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Former Yanks help lay dirt in Stadium

 
Roughly 60 area children helped cram some dirt from the old Yankee Stadium into the new one on Saturday, when Paul O'Neill, Scott Brosius, David Cone and Jeff Nelson joined members of Youth Force 2020 in a symbolic ceremony on Saturday. (link)

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