We need some sort of flashback like a Green Beret war vet. We need to be smacked with a montage of Jeter over the shoulder catches and Mariano whiffing big name players during big game situations. We need to remember the time when there was no playoff anxiety and October baseball in NYC was just as common as October Football. Then we need to take those memories remember how it felt and throw them out the window.

The feeling of being the best team needs to be restored and the confidence as a fan base built up again, but this is a new book in Yankee history not a new chapter or a new volume (ehem Derek and Nike). We’ve turned the corner into the new age of baseball with our massive luxury box stadium. Less families well be arriving at Yankee stadium on a whim to enjoy a summer evening at the stadium, and fewer groups of friend will consider a trip to the stadium for some baseball, a few beers and a hot dog or two.

The casual trip to the stadium has evaporated; spur of the moment stadium visits are now near impossible to take. I’ve lived in NYC my whole life and the beginning of the Yankee season has never felt so chicken when you wanted steak. The fans seem to be walking around the city confused as to what is going on. 14 runs in one inning? 22-4? Wang sucks? Hard Rock Café? Martini bar??!?!—By the way please write to me if you’ve ever sat at a July Afternoon ball game and somewhere around the 5th inning thought, a little gin martini would hit the spot. And if that person is you perhaps you should give up following baseball and pick up polo—the new stadium and new team is growing harder to adjust to then we may have thought.

Look, the fact of the matter is the Yankee’s organization has thrown their true fans for a loop. For one, the stadium is dead quiet and it’s not because it’s “so big” with less seats, it’s because a lot of the people in the seats aren’t real fans. Another thing is the 36 some odd restaurants that are in the stadium (kind of hard for people to focus on the game don’t you think?), just what did the Hot Dog ever do to the Yankees that they have to overshadow it like that?

The Yankees screwed up BIG and the 22-4 loss was their wake up call. But as a fan I’ve had a little wake-up call of my own: the Yankees are in second place and are thus far a top tier team in the American league and come September 22-4 looks like 2-1. Arguably our best player is out and our bull pen hasn’t straightened out the who’s who just yet. But we have plenty of season left, including our first Boston series which is just around the corner.

Now I know the fans are owed a lot and shouldn’t be paying for seats to watch a shameful performance like Saturday’s. However, we have to remember this is a new stadium for the players too and a lot of these guys haven’t been teammates before. A little time is going to do this Yankee team some good and A-Rod should give them a little boost in a couple weeks.

I’d be lying if I told you this has been the most exciting April of my baseball fandom, in fact it has probably been the most awkward feeling. A few changes have to happen to make this season run a little smoother. Nick Swisher is going to have to get comfortable in the 5th spot because A-Rod must come back healthy and fast (nor is Swisher the big clean-up hitter we’ve been waiting to watch…at least I don’t think he is). Wang may have to realize his career is over and Phil Hughes should start taking his Scranton time very seriously. The fans have to start making some noise and help the stadium become a home for the Yanks, one that opposing teams fear coming to. With those few things the Yankees might grow more comfortable in their new home and with this new team. It’s been hard to get excited this season and maybe I need to start showing some patience.

The realization that a new Yankee Era has begun has to start sinking in and the Yanks have to start exciting their fans—and that doesn’t mean hit more homeruns to the little league side of the new field. We’re still at the take a deep breath, calm down, and it’ll be ok stage, its only April and we’re just settling in, so let’s do our part as fans and take a deep breath and calm down because trust me it’ll be ok.