New York Yankee Stadium, Old and New

Posted by Joe LoFreso on Jun 23, 2010 in Featured Articles | View Comments

Yankee Stadium, Old and New

Do you love Baseball? Do you love the New York Yankees? Whether you love or hate the Yankees, if you know anything about the game, and are honest, you have to admit that the NEW YORK YANKEES are the most famous professional baseball team in the history of the game.

I ‘m guessing this blog will appeal to Yankee fans more than Boston Red Sox fans, for obvious reasons. I will be sharing stuff about other baseball teams in future blogs, but much of my content will be about the legendary New York Yankees.

I live in California, but was born in New York, and have been a Yankees fan since I was at a pre little league age. Living so far away from Yankee Stadium, I didn’t get a chance for many years, to fulfill one of my lifelong dreams to see the Yankees play in their legendary, Yankee Stadium.

When I found out that they were tearing down the legendary stadium, to build a new one, I was confronted with a dilemma. Do I try to get to the historic old stadium before it closes down for good, or do I wait until I am able to see a game in the New Yankee Stadium?

Well, I could always get the chance to see the Yankees in the new stadium, but I would never get another chance to be in the Old stadium where so much history was made with legendary players such as Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Yogi Berra, Roger Maris, Reggie Jackson and Don Mattingly. I could go on and on, but you get the point.

So I decided that I had to get to the old stadium before it closed down. My wife, Connie and I, purchased tickets and flew to New York and caught a game in the final week of the existence of Old Yankee Stadium. When we walked into that stadium and saw the field that I had been dreaming about seeing since I was a child, I got Goosebumps and my eyes welted up. I knew right then, that the decision we made to be at the Old Yankee Stadium was the right one and as Priceless as it gets.

I couldn’t have asked for a better game to attend. In the bottom if the first inning, the Yankees had loaded the bases. Alex Rodriguez stepped up to the plate, and hit one out of the park for a Grand Slam. Three hours later the game was over, and the mighty Yankees had won. I couldn’t have asked for a better ending.

That put a close to that chapter of history, but a chapter that I will never forget.

Last season was the Yankees first season in the New Yankee Stadium, Which from what I’ve heard and seen is the most impressive stadium in baseball today. The Yankees made it to, and Won the World Series in their 1^st year in the new stadium.

And now, their 2^nd year in the new stadium, they are currently in 1^st place approaching the All Star break and the end of the first half of the 2010 season.

The Yankees will give us new memories at the New Yankee Stadium, and I am looking forward to going back to New York, walking into the New Yankee Stadium for the first time, and being part of the new history and memories the New York Yankees will provide.

Please check into my baseball and Yankee blog from time to time. Feel free to comment.

Play Ball,

Joe LoFreso