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First game at new Yankees Stadium

Fans arrive for the first regular season game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Fans arrive for the first regular season game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Fans arrive at the new Yankee Stadium, right, for the first regular season baseball game on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. The old Yankee Stadium appears at left. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Fans arrive at the new Yankee Stadium for the first regular season baseball game on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Fans arrive on the concourse at the new Yankee Stadium for the first regular season baseball game on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) New York Yankees Derek Jeter works out on the field before the first regular season baseball game on Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the new Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) The field is set for batting practice at the new Yankee Stadium for the first regular season baseball game on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Tony Fidelo, back to camera, who described himself as an "ambassador," speaks with a fan before the start of the first regular season baseball game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Zavien Keller sells programs outside the new Yankee Stadium before the first regular season baseball game on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Fan Peter Anderson wears Yankees glasses outside the new Yankee Stadium before the first regular season baseball game on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Former New York Yankees and Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the first regular season baseball game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) New York Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner, left, and his daughter Jessica Steinbrenner, Yankees general partner and vice chairperson, chat during the team's first regular season baseball game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home-opener. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Fighter Jets fly over the new Yankee Stadium during pregame ceremonies before the first regular season baseball game on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in the home-opener. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (52) throws the first pitch in the first regular season baseball game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. At bat is Cleveland Indians' Grady Sizemore. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Former New York Yankees catcher and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, left, is embraced by Yankees catcher Jose Molina after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the first regular season baseball game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home-opener. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Kelly Clarkson sings the national anthem before the first regular season baseball game at the New Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home-opener. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Hip hop artist Jay-Z watches the New York Yankees play the Cleveland Indians in the Yankees home-opening baseball game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia throws in the first inning of the first regular season baseball game on Thursday, April 16, 2009, at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees played the Cleveland Indians in their home opener. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig New York Yankees CC Sabathia throws the first pitch in the first inning of the first regular season baseball game on Thursday, April 16, 2009, at Yankee Stadium in New York. At bat is Cleveland Indians' Grady Sizemore. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Former New York Yankees pitcher David Wells shows a thumbs-up from his bleacher seat at the first regular season baseball game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home-opener. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Patrons of the new Yankee Stadium watch butchers preparing meat for one of the premium food stands at the first regular season baseball game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home-opener. The new stadium has a decidedly upstairs-downstairs feel that grates on critics who see it as catering to rich and famous -- but opening day fans may not really care. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Fans cheer at the first regular season baseball game at the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in New York. The Yankees face the Cleveland Indians in their home-opener. The new stadium has a decidedly upstairs-downstairs feel that grates on critics who see it as catering to rich and famous - but opening day fans may not really care. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)