Hear the loudest sounds of crowds cheering? Well you are at The Yankee stadium! It has been 8 decades and this stadium continues to be the world’s most favored when it comes to the all american craze of baseball! Originating in 1923, the stadium is known for its one of a kind horseshoe shape and at that time it was called “the stadium”! This stadium will continue to tell the young and old that it witnessed the New York team’s first success in the World Series championships, 284 days after it was built. The N.Y. Yankees played six games against the Giants, beating them in each of those 6 glorious games!
One thing that brings this otherwise plain stadium its uniqueness is the success achieved by the New York Yankees and the men, considered as legends that played in that stadium. The significance is also that it hosted 37 games of the World Series! While walking into the stadium, one would definitely not miss the Monument Park, a place that honors the best of New York Yankee’s players with plaques and monuments that adorn the area.
Apart from the park you have the walkways exhibiting plaques of the players’ numbers who retired and their managers as well. If you didn’t know this, it was the New York Yankees who were the first team to have numbers worn permanently, and also shouts out loud to be the only team with the maximum number of retiring .Lou Gehrig adds his glamour to this Stadium as he was the number 4 who was the first to retire in 1939.
The Monument Park is a must see but see that you get there on time when the gates open or at least 45 minutes before the commencement of the first pitch. No chances to visit it after the games!
Remember the glory Babe Ruth brought to Baseball? He was the reason behind the construction of this marvelous stadium! The stadium’s dimensions were tailored for left hand players or hitters. This stadium is also called Babe Ruth’s home; his runs previously drew crowds to the Polo grounds to the effect that management of New York had to build a stadium with triple decks!
Over the years, the stadium has changed sizes about 15 times and is the largest in space in comparison to the other 30 parks that are major league. Bob Sheppard is still the announcer since 1951!
If you want a difference in seating perspective then the upper deck is where you need to be and if it’s above the playing pitch, then you got to be in the tier box. Beware the aisles, quite narrow for more than one but be sure to walk around the stadium boundary to get the exact view of this monumental splendor!
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