I just watched the Yankees Ceremony for the closing of Yankees stadium. It started off a bit cheesy as they had actors come out portraying the first team to play at the Stadium. It got better after that.
Sterling and Kay went through some of the big moments at the stadium. Then they did clips of players at each base and called some old timers up. It was mostly people you’d see at Old Timers Day, but they also had family members representing some of the deceased greats like Mickey Mantle. I think the part the crowd got most excited for was Bernie Williams. He was the last person called up and got an several minute long ovation. I believe this is his first time back at the stadium since he stopped playing. It was REALLY good to see him there. Bernie and Tino still look the same.
They just had a recording of Bob Shepard announcing the starting lineup. When did Matsui start DHing again?
For the first pitch they had Jorge Posada catch and it was thrown by Babe Ruth’s daughter.
Overall it was a really nice ceremony. I’m going to follup with a post with my Yankees stadium memories.
