yankees.lhblogs.com - 9/22/2008
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Out: Brian Roberts (Orioles) grounder to first baseman Cody Ransom, Sept. 21, 2008
Run: Brett Gardner (Yankees), Sept. 21, 2008
RBI: Robinson Cano (Yankees). RBI single, Sept. 21, 2008
Pitch: Mariano Rivera (Yankees), Sept. 21, 2008
Hit: Jason Giambi (Yankees), a single, Sept. 21, ...
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Baseball Today: Monday, September 22
Projo Sox Blog —
... and the Journal-American.
As for me, I'll give the final word to old friend Gordon Edes of Yahoo! Sports.
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."
WELL, WHADDYA KNOW? I can forever say I was at Yankee Stadium's last shutout. (LoHud Yankees Blog)
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The Last Pitch At Yankee Stadium
Intentional Foul —
This awesome get over at Yankees Fan Sox Fan captured the last pitch of the now-retired Yankee Stadium, which saw it’s final game last night. The Yankees closed the stadium out in style by beating the Baltimore Orioles, 7-3.
There are an absolute ton of eulogies and fond memory posts about the gem of the Bronx going around the web and print right now, so I won’t bore you with my pedestrian views, except this:
It is, perhaps, fitting that one of the best closers in MLB history — Mariano ...
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Final Stadium events will stand forever —
Major League Baseball News 9/22/2008
When he fielded a grounder by Brian Roberts in the ninth inning on Sunday night, Cody Ransom didn't quite have time to digest the magnitude of his stepping on the bag, or process how he followed players such as Tino Martinez and the iconic Lou Gehrig ...
