NEW YORK -- A little more than two hours before the first pitch of tonight's exhibition game between the Yankees and the Cubs, I found myself in the visitors dugout, where Cubs players were milling about, checking out the new Stadium. (Yes, we capitalize "Stadium" when we talk about the one the Yankees play in.)"Nothing's changed," Cubs pitcher Chad Gaudin said, looking out at the field and pointing. "The lines, the alleys, you had the bullpens right there in the same places. It's the same."
Gaudin sounded disappointing, and while his analysis had some holes (one of the bullpens is in right-center and the other in left-center -- in the old Stadium they were next to each other in left), his fundamental point was a decent one.
NEW YORK--Just went down to check out this "Great Hall" they have here. Pretty nifty. Long, high, wide hallway with open archways all along to give it an open-air feel (not ideal on this night, as it means you get rained on, but the effect is good). They have banners lining it, with pictures of Yankee greats on them. (Line of the day from Lou Piniella, on whether he saw any pictures of himself: "No, I didn't go into the men's room.")
NEW YORK - There's nothing unusual about ballplayers having pictures of their families hanging in their lockers. But at the new Yankee Stadium, everything's new and snazzy and ... at least a little different from what you're used to. So when you enter the cavernous home clubhouse, with its plush Yankee carpeting, ultracomfy-looking leather chairs and huge flat screen TVs (all tuned to the 
