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nytimes.com - 9/21/2008
Echoes in the Bronx - Sitting With DiMaggio and Steinbrenner
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Yankee Stadium was an important stage in my discovery of America. I came here as an immigrant in 1938. In the summer of 1939, I started working in a shaving brush factory. Some of my co-workers turned out to be of Italian origin, and they took me to a baseball game at Yankee Stadium. A seat in ...

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Bronx Banter: Sob Story
Baseball Toaster — Sob Story 2008-09-21 05:26 by Alex Belth It's Hanky Time for Yankee Stadium today. The tributes just keep a comin. Yesterday, Paul Simon had a piece about the old place in the New York Times, today, it's Henry Kissinger's turn . Also in the Times, comes memories from Billy Crystal , Robert Creamer , Jane Heller , and B-Girl Penny Marshall . Here is Maury Brown's ode to the cathedral, as well as Alan Sepinwall's memories . Read em and weep. Comments 2008-09-21 06:18:23 1. Sliced Bread "A vegetarian. Holy cow." Damn, the Paul Simon thing is a keeper for me. Him and Bernie are two of my biggest, dearest ...

Baseball Today: Monday, September 22
Projo Sox Blog — ... SAME TO YOU, BOSS: The New York Times got a stadium remembrance from Henry Kissinger, who, after sitting through Red Sox-Yankee games with him, informs us "for George [Steinbrenner], there was no way a Red Sox hit could ever be considered a good thing." ...

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