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Yankees react to smallest crowd in (new) Yankee Stadium history

NEW YORK -- Billy Crystal and Mark Messier showed up at Yankee Stadium on comfortable 63-degree Monday night in early May.

So did Jerry Springer, who received a short chorus of "Jerrr-rrry, Jerrr-rrry" when his face flashed on the scoreboard after the 7th inning of a 7-1 Yankees loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Where was the rest of Yankees nation?

The announced paid attendance was a measly 25,566.

This was a new low at the new Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009, and the smallest crowd for a Yankees home game since they drew 10,732 on Sept.