Last Old Timer's Game In 'House That Ruth Built'
13/08/2008 05:27
It's hard to believe that this was the last Old Timers’s Day in The House That Ruth Built.
It was a tremendous weekend for me being a part of the Old Timers’s Game last Saturday. What an honour to be in the dugout with so many Hall of Famers, legends and all-stars! Just think, I am sitting there looking at Reggie Jackson,Yogi Berra, the newest Hall of Fame inductee Goose Gossage, Don Larsen (the only man to pitch a perfect game in the history of the World Series) and so many more.
The stadium was packed with fans of all ages who came to cheer their heroes on. It was an hour and a half of pure love of the game and the only word I can use to describe the scene is "AWESOME". As we were introduced, all 72 of us - the most Yankees ever assembled together - lined up from home plate down both foul lines.
As the great Yogi Berra was announced, the fans went crazy because they knew they were seeing him for the last time in pinstripes on that field. It was a moment in time I will never forget.
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