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It was 50 years ago on April 18, 1923 that Yankee Stadium was opened for major league baseball.  In the historic first game, the Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1.  It was historic because the Yanks were the American League champions, they had the leading gate attraction in Babe Ruth, and the new stadium […]

Yankee Stadium, from its opening April 18, 1923, has had the reputation of being a good park for lefthanded batters and a sad place for righthanded batters. The fact that two of the greatest hitters of all time were lefthanded batting Yankees (Ruth and Gehrig) has contributed to this impression of Yankee Stadium as a […]

This excerpt is from the recent SABR book, Yankee Stadium 1923-2008: America’s First Modern Ballpark, and also appears at www.grassrootsbaseball.org.   Between 1923 and 2008, Yankee Stadium hosted 6,746 American League and related professional baseball games, including 161 postseason games and four All-Star Games. More than 200 Negro League games have also taken place there. […]