Yankee Stadium doesn't deserve a wrecking ball.(Sports)

The Virginian Pilot;  July 21, 2008 ;     483 words ...At Yankee Stadium last week, Josh Hamilton introduced...the rest, it was mainly because of Yankee Stadium, in its final year. Most of the...recalled that three popes said mass at Yankee Stadium, that it was the site of countless...

The Game's Grandest Stage ; Yankee Stadium, Baseball's Most Historic...

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  July 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Game. There's not a bigger star than Yankee Stadium, The Yankees third baseman said. I...Jackson and Jeter have paid the rent on. Yankee Stadium is a pretty special venue, said Jeter...attending the last All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, I think it's something they'll have...

Does Yankee Stadium have an inevitable date with the wrecker's...

The Washington Times;  October 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ......could they? They couldn't tear down Yankee Stadium in favor of a shiny new venue somewhere...experts say, would be to refurbish Yankee Stadium and invigorate the neighborhood at...pal, what's witcher? Besides, wasn't Yankee Stadium totally renovated in the mid-'70s...

Yankee Stadium left lasting memories

Oakland Tribune;  September 19, 2008 ;     660 words ...I DIDN'T PLAN my first trip to Yankee Stadium. But I'm sure glad I went. That first...years ago, will be my lasting one. Yankee Stadium is closing up shop Sunday. It's one...legendary stadiums. My first trip to Yankee Stadium, however, came on a wonderful whim...

We're actuallylosing `second' Yankee Stadium

The Boston Globe;  July 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......date, the final game in the history of Yankee Stadium will be played this season. And, yes, attention is being paid. It should be. Yankee Stadium isn't the oldest ballpark in the major...opened two years after that. But when Yankee Stadium came into being in 1923, the House...

FLASHBACK 1932 CUBS / YANKEES -- Monumental trip; Cubs try to downplay...

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  June 17, 2005 ;     586 words ......Cubs will make their first return to Yankee Stadium since the 1938 World Series this weekend...be concise, frank and to the point. "Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park and Wrigley Field stand...reverence, but not in awe," he said of Yankee Stadium. "Look at the monuments, just don't...

Yankee Stadium won't be the same.(SPORTS)

The Washington Times;  June 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......TIMES So they're going to build a new Yankee Stadium across 161st Street in the Bronx. While...people play over the past eight decades, Yankee Stadium stands alone as a sporting shrine...old, it won't be, can't be the same. Yankee Stadium has always been it, a name and a place...

My Son In Yankee Stadium!

The Washington Post;  August 3, 1991 ;     700+ words ...At Yankee Stadium, the Sistine Chapel of sports where...Having one of your kids pitch in Yankee Stadium - on the same mound that as a boy...our kids. Coaches shape them. At Yankee Stadium, the college All-Stars are having...

M'S FANS CAN SURVIVE AT YANKEE STADIUM.(Sports)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  May 21, 2008 ;     627 words ......the 'rumored' unfriendly confines of Yankee Stadium. Several friends are warning that doing...insist rumors of opposing fan abuse at Yankee Stadium are greatly exaggerated. Jason Zillo...measures to ensure all fans visiting Yankee Stadium are provided a once-in-a-lifetime ...

Comfortable amidst the frenzy at Yankee Stadium.

The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  October 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......run to Bernie Williams in Game1 in Yankee Stadium, said Angels reliever Brendan Donnelly...first real baseball stadium in America. Yankee Stadium went up in 1923, after the Giants kicked...pushed out from 295 to 310 feet. A new Yankee Stadium is in the works, too, basically on...

Sox' bats thriving at Yankee Stadium

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 11, 2004 ;     472 words ......have found a home away from home in Yankee Stadium. Since the 2000 season, the Sox are...Saturday, the Sox are batting .283 at Yankee Stadium in the last five seasons and have outscored...aggressively." In their last nine games at Yankee Stadium, the Sox are batting .295 ...

New $1 Billion Yankee Stadium on Deck

AP Online;  August 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......who gathered to break ground on a new Yankee Stadium shared memories of the old ballpark...the new one would be even better. "Yankee Stadium is an iconic stadium, a place where...Pataki said. "But so, too, will the new Yankee Stadium be an iconic stadium." Pataki joined...

"My earliest memory of Yankee Stadium was when [Derived Headline]

New Haven Register;  April 13, 2008 ;     603 words ..."My earliest memory of Yankee Stadium was when I was 6 or 7 and my...Haven Register "My first trip to Yankee Stadium was Aug. 27, 1978 for a game...Sports Editor "My first trip to Yankee Stadium was on Aug. 19, 1979, with several...

How Yankee stadium got a fitting farewell

Belfast Telegraph;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...YANKEE Stadium was a special place, a sporting landmark...the King's Hall, to name but a few. Yankee Stadium, which harboured the soul of the Yankees...Sixties and Seventies. And it was at Yankee Stadium on Sunday July 1, 1967 in 80 degree...

Judge says voters should decide Yankee Stadium fate

AP Online;  October 8, 1998 ;     493 words ......Online 10-08-1998 NEW YORK (AP) _ Will Yankee Stadium fade into New York baseball history...public have the right to say whether Yankee Stadium meets that same fate?'' The decision...estimated $1 billion to build a new Yankee Stadium on Manhattan's West Side. If that facility...