nytimes.com - 9/21/2008
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It was 1948 when Paul Simon suddenly realized he was a Yankee fan. Sixty years later, he reminisces about his experiences at Yankee Stadium. >
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Death of a Stadium
Sportsfrog.com —
... half a century. The Stadium has been the safe room of my house of memories.
From Henry Kissinger:
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 the bleachers in those days cost 55 cents.
From Paul Simon :
I was sitting on my father's lap listening to a Yankee game on ...
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nytimes.com 9/21/2008 — 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 ...
