The Beginnings Of New York’s Yankee Stadium
February 4th, 2010 by Al Anderson, Ben Long, Joy Furman
Hear the loudest sounds of crowds cheering? Well you are at The Yankee stadium! It has been 8 decades and this stadium continues to be the world’s most favored when it comes to the all american craze of baseball! Originating in 1923, the stadium is known for its one of a kind horseshoe shape and at that time it was called “the stadium”! This stadium will continue to tell the young and old that it witnessed the New York team’s first success in the World Series championships, 284 days after it was built. The N.Y. Yankees played six games against the Giants, beating them in each of those 6 glorious games!
The stadium remembers its great men, the legends who made the New York Yankees world renowned, and also has a Monument park to honor each of its great ambassadors of baseball. The Monument Park plays host to the greatest legends of baseball fame, by having their walls mounted with the plaques of these amazing sportsmen. This stadium has been the host to the World Series 37 times.
The walls of the walkway adorn 16 players’ numbers who retired along with their managers. Fascinating as it sounds, the New York Yankees were the first to wear their number permanently and proclaim to be the team with the largest number of retirees. A name that rings a glorified bell is Lou Gehrig; he was the first to retire as the number 4 in the year 1939.
The Monument Park is a must see but see that you get there on time when the gates open or at least 45 minutes before the commencement of the first pitch. No chances to visit it after the games!
Baseball’s best buddy as we all know is Babe Ruth! He brought the Yankee Stadium into being for the fact that the scored the largest runs and getting the crowds to flock to Polo grounds, this caused a major decision among the New York Heads to build the stadium with triple decks.
Over the years, the stadium has changed sizes about 15 times and is the largest in space in comparison to the other 30 parks that are major league. Bob Sheppard is still the announcer since 1951!
One may not get a great view further away from the field, you are above the field if you were to sit in a tier box and the upper deck which is larger has very different perspectives in seating. It is quite difficult to reach the upper deck as aisle is very narrow and allows only one person to pass through, yet the stadium can only be seen completely if one walks around the perimeter of the stadium. It is still the stadium with the loudest crowd’s scream.
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