Greatest Moments at Yankee Stadium
Greatest moments in the history of old Yankee Stadium which will be torn down at the end of the 2008 baseball season.This sorta created the team.
The Yankees-Dodgers world series rivalry was legendary, and it featured Don Larsen's perfect game which is on the charts, the other occurred on October 18, 1977 when Mr. October earned his nickname by hitting 3 home runs ON 3 pitches on the game's biggest stage, and it perfectly earned him the World Series Most Valuable Player Award and the Yankees capped the road back to once again become World Champions.
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In his early days, he was a wild man as a pitcher on and off the diamond. Even when he joined the Yankees Don Larsen was still wild and in Game 2 of the 1956 World Series he was taken out early. But then something happened on October 8, 1956 in Game 5. Larsen was in the zone and to think he faced against a team of Brooklyn Dodgers legends: Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella to name a few, and then it happened as one newspaper wrote "The imperfect Man threw a Perfect Game."
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You didn't get that. It's the ALCS, not the World Series.
Yes it was the last time, it turned out to be a bummer for the Bronx Bombers. The Marlins we're a lot like the 1997 team who came out of nowhere to become World Champions. It'll be the final time that Roger Clemens played in the World Series with the Yankees and to add insult to injury the Marlins Championship clincher took place at of all places Yankee Stadium. Josh Beckett became the Marlins star of the year while future Hall of Fame legend Ivan Rodriguez became the last piece of the Marlins amazing ride to the top.
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June 13, 1948 was the Day Yankee Stadium began a tradition called Old Timers Day. But the reason for it Babe Ruth. Many of the old time Yankees came back to celebrate the 25th Anniversary and despite his failing health Babe came back and thanks to many people who helped him become an American Icon. His Number 3 jersey was retired by the Yankees. Ruth's legacy with the Yankees and Baseball will never be forgotten.
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The Cardinals won the 1926 World Series. I think you mean 1927.
Unlike today's record breaking moments in front of sell out crowds, this moment occured in front of only 23,154 at that big stadium when on October 1, 1961 Maris cracked home run number 61 on the final day of the regular season in the Yankees-Red Sox game, a true Yankee Stadium moment.
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August 4, was a busy day at Yankee Stadium, first it was Phil Rizzuto day as the Scooter's Number 10 jersey was retired by the Yankees and then got trampled by a HOLY COW, no fantasy stuff there. At game time, it was Tom Seaver who once was a New York Icon playing at another New York Stadium now pitching for the Chicago White Sox, and then on his first try became a 300 game winner AND got cheered at Yankee Stadium big time, truly a memorable moment.
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