Baseball

Content Preview

Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Nine-run seventh by Indians ruins Stadium opener

The fans poured into the new Yankee Stadium hours early yesterday, eager to witness the historic first regular-season game at the new ballpark.

The atmosphere on 161st Street was that of a playoff game, with one 40-ish man telling his friends: "I haven't been this excited since I was a little kid."

Every Yankees fan wanted to say he or she was there when the new era began, but nobody...

newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

  • Already
    registered on
    newsday.com?
    log in
  • Already a subscriber
    to Newsday or
    Optimum Online®?
    get access
  • Not a Newsday
    or Optimum Online®
    subscriber?
    click here

Photos and videos