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Article: Yankee Stadium to Host 2008 MLB All-Star Game
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- Haiti Observateur
- Article date:
- February 14, 2007
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Yankee Stadium, the House that Ruth Built - perhaps the greatest cathedral in all of sport. Since opening in April 1923, it's played host to shutouts and knockouts, popes and pigskin, to Joltin' Joe and Billy Joel, and hundreds of other memorable moments.
Now, get ready to add one more great event to that list. On Wednesday, Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig announced that the 2008 All-Star Game will take place at Yankee Stadium. In recent years, the game has been used to showcase the sport's newest ballparks. But in this case, the game will be an occasion to commemorate the final season at our most storied stadium before the team moves across the street into its new home.
In ...