NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — For the first time in 62 years, Nick Clarelli stepped onto the field at Yankee Stadium.
“Grass smells nice,” he said, taking in the view from the sacred ground that is playing field. “The last time I did this I was 19 years old.”
Clarelli was at the old Yankee Stadium in 1956 for a tryout that went so well, the Yankees wanted to sign him, reports CBS2’s Steve Overmyer.
The dimensions of the current stadium are similar to old Yankee Stadium, something Clarelli could recognize.
“Out there in right center field is the old Yankees bullpen,” he said.