The Grand Old Lady -the queen of all stadiums

Living one block away from this stadium was a dream come true. Unfortunately, I was poorer than a church mouse in those days, and could only listen to the loud speaker from the top of the building that I was living in

I was there for an old timer's game and heard the still living legends of the Yankee greats called out by THE VOICE of the Yankees, Bob Sheppard. I can still hear him call out in that New York accent, "Now ladies and gentleman, the chairman of the board Whitey Ford." The roar of the crowds could be heard for blocks away in the God forsaken streets of the Bronx. I heard it from the roof top of my building, and I still get chills when I think about it..

The old lady was demolished this past Spring , and a newer version now stands in the Bronx. But, it cannot be the same. For it is not the House that Ruth Built.