I'm a diehard Cleveland Indians fan, so I'm definitely not the biggest Yankees fan in the world. However, too often in baseball, and sports in general, do people forget that they're fans of baseball first, and their teams second. In spite of the disdaining opinion I may have of the team itself, Yankee Stadium is a piece of history. A lot of the greatest players to ever put on a uniform have made livelihoods there, leaving a paper trail in the record books that few can match. You'd be hard pressed to find a mountain hermit who didn't know who Babe Ruth was, hate baseball or not.
Yes, I care a great deal. I watched the Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game, and both of those had tremendous moments to give it a proper sendoff. Something about a stadium full of Yankees fans chanting for a Texas Ranger was just special, and the game itself was awesome as well. Throw in what's called the "greatest football game ever played", and just the fact that it's the House that Ruth built, where DiMaggio, Berra, Ford, Maris, Mantle, Guidry, Nettles, Jeter, A-Rod, Gehrig, and countless others have called home, it's a monument to the sport itself.
I certainly don't mind that the Indians were the last team to win a playoff series there, will be the first to face the Yankees in the new stadium, and posted two of the most lopsided victories in history there, but that's just my own personal attempts at positives considering my team hasn't won a series since '48.
It was like watching Ripken run the victory lap back in '95. It was something special, and I'm glad I watched it.
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Date: 2008-09-22 04:24 am (UTC)Yes, I care a great deal. I watched the Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game, and both of those had tremendous moments to give it a proper sendoff. Something about a stadium full of Yankees fans chanting for a Texas Ranger was just special, and the game itself was awesome as well. Throw in what's called the "greatest football game ever played", and just the fact that it's the House that Ruth built, where DiMaggio, Berra, Ford, Maris, Mantle, Guidry, Nettles, Jeter, A-Rod, Gehrig, and countless others have called home, it's a monument to the sport itself.
I certainly don't mind that the Indians were the last team to win a playoff series there, will be the first to face the Yankees in the new stadium, and posted two of the most lopsided victories in history there, but that's just my own personal attempts at positives considering my team hasn't won a series since '48.
It was like watching Ripken run the victory lap back in '95. It was something special, and I'm glad I watched it.