Today’s final opening day at the current Yankee Stadium was postponed due to rain, and will be played tomorrow night at 7:05 PM, weather permitting (Forecastfox is showing a thundercloud for PM tomorrow as I speak).

In more uplifting Yankee’s news, all 3 Metro-North lines will stop at Yankee Stadium next year! LodHud.com reports that construction of the 153rd St station is well underway.

The new station will be the largest project in the history of Metro-North, with a $91M price tag. This will include shuttle service using Metro-North cars between Grand Central Terminal and 153rd St stopping at Harlem 125th.

The platform itself will be much larger than other Metro-North stations, as it will be accommodating massive surge traffic specifically around game times. It will also feature art work along most of the 420-ft platform.

In the meanwhile, fans and workers will be in conflict somewhat.

Mari Miceli of New Rochelle, the director of special projects for Metro-North Railroad, should have really consulted the MTA PR team before making the following statement indicating that an extended post-season would make her job more difficult:

“The sooner they get out – sorry – the sooner we can start building” she said.

Oboy. Hell, yes, we should definitely ask the Yankees to take a dive this season so we can accommodate her. Lol.

She added “When you get out of a game at night there should be four trains sitting on the platforms or about to come” which is good news, because there definitely needs to be something already standing between the platform and the tracks when those sobering mobs crowding the station after the game.

Via LodHud.com via Trainjotting