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Article: Memories of Yankee Stadium: players recall special events at the House That Ruth Built, a ballpark that opened in 1923 and was home to some of baseball's greatest stars.
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- Baseball Digest
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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THE YANKEES' NEWEST HALL OF Famer will never forget his first visit to the House That Ruth Built. The historic ballpark, whose final season wound down this year, has affected generations of ballplayers the same way.
From Monument Park to the clubhouse where former captain Thurman Munson's uniform was hung, New York's "Cathedral of Baseball" is the most famous sports venue in the world and will be replaced next year by a new Yankee Stadium on the opposite side of 161st Street.
Goose Gossage was a raw-boned, fireballing White Sox rookie the first time he walked out onto the field.
"This was the old Yankee Stadium, ...