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The 100th anniversary of the original Yankee Stadium will be celebrated before Tuesday night's game against the Los Angeles Angels.

NEW YORK (AP) — Roy White remembered when he got called up to the major leagues in 1965 and walked out to Yankee Stadium’s 463-foot sign, to the left

NEW YORK (AP) — Roy White remembered when he got called up to the major leagues in 1965 and walked out to Yankee Stadium’s 463-foot sign, to the left of the monuments. “It was like three blocks away. You needed two relays to get it back to the infield,” the former All-Star outfielder said. The […]

The ballpark opened April 18, 1923, with Babe Ruth hitting the first home run in a 4-1 win over Boston before 74,200, at the time called the largest crowd to see a baseball game.

I grew up in a suburb of New York City, where baseball was a big thing and we had easy access to Yankee Stadium, the Polo Grounds (Giants), and Ebbets Field (Dodgers). It was not uncommon to have an entire World Series played in that one city.