The 2008 season ended with plenty of nostalgia for the Yankees, as the last game at Yankee Stadium II was played with the team scheduled to debut at the new Yankee Stadium in the spring of 2009. The historic switch served as a good distraction for us all, as the on-field product in 2008 was decidedly substandard. ’08 saw the Yankees finish in third place in the AL East, missing the postseason for the first time since there was no postseason in 1994, and they watched the Tampa Bay Rays of all teams win the AL Pennant after seeing the Red Sox win the World Series in 2007.
25 Smartest Moves of the Past 25 Years: Yankees trade for Nick Swisher
