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August 28, 2008 (Yankee Stadium)

2010-07-11T15:42:14.407Z

2008 was the final season for the old Yankee Stadium. By 2011, "The House that Ruth Built" is scheduled to be replaced by a city park. On August 28 of every year from 2008 to 2011, we visit the site and record fan reaction to the area'...s transformation.

August 28, 20__: a day in the life of the disappearing Yankee Stadium.

On August 28, 2008, the New York Yankees faced the Boston Red Sox for the final time at the old Yankee Stadium.

August 28, 2009 (Yankee Stadium)

2010-07-11T15:40:40.511Z

2008 was the final season for the old Yankee Stadium. By 2011, "The House that Ruth Built" is scheduled to be replaced by a city park. On August 28 of every year from 2008 to 2011, we visit the site and record fan reaction to the area's transformation.

August 28, 20__: a day in the life of the disappearing Yankee Stadium.

On August 28, 2009, the Yankees faced the Chicago White Sox. Derek Jeter had a lead-off home run and Robinson Cano had a walk-off home run

Song of the Stadium

2010-07-11T15:37:07.745Z

In the final season of the classic Yankee Stadium, the lives of two fans intersect. Taking a literal and symbolic journey to the stadium, they come to terms with losing the old stadium and facing the future with the new one. One is an older fan who has witnessed the highest and lowest points of the team, can't help but feel sadness at losing his second home. The other is a younger fan, who will feel the loss as well, but is eager for a new season in a new stadium.

Using the heightened, poetic language of Walt Whitman, and drifting between dream and reality, these two men come to terms with the past and how they will face the future.

The Polo Grounds: The End of the Road

2010-07-11T15:31:30.621Z

For more than half a century the Giants were more than just a ball club. They were a way of life and as important a part of New York as Broadway or Central Park. Never did they rise to greater heights than during the three decades when they were managed by John Joseph McGraw, a truculent, swaggering, fiery egotist, who was pure genius. McGraw was the most hated, beloved, envied, admired, feared and respected man in the game.

He made the Giants to his model. Under him they were the most hated, beloved, envied, admired, feared and respected team in the sport.

- Arthur Daley, New York Times, Sept. 29, 1957

Lost Ballparks of New York: American League Park

2010-07-11T15:30:04.434Z

American League Park, also known as Hilltop. Home of the Greater New York Baseball Club, now known as the New York Yankees.