Hootin’ Anni’s

My Thursday 13 & a bit more—

Since Tuesday’s Summer All Star Game between the National League and the American League baseball…I thought while watching it Tuesday evening [extra innings 15---to the wee hours of the morning, Wednesday] and tears welled up in my eyes with all the old players of my youth being out in the field –some of the greats like Whitey Ford, Yogi Bera, films of Joe DiMaggio, Robinson, and dozens more! I grew up with baseball. Each summer we’d go see a game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis [my father's favorite team]. Remembering my brother’s caught fly foul ball and he went down and got it autographed by some of the ‘greats’ of our time! I now, also, have an autographed ball from a foul hit in Coors Field in Colorado. It’s a treasure only in my estimation…it’s as the commercial goes…”Tickets to the game – $50, A hot dog with everything on it -$5 –an autographed baseball from the Colorado Rockies?—PRICELESS!!

How sad it’s going to be to see the old Yankee Stadium razed. It’s been there ‘forever’ for me, and it’s part of American Culture!!! Hence my 13 this time is all about the history of us…even those who AREN’T Yankees or baseball fans, it’s still a big part of the American Dream becoming a reality….

edition #67
YANKEE STADIUM
1923

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This is the last year of an American Baseball Icon. I found a very interesting article in our newspaper the other day, and after reading it, I naturally, wanted more. So, I went out on the ‘net and did my usual research—

1. Yankee Stadium was the first ballpark to ever be referred to as a ‘stadium’.
2. After construction was complete at the cost of 2.5 million dollars, it opened in 1923 [85 years ago!]

1. Construction began on May 5, 1922 and opened for the first game on April 18, 1923
2. The land is 10 acres, purchased for $675,000.00 from William Waldorf Astor
3. The Yankees team owned it until they sold it to the city of New York in 1972 for $24 million.

3. After a Yankees Home Victory – the song blares over the field “New York, New York” with Frank Sinatra singing.
4. Prior to the completion of the stadium, the Yankees never won a World Series. The first season playing in the new stadium they won, beating the Giants in 6 games.
5. Among the features within the park is Memorial Park…with 37 monuments and plaques depicting the memorable, honorable, Yankees.
6. Babe Ruth helped ‘design’ the stadium, suggesting aspects that would help the ‘left-handed’ players!
7. It’s been dubbed the “House That Ruth Built”….
8. When Yankee Stadium opened on April 18, 1923 there were 74,200 fans in attendance to see the Babe hit a three-run blast as the Yankees won their first game, 4-1 over the Red Sox.
9. The capacity of Yankee Stadium has changed 15 times since it opened.

1. largest capacity among all 30 Major League ballparks

10. It was renovated after the 1973 season – 48 million dollars
11. The rebuilt stadium did retain an exact replica of the façade, which now spans the 560-foot-long scoreboard that stretches across the bleachers. Today, the white picket fence-style façade and large line scoreboard in left-center field are Yankee Stadium’s signature features.
12. Known as the “Bleacher Creatures”, the Stadium’s most famous inhabitants occupy the bleachers, which have been alcohol free since 2001.
13. The Stadium’s main entrance is located behind home plate and has the most congested foot traffic.

Note:

The All American Team, Yankees, played ball in the polo park from 1913-1922 on the polo grounds directly across the Harlem River from where the stadium now stands. [demolished in 1964]

Yankee Stadium’s Physical address is:

161st Street & River Avenue

Bronx, NY 10451

The new Yankee Stadium will open April 16, 2009

Est. cost: $80 million

NYY Logo
1913-

NYY Logo
1987-Current

My Thursday 13 & a bit more—

Since Tuesday’s Summer All Star Game between the National League and the American League baseball…I thought while watching it Tuesday evening [extra innings 15---to the wee hours of the morning, Wednesday] and tears welled up in my eyes with all the old players of my youth being out in the field –some of the greats like Whitey Ford, Yogi Bera, films of Joe DiMaggio, Robinson, and dozens more! I grew up with baseball. Each summer we’d go see a game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis [my father's favorite team]. Remembering my brother’s caught fly foul ball and he went down and got it autographed by some of the ‘greats’ of our time! I now, also, have an autographed ball from a foul hit in Coors Field in Colorado. It’s a treasure only in my estimation…it’s as the commercial goes…”Tickets to the game – $50, A hot dog with everything on it -$5 –an autographed baseball from the Colorado Rockies?—PRICELESS!!

How sad it’s going to be to see the old Yankee Stadium razed. It’s been there ‘forever’ for me, and it’s part of American Culture!!! Hence my 13 this time is all about the history of us…even those who AREN’T Yankees or baseball fans, it’s still a big part of the American Dream becoming a reality….

edition #67
YANKEE STADIUM
1923

- – -

This is the last year of an American Baseball Icon. I found a very interesting article in our newspaper the other day, and after reading it, I naturally, wanted more. So, I went out on the ‘net and did my usual research—

1. Yankee Stadium was the first ballpark to ever be referred to as a ‘stadium’.
2. After construction was complete at the cost of 2.5 million dollars, it opened in 1923 [85 years ago!]

1. Construction began on May 5, 1922 and opened for the first game on April 18, 1923
2. The land is 10 acres, purchased for $675,000.00 from William Waldorf Astor
3. The Yankees team owned it until they sold it to the city of New York in 1972 for $24 million.

3. After a Yankees Home Victory – the song blares over the field “New York, New York” with Frank Sinatra singing.
4. Prior to the completion of the stadium, the Yankees never won a World Series. The first season playing in the new stadium they won, beating the Giants in 6 games.
5. Among the features within the park is Memorial Park…with 37 monuments and plaques depicting the memorable, honorable, Yankees.
6. Babe Ruth helped ‘design’ the stadium, suggesting aspects that would help the ‘left-handed’ players!
7. It’s been dubbed the “House That Ruth Built”….
8. When Yankee Stadium opened on April 18, 1923 there were 74,200 fans in attendance to see the Babe hit a three-run blast as the Yankees won their first game, 4-1 over the Red Sox.
9. The capacity of Yankee Stadium has changed 15 times since it opened.

1. largest capacity among all 30 Major League ballparks

10. It was renovated after the 1973 season – 48 million dollars
11. The rebuilt stadium did retain an exact replica of the façade, which now spans the 560-foot-long scoreboard that stretches across the bleachers. Today, the white picket fence-style façade and large line scoreboard in left-center field are Yankee Stadium’s signature features.
12. Known as the “Bleacher Creatures”, the Stadium’s most famous inhabitants occupy the bleachers, which have been alcohol free since 2001.
13. The Stadium’s main entrance is located behind home plate and has the most congested foot traffic.

Note:

The All American Team, Yankees, played ball in the polo park from 1913-1922 on the polo grounds directly across the Harlem River from where the stadium now stands. [demolished in 1964]

Yankee Stadium’s Physical address is:

161st Street & River Avenue

Bronx, NY 10451

The new Yankee Stadium will open April 16, 2009

Est. cost: $80 million

NYY Logo
1913-

NYY Logo
1987-Current