God bless the understatement of the New York Post.
New York's new baseball stadiums are more juiced up than a slugger on steroids.
So begins the Post's story about the amount of electricity expected to flow through Citi Field and Yankee Stadium this season. In their defense, the two new parks are drawing an impressive amount of wattage from Con Edison.
Yankee Stadium has access to nine megawatts, twice as much as the old stadium. That's enough to power 9,000 homes, mostly because the new scoreboard has the same square footage as 9,000 New York City apartments. Plus they've got those flat screens to show the bleacher creatures what's actually happening on the field.
Citi Field, which is considerably smaller than Yankee, can draw on 11 megawatts, which is enough to power 11,000 more homes. It isn't clear if the extra wattage is a hedge against the bigger apple that will celebrate every Mets homer this season.
Both teams trumpeted the green initiatives they were taking with their stadiums, but it's hard to tell if waterless urinals and biodegradable soda cups will balance out the massive amount of power it will take to keep all the bells and whistles running through at least 162 home dates.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.
