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Yankee Stadium Metro North Station Opens Saturday

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Nice for Westchester folks....full info here.

Weekdays:

Hudson Line: Direct service from Grand Central Terminal, Harlem-125th Street Station, and all outlying stations (see game day schedule for details).

Harlem and New Haven Lines: Transfer at Grand Central Terminal or Harlem-125th Street Station for service to/from Yankees-E. 153rd Street Station (see game day schedule for details).

Shuttle service:Frequent service to/from Grand Central Terminal/Harlem-125th Street Station (shuttles after weekday 1:05 PM games will not stop at Harlem-125th Street).

Weeknights:

Hudson Line: Direct service to/from Grand Central Terminal, Harlem-125th Street Station, and all outlying stations (see game day schedule for details).

Harlem and New Haven Lines: Direct post-game service to stations up to Southeast on the Harlem Line and to stations up to New Haven on the New Haven Line (see game day schedule for details), or transfer at Grand Central Terminal or Harlem-125th Street Station for additional trains available after the departure of the last direct Harlem or New Haven Line trains.

Shuttle service: Frequent service to/from Grand Central Terminal and Harlem-125th Street Station.

Weekends and holidays:

Hudson Line: Direct service from Grand Central Terminal, Harlem-125th Street Station, and all outlying stations (see game day schedule for details).

Harlem and New Haven Lines: Direct pre- and post-game service to/from stations to/from Southeast and New Haven respectively (see game day schedule for details), or transfer at Grand Central Terminal or Harlem-125th Street Station for additional trains available after the departure of the last direct Harlem or New Haven Line trains.

Shuttle service:Frequent service to/from Grand Central Terminal and Harlem-125th Street Station.

During the game, shuttle service will operate between Yankees-E. 153rd Street Station and Harlem-125th Street Station and Grand Central Terminal approximately every 30 minutes. All post-game train service will commence approximately 20 minutes after the final out. The last direct "game train" will typically leave approximately 45 minutes after the game ends.

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Times Rips Yankees Finale

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I thought the finale was great - but the Times had an article yesterday with some interesting perspectives. I saved it for today because I had a ton of posts yesterday that I wanted to give daylight.

This lazy “Field of Dreams” derivative starred team workers dressed in retro uniforms pretending to be the Yankees’ starting lineup on April 18, 1923, the day the Stadium opened, and assorted other greats. A security guard played Babe Ruth. A former batting-practice catcher played Casey Stengel. A tour guide played Allie Reynolds.

What’s next, Ronan Tynan played by me?

On ESPN and on the YES Network, which each broadcast the ceremony, the directors never chose close-ups, as if long shots with camera flashes bestowed majesty. The reaction shots of some current Yankees, save for an entranced Mariano Rivera, seemed to say, When I’m dead, which concession worker or usher will play me?

I disagree with the criticism. No matter who you get, someone is going to say "that doesn't look like Babe Ruth" - so you hook someone up, and keep the cameras back. I was in the upper deck and it looked "babe Ruth enough" for me. People said it was lame on TV. Everyone at the stadium said it was amazing andI got many text messages during the ceremony.

You can read the rest for yourself here:

Finale Had Too Much Familiar and Too Much Missing

By RICHARD SANDOMIR

Published: September 23, 2008

Sixty years after “The Babe Ruth Story,” with its misguided casting of the Babe, the Yankees proved that their casting skills were worse than the studio’s.

The Evil Giants Of PSL Fame Final Game At Yankee Stadium Was Sep 23

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I did not realize that the Evil Money Grubbing Football Giants From New Jersey played their final game at Yankee Stadium mid-season...and apparently a tie! They finished the season at the Yale Bowl. Weird, right? 35 years later the Giants would sell their soul to the devil by screwing their fans with PSL's - and creating the Curse of The PSL's which forbids the Giants from ever winning the Super Bowl until New Meadowlands is torn down.

Giants Tie Eagles on Last Play

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... on the final play of the final New York Giants football game in Yankee Stadium as the heavily favoredGiants salvaged a 23-23 tie with Philadelphia.

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Why The Yankees Didn't Mention Joe Torre

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Joe Torre, the man who does not exist, was not mentioned at the closing ceremonies of Yankee Stadium. Torre did not accomplish much with the Yankees and is not a significant part of Yankee history.

Oh you think I'm nuts? Good call.

Here's all you need to know about why the Yankees ignored Torre. The words of Hank Steinbrenner:

"Baseball went to a multidivision setup to create more races, rivalries and excitement. But it isn't fair. You see it this season, with plenty of people in the media pointing out that Joe Torre and the Dodgers are going to the playoffs while we're not.

"This is by no means a knock on Torre - let me make that clear-but look at the division they're in. If L.A. were in the AL East, it wouldn't be in the playoff discussion. The AL East is never weak."

The Definitive Bob Sheppard Article

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he batter ripped a line-drive double to tie the score. In his tiny booth adjacent to the press box, Sheppard didn't realize his microphone was live.

"That's relief pitching for you, boy!" he said. And the whole stadium heard him.

That's one of the great stories in today's Daily News Article about Bob Sheppard. Sorry to hear you can't make it tonight Bob.

Raissman Knows ESPN Hates Children

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Hooray for Bib Raissman who has this to say today about ESPN:

Look, ESPN suits, if they were on the level, would admit that airing a game capable of producing a significant rating is all that matters to them. For them, a high rating is significantly more important than presenting an "historic" moment their announcers will ultimately screw up. A moment which has little significance in Dallas or Green Bay.

You think ESPN would say "no" if someone at NBC wanted to trade this "historic" Yankees-Orioles tilt for tonight's Cowboys-Packers matchup?

Funny, right? Even funnier is ESPN saying first pitch will be at 8:25 p.m., as if that's a great time to start a Sunday night game. Don't be surprised if the game starts closer to 9 p.m. Why do you think ESPN is already spinning it so they can blame the Yankees for a late start?

Nate's World of Words - Written, Spoken, and Otherwise: Memories of Yankee Stadium

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Nate's World of Words - Written, Spoken, and Otherwise: Memories of Yankee Stadium

Cool Yankee Article

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Last Day Of Yankee stadium...what else.

Excerpt:

The old Yankee Stadium, pre-renovation, had a feature that was eliminated in the new one: a kind of Yankee Hall of Fame that you could pass through on your way to Monument Park. It was really little more than some old uniforms in a glass case, but there was also a bank of phones where you could "talk to" Yankee greats. You picked up the receiver in, say, Mantle's booth and you heard a recorded message from Mickey. I never got tired of that.

Bob Sheppard

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The Man Will Be Absent, but His Voice Carries

By GEORGE VECSEY

Published: September 20, 2008

Bob Sheppard will not be in the Bronx this weekend for the closing of Yankee Stadium, but he will participate at Mass at St. Christopher’s Roman Catholic Church.

“The Yankees have been very gracious,” Sheppard said as he was awaiting a visit from club officials who would tape a message from him for this weekend. The Yankees offered a limousine and a seat in George M. Steinbrenner’s box, and maybe a few words if he felt up to it.

The Boss, who long ago revived the glory of this franchise, is not coming up from Florida this weekend. The two old lions, two decades apart in age, have this much in common: a sense of pride, not wanting special attention.

“I don’t have my best stuff,” Sheppard said, sounding like a pitcher whose fastball has lost some zip. But he still has his wits, to say nothing of the elocution that has graced Yankee Stadium since April 17, 1951, opening day.

Verducci's Yankee Stadium Article

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Heard a lot of people talking about this one in Sports Illustrated.

Also heard Mad Dog have on a guest who talked about when Bush threw out the first pitch in the 2001 World Series. The Secret Service had a "seventh" umpire on the field to protect Bush. I had never heard that story. Pretty cool. Whatever you think of Bush, it was cool and he threw a strike.

I'll be at the Stadium tomorrow, but I'm not showing up seven hours early for a night game.

Some Hints About The Final Games At The Stadiums

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SPORTS BUSINESS

Friends Are Invited to Parks’ Farewells

By RICHARD SANDOMIR

Published: September 17, 2008

The Yankees and the Mets have said little, if anything, about their plans to say farewell to their old stadiums.

One part of Sunday’s pregame ceremony will be the introduction of Yankees greats who will go to their former positions; those who have died will be represented by family members. One of Mickey Mantle’s sons, Danny or David, could be in center field, and one of Roger Maris’s sons could be in right.

After the Florida-Mets afternoon game on Sept. 28, the Mets plan to bring back 45 former players, including Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza, for a celebration called Shea Goodbye.

So Who Should Be The Field Of Dreams Team At Yankee Stadium?

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When stadiums close there is an often a ceremony where the greatest living (and retired) players take their positions one last time.

Who do you think should take the field at the Yankee game on Sunday?

One man's list:

C: Yogi
1B: Donnie Baseball has a game so call Tino. Sorry Pepitone.
2B: Please welcome back our old friend Willie Randolph
SS: Too bad Scooter didn't make it. Bucky Dent.
3B: Nettles
LF: They ain't gonna invite Winfield so it's um........
CF: Well unless Joe D or Mantke have a surprise..it's Bernie
RF: Paulie O should be in the Hall but it will be Reggie
P: Whitey Ford. Check the nickname. Plus we can't have everyone out there from 1977.

Feel encouraged to complain about this list and remind me of 98 year old guys I forgot.

ESPN Hates Children: Last Yankee Game To Start At 9

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Mushnick mentioned that the pregame ceremonies at the final game at Yankee Stadium won't start until 8, which pushes gametime to 9pm. On a Sunday night. In September.

As I've previously mentioned, this means I can't bring Mets Police Junior. He's not awake at 9pm never mind the 1am end of game plus a drive home.

This game had been scheduled for 1pm. Why can't ESPN show it then? Do people not watch sports on fall Sunday afternoons? The Sunday Night Football game will get a better rating anyway, so why torture New Yorkers?

No Bob Sheppard At Finale

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The Daily News reports Bob Sheppard has told a friend he won't make the final game at Yankee Stadium.

That nails 2008 as the bizarro year. One too many in the old park. It would have been more poetic to wrap up with George and Torre and Shep and the playoffs.

Instead 2008 will always be more akin to a year in the place without the ghosts. 4th place, Hank, Girardi, Jim Hall - it's all imitation Yankees down to the new retrofacade

I'm very sorry to hear Bob won't make it and I wish him the best of health.

As for the taped Jeter intro - cool idea but it just doesn't work in real life. Leave that on the south side of 161st with the ghosts.

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Cool aritcle on Philly.com about the last days of Shea and Yankee.

Here's an excerpt, and the last line is for Fred "Giants Who?" Wilpon.

Despite its warts, the unsightly chop shops that used to be visible before new Citi Field began to rise beyond the center-field wall, and the annoying cacophony of jet engines from nearby LaGuardia Airport that interrupted at-bats, Shea does have some history. It hosted four World Series. In 1965, it contributed to the cause of Beatlemania in the United States. Shea Stadium opened in 1964. The Mets have played more games there than the Brooklyn Dodgers played in beloved Ebbets Field.

Yankees Have Yet to Honor Ruth in His House’s Final Season (Times)

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Yankees Have Yet to Honor Ruth in His House’s Final Season

By RICHARD SANDOMIR

Published: September 6, 2008

In the weeks leading up to the final game at the house that Ruth built, a granddaughter of Babe Ruth questions whether the franchise has properly honored his memory.

Michael Kay Doesn't Care About You But Was Right About Something

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Michael Kay, who has no problem with the Evil Money Grubbing Football Giants From New Jersey and their PSL plan, did make a great point the other day about MLB.

MLB blew it.

The first opponent at Yankee Stadium One was the Boston Red Sox.

Now as Yankee Stadium II closes, the Yankees end their season on the road with Boston.

MLB should have played this week's series AT Boston and had the NYY's finish at home vs. the Red Sox.

What Kay didn't factor in is that the Mets schedule would have needed to be tinkered with too - you don't want both stadiums closing at the same time (although ESPN has a way of solving that) - but it's nothing insurmountable.

He probably also chose to ignore that by doing it this way guarantees a sellout against Boston on a Thursday afternoon, plus guarantees a sellout against a lesser Orioles team.

Dopey Yankees Contest

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So I get official emails from MLB and now there's one where you can win a chance to pull the "Yankees Countdown Lever" and one of the ten final games.

That's kind of cool but is that really what a fan would want for games ten through one?

Maybe you could have someone from the Rizutto family, Nettles, Yogi, a Mantle, a DiMaggio, a Gehrig, a Ruth or the Captain? I guess you could have a fan do game #6 but is that what you want.

Please welcome Joey from Staten Island! I know I'd boo his ass.

I've heard from Mets fans who want to win the contest and then whip off their shirt to show a Seaver jersey underneath. Wouldn't that be great.

The Great Phil Mushnick Criticzes Yankees September 21

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The great prophet of our time has some wise words about the 8:05 start on September 21st and the absurd Yankees ticket prices. I hate a link for links sake, but Mushnick is the man.

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Last Game At Yankee Stadium: ESPN Robs My Son of Memory

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Well it's official - the September 21st game at Yankee Stadium (the final game) will be a night game. I was going to take the boy. At his age there's no way he can stay awake until 11pm in a packed staidum (on a school night too).

I was hoping to gift him this memory (he's quite young) so that even if he didn't appreciate it now, he might appreciate it when he's a man.

Once again ESPN strikes - it's an 8:05 start and even daddy will be looking at his watch and hoping for a fast game.