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Ruth Built It, You Can Tear It Down: Everything From Yankee Stadium on Sale

NEW YORK – The Yankees and their memorabilia partner, Steiner Sports, on Tuesday announced plans to sell artifacts from the old Yankee Stadium.See if you can pick out the actual items for sale and those we just made up:• Piece of live sod: $120 for 1x1 foot; $280 for 2x2 feet• 17 partially eaten Babe Ruth...

A's Lineup Puts the 'O' in Oakland

NEW YORK -- You pretty much have to hate your offense to bring your infield in with the score tied 0-0 in the bottom of the second inning and the other team's No. 9 hitter at the plate. But while Bob Geren obviously wouldn't admit to such dramatic motivation, that is what he did Tuesday night against the Yankees. And he...

Grandeur of New Yankee Stadium Hurt By Bad Timing

I almost feel sorry for the place. It isn't the fault of the new Yankee Stadium, with its $1.5 billion price tag and $2,625 top ticket and sizzling party scene and ThinkPad computer in every clubhouse locker, that construction was completed amid the worst economic climate since the Great Depression. In another era, we'd be...

New Yankee Stadium Snapshot: The View from the Field

NEW YORK -- A little more than two hours before the first pitch of tonight's exhibition game between the Yankees and the Cubs, I found myself in the visitors dugout, where Cubs players were milling about, checking out the new Stadium. (Yes, we capitalize "Stadium" when we talk about the one the Yankees play in.)"Nothing's...

New Yankee Stadium Snapshot: Roaming the Concourse

NEW YORK--Just went down to check out this "Great Hall" they have here. Pretty nifty. Long, high, wide hallway with open archways all along to give it an open-air feel (not ideal on this night, as it means you get rained on, but the effect is good). They have banners lining it, with pictures of Yankee greats on them. (Line...