boston.com - 9/21/2008
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First, the polemic: The game tonight between the Yankees and Orioles will close the second Yankee Stadium. Yankee Stadium I was opened on April 18, 1923, and was closed on Sept. 30, 1973. After a complete gutting of the structure and a thorough reworking of the contours, Yankee Stadium II ...
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Boston Globe: Ryan: They’ll bring down the House, but it’s no time to cheer
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Boston Globe: Ryan: They’ll bring down the House, but it’s no time to cheer Bless Bob Ryan… The game tonight between the Yankees and Orioles will close the second Yankee Stadium. Yankee Stadium I was opened on April 18, 1923, and was closed on Sept. 30, 1973. After a complete gutting of the structure and a thorough reworking of the contours, Yankee Stadium II reopened on April 15, 1976. It is that second Yankee Stadium whose sad closing we commemorate this evening. To repeat: Derek Jeter never played in Yankee Stadium I. Babe Ruth never played in Yankee Stadium II. End of ...
Baseball Today: Monday, September 22
Projo Sox Blog —
... (New York Daily News), which enabled the Yanks to sidestep the two-sided embarrassment of a) being eliminated from the postseason and b) clinching a playoff spot for the Red Sox in their final gallop on this historic plot of land. (The structure itself bears no resemblance to the place that we of a certain age associate with the words Yankee Stadium.) It ended a day in which ...
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Bitterness is a Fish You Can Catch —
... 12. Yankee Stadium Farewell: Well, not the farewell per se, but rather the fact that its happening at all. At least they snubbed "The Rocket". ...
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