Yankee Stadium

Baseball has been a big part of the city of New York for a lot of years. In the early 1900's the owners of the Yankees decided they needed to build their own stadium in an effort to outdo the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. So they did, and on April 18, 1923 the doors were opened to Yankee Stadium for the first game. At the time, most stadiums could seat about 30,000 people but Yankee Stadium was built to house about 60,000 and every one of those seats was filled on opening day. The fans weren't disappointed when the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox or when, during that game, the first Yankee Stadium home run was hit by none other than Babe Ruth. Some of the greatest players to ever pick up a bat have call Yankee Stadium home including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Micky Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, and Tony Lazzeri just to name a few. Yankee Stadium has been a New York City icon ever since it's opening but it's time in the sun have come to an end. Today the Yankee's played their last game in the historic stadium, which is being torn down. However, Brooke and I were able to go see a game on Friday with Brooke's brother Bryson. It was a lot of fun to be there to experience the magic of Yankee Stadium before they bring it down. The Yankees won, and we had a great time. And of course we had to get peanuts and cracker jacks.