Come To Think of It: The Ghost of Babe Ruth Haunting New Yankee Stadium?

Babe Ruth must be turning over in his grave with the way his Yankees have started the 2009 season.

Oh sure, the new Yankee Stadium (aka "The House That Jeter Built") sure looks nice, but it damn well should at that cost.

But let's face it, Babe Ruth will always be the New York Yankees. To leave that park must have woken up the Bambino because balls seem to be flying out toward right field.

Now let's see...if I remember correctly, Babe was a left-handed hitter who used that short porch in right field to his advantage all those years. This is not taking anything away from him since he also hit homers to all parts of the park, but there is no denying that was a rather inviting porch out there.

So, now suddenly, here comes this "wind tunnel" that no one seems to be able to explain.

Well, my friends, there is only one plausible explanation for this...it's the ghost of Babe Ruth blowing those balls out of the park.

Hey, before you scoff, any man with the ability to singlehandedly curse one club could certainly curse another.

Yes, the man died almost 61 years ago, but that's not the point...the supernatural and paranormal never sleep. This is truly a phenomenon, alleged to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure.

I'm not trying to alarm anyone, but I've actually seen hot dogs and beer fly out of that stadium as well. And where are they going? I'll give you one guess.

Who knows what other things lurk now that we've stirred the ghosts of Yankees past?

Never underestimate a pinstripe-powered wave of nostalgia.

The question really is, will the spirit of the Yankees greats move across the street? Well, it seems to be the case.

It's truly a symbolic passing of the torch...errr, a passing of the hot dog, come to think of it.