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"My earliest memory of Yankee Stadium was when [Derived Headline]
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New Haven Register
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April 13, 2008
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"My earliest memory of Yankee Stadium was when I was 6 or 7 and
my dad took me and my brother to our first game. When we walked into
the Stadium, my dad pointed to the white facade on top of the upper
deck in right field and said: 'Only one guy has ever hit that white
facade - and he's done it twice. Mickey Mantle (who was my hero).'" -
- Jack Kramer, Editor, New Haven Register
"My first trip to Yankee Stadium was Aug. 27, 1978 for a game
against the Oakland Athletics as part of a bus trip with the St.
Margaret Mary's men's club with my father, uncle and cousin (a Red
Sox fan, who spent the entire trip trying to convert me. I would
later find out ihe knew nothing about sports, but he did ...
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