ESPN vignettes to celebrate Stadium in Bronx
ESPN will announce later today a series of 30 vignettes to mark the final season at the current Yankee Stadium.
The series, called "Remembering the House that Ruth Built,'' will feature 10 episodes (one each day) starting March 22 and leading up to Opening Day, another 10 before the All-Star Game and another 10 before the regular-season finale.
Here are the first 10 subjects:
April 18, 1923 – first game at Stadium; Babe homers, Bosox lose
Sept. 30, 1927 – Babe hits his record 60th home run of the season
Nov. 10, 1928 – Knute Rockne urges a win for Gipper; Irish respond
June 19, 1936/June 22, 1938 – Schmeling upsets Louis; Louis KOs Schmeling
July 4, 1939 – Lou Gehrig considers himself lucky
Nov. 9, 1946 – Army and Notre Dame play to a scoreless tie
June 13, 1948 – Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance in a Yankees uniform
Aug. 17, 1948 – Ruth lays in state for two days
June 25, 1952 – Sugar Ray Robinson loses to Joe Maxim
Oct. 4, 1955 – Johnny Podres tosses a shutout; Dodgers win Series
(Hey, what about Shea!?)
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Comments (4)
Should we expect Chris Berman to provide the "highlights" for these, too?
God help us.
odd that bspn did have a similar fete to tiger stadium when it met its fate.
Hey, what about Shea?
Clearly they're going in reverse order. Get the trashy 70s ballpark out of the way first before getting to the real gem of the sports skyline.
Trying to make amends with Hanky? I guess the slightly average TV movie of The Bronx Is Burning wasn't enough.