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What does Yankee Stadium mean to you?
What does Yankee Stadium mean to you?
Well, here we are. It’s Sept. 21 and they’ll play baseball at Yankee Stadium for the last time tonight. Here’s your chance: What does this place mean to you? I’ll leave this post atop the blog for a while with the idea being that this is the place for your memories, ...
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Final Day at Yankee Stadium
Diamond Hoggers — What does Yankee Stadium mean to you? Today is the final game to ever be played at the old Grandfather Clock of baseball history. More history has went down there at the House that Ruth Built than any other stadium in the game. It has been a quiet reminder that baseball tied us to another era of history and civlization. Before big business and corporate dollars took over, there was Yankee Stadium. To everyone that has ever been there, they have their own memory of the game's version of the cathedral. It could have went on forever. ...

End of Days
My Pinstripes — ... reflects on his final start. Another take here. Kevin Kernan talks to some of the real veterans, the vendors. A look from Boston's Bob Ryan. Steve Politi looks at the House the Fans Built. Retired beat writer Moss Klein (this is the guy we grew up reading) looks back. Stadium magic bridges generations. Peter Abraham's fondest memories. And he takes a look back. ...

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