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The Bronx Always Beckoned
The headline in the March 13, 1903, edition of the New York…
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Yankee Stadium: The Giants’ Greatest Mistake
White Construction Company signed on as general contractor…
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Phil Schenck: Yankee Stadium’s First Groundskeeper
Babe Ruth pitches in to help the grounds crew in The House…
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Whitey Witt: The First Yankee Hitter to Come to the Plate at Yankee Stadium
Whitey Witt batted .301 as a Yankee, from 1922-1925. (National…
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When Harry Met the Bronx Bombers: The History of the Yankee Stadium Concessions
Harry M. Stevens, shown at left with Yankees owner Jacob…
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The Negro Leagues East-West All-Star Game and The Two Games Held at Yankee Stadium
The White major leagues held their first All-Star Game on July…
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Satchel Paige at Yankee Stadium
In his four appearances at Yankee Stadium with the 1952 St.…
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Lou Gehrig’s Farewell Speech: July 4, 1939
A packed crowd of 61,808 fans heard Lou Gehrig make his “Luckiest…
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My Six Decades with the Yankees
This excerpt is from the SABR book, Yankee Stadium 1923-2008:…
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Safe at Home: Babe Ruth at ‘The House That Ruth Built,’ 1939-1948
On September 28, 1947, the Bambino made an appearance before…
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Yankee Old-Timers Day: A Long-Running Tradition
The 2007 Old-Timers Day included Whitey Ford (16), Yogi Berra…
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‘We Were the Only Girls to Play at Yankee Stadium’
The three-inning exhibition between the Chicago Colleens…
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Bats, Balls, Boys, and Dreams: The Hearst Sandlot Classic at Yankee Stadium, 1959-1965
Jim Spencer had 36 major-league home runs at Yankee Stadium…
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Live From Yankee Stadium: A Brief History of the Yankees on Radio
Radio broadcasts of Yankees games in the 1920s were sparse,…
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Yankee Stadium: The House That Ruth (and Unitas) Built!
In my 40 years working at the Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum in…
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Yankee Stadium on Film
The Detective (1968), starring Frank Sinatra and Lee Remick,…
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Silent Icons: Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Yankee Stadium
1928 was a phenomenal year for the New York Yankees.
Babe…
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The House That Oratory Built: Great Speeches at Yankee Stadium
All baseball fans are familiar, if not from the movie, then…
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A Number 7 Special: Four Yankee Stadium Celebrations of Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle’s wife, Merlyn, and eldest son Mickey, Jr.…
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Yankee Stadium and the Renovation of ’76
The 1976 renovation of Yankee Stadium removed the columns…
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Of Monuments And Men: The Story of Monument Park at Yankee Stadium
The renovation of Yankee Stadium created Monument Park as…
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Eleven Masterpieces: Yankee Stadium’s No-Hitters
The number 11 has a prominent place in human history, both…
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Black Baseball at Yankee Stadium: The House That Ruth Built and Satchel Furnished (with Fans)
Editor's note: This article appeared originally in Black Ball:…