Posted on 08/10/2009 7:52:35 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
..father grew up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan...
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I was an “Irish” lad growing up in NYS mostly with Italian friends and since they were Yankee fans I naturally became a Brooklyn Dodger fan...most everyone else I knew were NY Giant fans so I had a ‘lonely’ but well fulfilled childhood just going against the ‘grain’....
My glory moment was Johnny Podres 2-0 win capped by Sandy Amoros’ catch in 1955 giving my HERO Pee Wee Reese and the rest of ‘Dem Bums a World Championship for the 1st time.
Next year finally made it....
Yup, that’s the real Yankee Stadium. The one where you could walk across the outfield, past the monuments, at the end of a game.
“The House That Ruth Built.”
They ought to do with Yankee Stadium I what they did with Commiskey Park I: home plate should remain, along with the batter’s box, and be kept as a shrine. Even though the old Commiskey is now a parking lot, you can stand up on the concourse of new Commiskey and look down on old Commiskey’s batter’s box. It’s pretty cool.
Supposedly the site will feature a forest of trees in the shape of the old grandstand, and *will* feature a plaque where home plate existed ... however, the exact point of home plate had changed during the 1976 remodeling, and again (I think) in the mid 80's ... so there are three potential "points" where home plate once existed, wonder which one they'll use for the plaque?
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