September 21, 2008, will be bittersweet to this Yankee fan as long as they continue to play the game, as it was the day they played the last game in old Yankee Stadium.
The ballpark was open all day, with fans circling the infield and paying their final respects in Monument Park. In the pregame ceremonies Yankee employees dressed as old-time ballplayers, portraying the starting nine from the opener in 1923, took the field along with faux-Manager Miller Huggins. Then players from yesteryear were honored position by position.
Several were invited to take to the field at their old positions, with Yankee widows and children taking the place of their deceased fathers and husbands in several spots.