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Article: Yankee Stadium won't be the same.(SPORTS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2005
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Byline: Dick Heller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
So they're going to build a new Yankee Stadium across 161st Street in the Bronx. While they're at it, why not build a new Parthenon, Roman Coliseum and Great Wall of China, too.
For anyone in this country who has followed the games people play over the past eight decades, Yankee Stadium stands alone as a sporting shrine. Can you think of its equal? The Yale Bowl? Notre Dame Stadium? Lambeau Field? Pauley Pavilion? Fenway or Wrigley?
Forget it? Those are hallowed venues, to be sure, but no other has seen so much history, so much pathos and drama.
Think of the names and events: The tragic ...