Tonight my new friends at MSM invited me to a Yankee's game. I am very excited to see the new Yankee stadium!
ME ON THE FIELD!
The Yankees are playing another local team, the New York Mets. There is a long-standing rivalry between the two teams, much like that between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadians! When the two teams play against one another, New Yorkers call it a "subway series" because, if they really wanted to, the two baseball teams could actually travel between Yankee Stadium and City Field by riding the subway! (they don't though).
THE NEW YANKEE STADIUM
Fun NYC Factoid:
The first owners of the team now known as the New York Yankees were Frank Ferrell and Bill Devry. They purchased the franchise from Baltimore and moved the team to New York on January 9, 1903.
When they came to New York, the old Baltimore team was renamed the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders played their home games at Hilltop Park, located at168th street and Broadway. The team's name was officially changed to the New York Yankees in 1913.
Plans for Yankee Stadium began in 1921. It took only 284 days to build Yankee Stadium. White Construction Company of New York built the Stadium for a cost of $2.5 million. The first game ever played at Yankee Stadium was on April 18th, 1923 against the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees won the game 4-1.
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