UTP Ethernet Cable, 20ft, Orange- 2 *$3.62 =$7.24
Cat6 24AWG UTP Ethernet Cable, 20ft, Yellow- 2 *$3.62 =$7.24
Cat6 24AWG UTP Ethernet Cable, 14ft Green- 1 *$2.83 =$2.83
Cat6 24AWG UTP Ethernet Cable, 20ft, Purple- 2 *$3.61 =$7.22
HARDDRIVE CABLES:
36inch SATA 6Gbps Cable w/Locking Latch (90 Degree to 180 Degree) - Silver- 2 *$2.34 =$4.68
36inch SATA 6Gbps Cable w/Locking Latch - UV Green- 2 *$2.34 =$4.68
36inch SATA 6Gbps Cable w/Locking Latch - UV Red- 2 *$2.34 =$4.68
24inch SATA 6Gbps Cablew/Locking Latch - UV Green- 2 *$2.14 =$4.28
INTERNAL PC CABLES:
24inch 4pin MOLEX Male to (4) 15pin SATA II Female Power Cable (Net Jacket)- 1 *$2.13 =$2.13
12inch 5.25 Molex(Male)/Molex(Female) Power Extension Cable - 3 *$0.82 =$2.46
VIDEO CABLES:
VGA(HD15) Male to DVI-A Female Adapter - 1 *$2.60 =$2.60
15ft 32AWG Mini DisplayPort to DVI Cable - White - 1 * $11.78 = $11.78
Ultra Slim 18Gbps Active High Speed HDMI Cable with RedMere Technology, 15ft Red -1 * $24.40 = $24.40
MISC:
Stud Finder - Wood, Metal, Copper, and Electrical Conductor Finder -1 * $15.24 = $15.24
7-Port USB 3.0 Combo HUB (3.0x4, 2.0x3) w/ AC Adapter - 12V/2.5A - 1 * $33.09 = $33.09
Subtotal : $184.05
Shipping & Handling Cost : $16.25
GRAND TOTAL : $200.30
Ethernet cable, HDMI cable, MiniDisplayport to DVI adapter, RCA adapter, RCA coupler, RCA splitter, SATA cable, VGA toDVI adapter, extension cable, guitar cable, guitar mount, hub USB hardware, molex cable, power cable, stud finder, wall mount.
upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
June 2, 2015.
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