At least there’s no Joe Morgan. Putz!

Something about marrying Lesley Visser when she was still in college or something? That’s my guess.

Last night at the game a Dad, two Grandfathers and 6 month old twin boys sat next to me in the last row in Tier 3. They only stayed for an inning but the Dad and Granddads took tons of pics with the babies all decked out in everything Yankee ..one had a Jeter shirt and the other an Arod shirt. The Dad said he wanted his boys to know they did attend a game at this magnificent site and even if they won’t remember..he’ll have plenty of pics to show them. It was so touching seeing the 3 generations sharing a final moment at the Catherdral of Baseball. Those babies were just too adorable. I’ll be bringing my baby on Sunday for the final game …she’s 25 but she is my baby after all and I raised her right …as a crazy Yankee fan like her Mom.

I will say goodbye to a dear old friend on Sunday …as Bob Hope always said ..”Thanks for the Memories”…some of the happiest in my life.

Go Yankees !!!

It is so wonderful to know there is a kindred spirit out there who totally understands that swell of emotion that seems to come far too often lately!

Anytime!

Yes it does make me feel better!

Thanks for telling me that.

As I said in my post, I was pretty unemotional about the closing of the “building.” Hey, they’re moving right next door, what’s the big deal. But the closer it gets, the more bittersweet I’m feeling about it. (I hope it makes you feel better, I got teary-eyed reading Graziano’s account, too.) And I’m coming to realize, through other peoples’ accounts, just what an impact the building itself did actually have. Yes, the history was made by the people playing the game and populating the stadium, but it was encapsulated in that particular place. No other.

I plan on watching the rest of the games, as well as reading the morning’s paper, from this point on with a box of tissues by my side. Sigh.

I hope the ghosts find the new place hospitable.

Gayle -

Wouldn’t that statue be totally awesome?! I hope it’s not just a rumor. I get chills just thinking about what it would look like.

Doreen, I just read Graziano’s account. Maybe I’m out in leftfield all by myself here but I cried through the whole thing. Is it really too enormous for people to realize the enormity of the thrills we’ve been treated to? How about Cliff Floyd saying that once you play in Yankee Stadium you’ve been to the BIG leagues? Or Ozzie Guillen saying that you haven’t been in a world series until you’ve been in one in Yankee Stadium? The enormity of it is hitting me now, and I am sick at heart that I never took the time to go on a Stadium tour. I never did. And now they will be no more.

Imagine standing on the field where Mickey Mantle played, or Joe D or the Iron Horse or the Babe. Or the mound where Mariano Rivera closes out games? I never thought I would feel this emotional about the Staidum closing down but I guess the reality is hitting me. And I will tell you that as a Yankee fan I feel like royalty. Because being a fan of the Yankees is about as close as you can come to being a Yankee. I feel like royalty for rooting for this franchise, which has played in this Stadium, and which has produced most of the top names in the game of baseball. And continues to, to this day.

I hail the New York Yankee organization; and to borrow from one of our heroes, I thank the Lord for making me a Yankee fan.