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February 13, 2007
Rounders At The New Digs?
Bronx Blogger thinks the Yankees should consider an oval lockeroom in the new Stadium. Quoting the Washington Post, the notion is that an oval shaped clubhouse will "discourage cliques and hierarchies among the mega-rich stars and lesser-paid journeymen and younger players who typically compose a big league team."
It would be a change from the present Yankees set-up.
The idea reminds me of an old Rizzuto story. I think it was a game out of the Kingdome in Seattle. In the booth, Phil and others were talking about some hotel having round rooms - and Scooter said that he would hate that, since then he would never be able to "corner" Cora.
Man, those guys had fun in the booth - especially on those late-night West Coast games.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at February 13, 2007 10:08 AM
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the notion is that an oval shaped clubhouse will "discourage cliques and hierarchies among the mega-rich stars and lesser-paid journeymen and younger players who typically compose a big league team."
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I doubt it. People are people.
Posted by: Raf ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.waswatching.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 13, 2007 10:29 AM
White on play-by-play and Scooter doing color. Seriously, does it get any better than that?
Posted by: brockdc at February 13, 2007 12:55 PM
Nope.
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at February 13, 2007 01:02 PM
I remember listening when Scooter made that remark. LOL
Posted by: Don at February 13, 2007 02:23 PM
Actually, I worked at a design firm that had a round conference room and it worked well.
There was no "front of the room", the chairs were on wheels, instead of a big table, there were small tables on wheels, whiteboards covered all the walls, etc.
It actually did flatten the hierarchy, underlings were more likely to speak when the CEO was in the room. It worked so well, clients actually paid to rent out the room.
I could certainly see it helping here, but the big advantage of the conference room I'm talking about was no fixed seats. The "front of the room" actually rotated depending on who was speaking. In a locker room environment, the lockers are fixed so wherever Jeter's locker is will have a huge impact on the room.
Posted by: philoye at February 13, 2007 05:20 PM