We Get The Point: Yankee Stadium is Important
The media, ESPN especially, has bombarded us withย noticesย during every commercial breakย in any show, thatย 2008 isย Yankee Stadium's last season.ย
As frustrated as I am with the constant advertisements, Iย can see why they're doing this - there's more history at Yankee Stadium than in a school textbook.
Dozens of the most famous playersย ever to play in the MLB played there - Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, andย Roger Maris, among others.
On its opening day -ย April 18, 1923 -ย "Sailor" Bob Shawkeyย pitched the Yankees to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox, and Babeย Ruth hit a homerun.ย Itย was hit in the third inning, with two baserunners, intoย the right-field bleachers.ย That homer was the first in the now-lengthy history of Yankee Stadium.ย 60,000 proud New Yorkers witnessed this game.
Joe DiMaggio,ย asย you may know,ย holds the record for mostย consecutive games hit in safely - 56. His streak began on May 15, 1941 and ended on July 17, 1941.ย He broke the previous recordย of 44 games - held by Willie Keeler -ย at Yankeeย Stadium onย July 2, 1941.ย Ironically DiMaggio went on to hitย safely in 16 straight gamesย after his streak ended.ย All in all he hit safely in 72-of-73 games.
Roger Maris hit 61 homeruns in 1961 (isn't that ironic).ย Back then it was aย single-season record.ย Maris hit his 61st homerย in the fourth inningย ofย the last game of the seasonย in New York off of Red Sox pitcher Evan Tracyย Stallard.ย Maris brokeย former Yankee Babeย Ruth's oldย single-season recordย of 60 dingers that year.ย Maris' total currently ranks sixth all-time.ย
The point is,ย Yankee Stadium isย home to lots of baseball milestones and history.ย We know that.ย So stop shovingย it down ourย throats, ESPN.ย Let us live in peace and appreciate Yankee Stadium for what it is on our own.ย
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