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'I want to thank the Lord for making me a Yankee'
mark.herrmann@newsday.comBefore a Yankees postseason game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field in 1998, George Steinbrenner was boarding a clean, efficient elevator in that sparkling ballpark and said, "Gee, what a stadium this is. We need one just like it." His point was that his club...Tags: Curt Schilling, American League, Derek Jeter, New York Mets, George Brett
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The Stadium: Larger than life, both in physical size and what occurred within its walls
mark.herrmann@newsday.comYankee Stadium was built to catch the eye and capture the imagination, all on the very first look. From day one, April 18, 1923, it was meant to be hugely unforgettable, and it never lost an inch of its stature. That is why a second-generation Stadium...Tags: Derek Jeter, New York Mets, Jorge Posada, Baseball, Yogi Berra
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Dom's Dugout
ΔAgony of victory: Terry Francona won't give away his thoughts on the All-Star selection process and seems to be enjoying his evasiveness. "We owe it to the players involved for the process to be agonizing," he said. He has been in contact with...Tags: Derek Jeter, New York Mets, Carl Hubbell, Baseball, Basketball
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Insiders Share Yankee Stadium's Hidden History
Courant Staff WriterRay Negron was 16, a troubled kid caught spraying graffiti on Yankee Stadium. George Steinbrenner gave him a job, many jobs, starting with bat boy. Late that summer of 1973, a very hot day, Eleanor Gehrig was coming to the Stadium, and Steinbrenner...Tags: Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter, Lou Gehrig, Baseball, Joe DiMaggio
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Going out in style
Associated PressWhen Yankee Stadium opened for business April 18, 1923, an army of writers strained for adjectives to describe the majestic, triple-decked structure that loomed over the landscape like the Colosseum in Rome, somehow relocated to the Bronx. Babe Ruth, who...Tags: Derek Jeter, Baseball, Mickey Mantle, Football, Yogi Berra
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Damon Likely Headed To Disabled List
Courant Staff WriterJohnny Damon has never been on the disabled list in his career, but he sounded Friday like it was inevitable that would end. "I can't know that now," he said, after injuring his left shoulder chasing a fly ball in the third inning. "It doesn't feel good....Tags: Baseball, Contracts, Johnny Damon, Joe Girardi, Boston Red Sox
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Nine-run seventh ends Yankees' hitting slump
mark.herrmann@newsday.comBy about the sixth run and sixth hit in the seventh inning, it was, to quote Hank Steinbrenner, "getting ridiculous." You couldn't dream this up: Before the Yankees had even had a chance to sleep on Steinbrenner's demand that his hitters "start waking up,...Tags: Sidney Ponson, Barry Bonds, Baseball, Willie Mays, Jorge Posada
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No more 'meatballs' in pitcher's box
Q: Don, I often wonder how the distance of 60 feet, 6 inches was arrived at in major league baseball. Kim Altenbach A: When professional baseball was first played in 1869, the pitcher had to start his delivery from within a flat box similar to the...Tags: Arizona Diamondbacks, Barry Bonds, Baseball, Willie Mays, Ted Williams
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Rangers frustrate Yankees and sharp Mussina
mark.herrmann@newsday.comNot everything quite qualifies as "historic" in this final year of Yankee Stadium, with the camera flashes going off from the stands on just about every pitch. Some events simply fall into the category of "things you don't see every day." That would...Tags: Derek Jeter, American League, New York Mets, Jorge Posada, Baseball
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Hey, kids, the All-Star Game is coming to the Bronx!
WatchdogI don't know where to begin in giving you the details of the Fox/MLB pre-All Star game extravaganza, the kickoff to what Fox says "is sure to be one of the most memorable nights in sports history." So I'm just......Tags: American League, Willie Mays, Baseball, Yogi Berra, New York Yankees
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