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It's the last Opening Day at Yankee Stadium

Bucky Dent still vividly recalls opening day 1977, when he, for the first time in pinstripes, charged out on to the same Yankee Stadium field where icons Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle once roamed.

Today, as the House that Ruth Built celebrates its final opening day - and a new $1.3 billion stadium is erected next door - Dent, the Yankees' All-Star shortstop when Derek...

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