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It wasn't an important game, as far as the standings go, but it was an interesting one; the last official game at Yankee Stadium in New York. Tonight's game had the Orioles visiting to challenge the Bronx Bombers. There were a bunch of former players there, including Yogi B, Whitey Ford, David Cone and even David Wells.

There's still going to be a Yankee Stadium. There's a new one just on the other side of the street from left field. There were just a lot of memories tied up in this infield, this grass and this dirt. It was funny that both before and afterward there were pitchers taking little baggie fulls of dirt from the pitcher's mound. That might be cool, to have a bit of Yankee Stadium pitcher's mound in a medicine bottle in a display case. We actually have a ticket stub from Game 3 of the 1959 World Series, played by the new (then) Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox. It's kind of interesting. I thought that maybe I might go to a World Series Game one day. I think that my best chances were probably way back in 1977 & '78 when the Dodgers played the Yankees. Back then it would have been expensive, but nothing like now days.

But it was interesting to think of all the memories there in the Bronx. Debbie and I had gone to one game there, back in '93, or something like that. David Cone, then pitching for the TX Rangers, won a game against the team which he would later join. Twas the LOUDEST game I had ever been to. And back then, they still let people smoke in the stadium. Yuck! It was fun, though. They really get loud whenever there's 2 strikes on an opposing batter.

That's my major memory from there. I did watch the night that Reggie Jackson shot 3 balls over the wall during that World Series game in the '70s. I couldn't believe it, but I half expected it. He was a powerful force.

So we'll see how it goes in the new stadium. I'm not emotional about it, but I could see how fans would be. The team sill still probably be great most years. At least the team isn't moving away from the fans. That's good. L8r.