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Deborah Garcia BRONX (CBS) ― Yankees fans have one last chance to say good-bye to the famous Yankee Stadium where Babe Ruth hit his home runs and where they shared countless memories: catching fly balls, snacking on hot dogs, and enjoying America's favorite pastime. Sunday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles is the last time fans will get to sit in the legandary stadium seats, and the last time the New York Yankees will get to hit fast balls and run the bases. Andy Pettitte has pitched some of the most important games at Yankee Stadium over the past 14...

THE NAKED CITY BETRAYS ITS HERITAGE: THE END OF YANKEE STADIUM The old and gritty ”Naked City” television series invariably closed with, “There are 8 million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.” That naked city, of course, was and still is New York City, the city that never sleeps, the crown jewel of the Empire State, but it’s a very different and very tarnished jewel today. The following is another story about the Naked City. It’s now a Manhattan city predominantly populated by... We’ve heard a great deal about change this election year and change...

Last innings for Yankee Stadium 'The House That Ruth Built,' closing at the end of the season, hosts the All-Star Game on Tuesday. By Ron Scherer | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the July 14, 2008 edition Reporter Ron Scherer remembers some big moments at Yankee Stadium.New York - When the players take the diamond for baseball's 79th All-Star Game on Tuesday, the talk is more likely to be about the venue – Yankee Stadium – than the game itself. YOUTUBE - THE CURSE OF HILLARY

R.I.P. YANKEE STADIUM Apocryphal or not, one YogiBerra-ism I’ve always liked was his line about where Yankee players went for R&R. Referring to one particular hangout, he was supposed to have said, “Nah, no one ever goes there anymore; it’s too crowded.” One place no one, Yankee players or fans, won’t be going anymore is Yankee Stadium, not because it’s too crowded but because it won’t be there. Of course, technically, there will be a Yankee Stadium next year, just across the street from the old ballpark, but it won’t be THE Yankee Stadium which is scheduled to be torn...

Rev. Al Sharpton plans Bell protest at Yankee Stadium for All-Star Game BY JOTHAM SEDERSTROM DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Monday, June 9th 2008, 4:00 AM The Rev. Al Sharpton threatened Sunday to disrupt baseball's historic All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium next month unless the state passes new laws to curb police misconduct.A month after protesters blocked bridges and tunnels during rush hour, Sharpton said he wants to bring the outrage over the Sean Bell shooting to the national stage July 15 by targeting the midsummer classic. "We have plans to do the same at the All-Star Game," Sharpton said. "We...

During the Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter celebrated 20 April 2008, the Holy Father gave the following homily.   Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In the Gospel we have just heard, Jesus tells his Apostles to put their faith in him, for he is "the way, and the truth and the life" (Jn 14:6). Christ is the way that leads to the Father, the truth which gives meaning to human existence, and the source of that life which is eternal joy with all the saints in his heavenly Kingdom. Let us take the Lord at his...

This week marks the beginning of the end of a significant chapter in American sports history: the 83rd and final opening day at New York's Yankee Stadium. Slated for Monday, the baseball gods, almost as if seeking to delay the onset of its final season, rained down on the storied ballpark and the game was postponed. This was fitting. Although it is not the oldest, it is certainly the most historic sports venue in the United States. It was home to 30 championship boxing matches, the most famous of which took place in June of 1938 when America's Brown Bomber,...

New $1 billion Yankee Stadium is on deckBy KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer August 16, 2006 NEW YORK (AP) -- No tears were shed Wednesday for the historic stadium where Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio played out their storied careers. Politicians and baseball officials who gathered to break ground on a new Yankee Stadium shared memories of the old ballpark but said the new one would be even better. "Yankee Stadium is an iconic stadium, a place where Ruth and (Lou) Gehrig played, where popes and presidents have spoken," Gov. George Pataki said. "But so, too, will the...

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Yankees officials and a score of politicians gathered Wednesday across the street from The House That Ruth Built to break ground for a new billion-dollar Yankee Stadium project. Under a bright sun and in front of a huge rendering of the new stadium, Gov. George Pataki said fans "will be entering an icon" when they come to Yankees games starting in 2009. Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, superfan Billy Crystal and others watched the ceremony from a small grandstand. Yankees president Randy Levine called the project "the continuation of a great legacy." Mayor Michael...

NEW YORK - Babe Ruth got a short right-field porch in the original Yankee Stadium. Alex Rodriguez won't be getting similar assistance in New York's new $800 million ballpark. "A-Rod doesn't need any help," Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said Wednesday as the team unveiled plans for the ballpark it hopes to move into in 2009. Flanked by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Gov. George Pataki, Steinbrenner did not make a formal statement but responded to questions. Since he bought the team in 1973, the Yankees had examined several ballpark alternatives, including a move to New Jersey...

Cadets marching into Yankee StadiumBy Paul Schliesmann Local News March 23, 2005 The fans at Yankee Stadium are famous for the verbal taunts they hurl at visiting baseball teams. But a precision team from Kingston – the Colour Party of the Royal Military College – is hoping for a warmer greeting than the famous Bronx cheer on the afternoon of April 30. On that day, the colour party will march onto the hallowed field of Yankee Stadium, along with the United States Corps of Cadets Colour Guard, just prior to the Toronto Blue Jays taking on the home squad. They’ll...

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003 Bush Might Accept Nomination in Yankee Stadium President Bush might add another distinction to the legendary "House that Babe Ruth Built" by accepting the Republican presidential nomination at Yankee Stadium. World renowned as the arena where Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and more of baseball's greatest players broke records and won world series after world series, Yankee Stadium is being eyed by organizers of the 2004 Republican National Convention as an ideal site to host Bush's acceptance speech. According to the New York Post, the possiblity was raised to reporters by Jeff Kent, an organizer of the...

<p>December 24, 2003 -- ALBANY - Organizers of the Republican national convention have sent out an e-mail raising the possibility that President Bush will accept the nomination at Yankee Stadium. Jeff Kent, the U.S. Senate press photographers-gallery director and a convention organizer, cited the option to media members in a follow-up e-mail to last week's convention preview for the media at Madison Square Garden, the site of the event next summer.</p>

In 1964, the Yanks won their 29th pennant in 44 seasons. I've often read that back then, the Yankee Stadium crowd was more laid back than Giants, Dodgers or Mets audiences, rather DIGNIFIED if I can believe that.If you were 21 years old in '64 (I was only 3), you're 60 now. Maybe some FReepers can give some recollections of NYC baseball atmosphere in the old days? Inquiring coFReepers might want to know.foreverfree

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wow, what a shot! Aaron Boone set off bedlam in the Bronx on Thursday night with a leadoff home run in the 11th inning to give the New York Yankees a 6-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox for a trip to the World Series and their 39th American League pennant. New York trailed 4-0 in the fourth inning and 5-2 in the eighth as Roger Clemens made an early exit in what looked to be the final game of his storied career. But the Yankees bounced back, rekindling all those painful memories that have haunted...

JOHN Howard will follow in the footsteps of his idol, Don Bradman, when he is honoured at New York's famous Yankee Stadium tomorrow. The Prime Minister will be introduced to the crowd before the Yankees baseball game and the Australian national anthem will be played in a rare honour reflecting New York's appreciation for the country's support after September 11. As George Bush does everything he can to ensure Mr Howard gets publicity and recognition for Australia's military support in Iraq, Mr Howard will watch the Yankees take on the Oakland As from behind home plate as a special guest...