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	Memories of Yankee Stadium by Scott Pitoniak
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Product Details Binding Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number 796.3570687471 EAN 9781600780561 ISBN 1600780563 Manufacturer Triumph Books Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 224 Publication Date March 25, 2008 Publisher Triumph Books Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description In the 84 years since Babe Ruth christened it with a home run, Yankee Stadium has become the most famous sports venue in America, hosting the world-championship Yankees, football's New York Giants, papal visits, concerts, and more. Sadly, the historic stadium will close following the 2008 baseball season. But it will never be forgotten. In Memories of Yankee Stadium, award-winning columnist and best-selling author Scott Pitoniak provides fans with hundreds of anecdotes about the iconic ballpark through the eyes of both those who performed there and those who were spectators. The book includes an impressive mix of well-known people, including Mickey Mantle, Bob Costas, Billy Crystal, and Keith Olbermann. But the voices of the unfamous are also present in this oral history. Fans, announcers, organists, 9/11 survivors, and others talk about their favorite memories of the ballpark and what impact it has had on their lives. In the 84 years since Babe Ruth christened it with a home run, Yankee Stadium has become the most famous sports venue in America, hosting the world-championship Yankees, football's New York Giants, papal visits, concerts, and more. Sadly, the historic stadium will close following the 2008 baseball season. But it will never be forgotten. In Memories of Yankee Stadium, award-winning columnist and best-selling author Scott Pitoniak provides fans with hundreds of anecdotes about the iconic ballpark through the eyes of both those who performed there and those who were spectators. The book includes an impressive mix of well-known people, including Mickey Mantle, Bob Costas, Billy Crystal, and Keith Olbermann. But the voices of the unfamous are also present in this oral history. Fans, announcers, organists, 9/11 survivors, and others talk about their favorite memories of the ballpark and what impact it has had on their lives. 'I still feel the same way I did when I was a little boy. The joy it gave me when I was playing with my friends, pretending to be a Yankee, or pretending with my brother that we were broadcasting the games. Every time I'm [there], I think of my father. I think of the way he got us to love it without saying, `love this.'' --Billy Crystal reflecting on what Yankee Stadium means to him 'There's a sign hanging in the runway leading from our clubhouse to the dugout. It's a quote from Joe DiMaggio thanking the Lord for making him a Yankee. I look at that sign every home game I head out to the field. I feel the same way.' --Derek Jeter on one of the special aspects of playing at Yankee Stadium Customers who bought this item also bought Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective Yankee Stadium: A Tribute: 85 Years of Memories: 1923-2008 The Yankee Stadium Scrapbook: A Lifetime of Memories Yankee Stadium: Baseball's Cathedral (With Collectable Ticket & Coin) Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of "The House That Ruth Built" Customer Reviews for: Memories of Yankee Stadium Rating - About covers it all. About covers it all. And this is the book that says it all. Best book to remember the House that Ruth Built and many others occupied. good pictures, informative and very well put as in the stories. Rating - WOW Joe Torre wrote the forward and speaks about being at Yankee Stadium when Don Larsen pitched a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956. I was just 10 years old then and I also saw that game. Like Joe Torre I also saw David Wells and David Cone pitch perfect games. I saw Roger Marris hit number 61 and many great plays and victory celebrations. In this book, baseball players and athletes in other sports, fans, media folk share their memories. ... Read More See all books by author Scott Pitoniak

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