![]() ![]() ![]() At this point, the Yankees have called the new stadium home for a larger percentage of my life than the old stadium: 2023 will be their 15th at the new stadium, while I only witnessed 13 at the old stadium (and when you factor in the fact that it wasn’t until 2002-03 that I began to truly understand the game, it’s in truth only six-to-seven years of the old stadium I remember). I was born in 1996, placing me within the generation that technically lived through the dynasty era but does not recall it with particular specifics. Aaron Judge is the face of the organization, and the Judge’s Chambers the physical embodiment of that status.įor some of us, however, the distinction isn’t so clear. History hasn’t left the stadium, of course - Monument Park and the Yankees Museum ensure its continued presence - but at the end of the day, the current stadium is focused on the here and now. They have no recollection of the old stadium (almost every student I teach, in fact, was born after the new stadium opened) and have seen it only in pictures and highlights. To my middle school students, Yankee Stadium is where the New York Yankees currently play. The ballpark that opened in 2009, on the other hand, is the New Stadium, a facsimile of the real one, whose Monument Park and transplanted locker of Thurman Munson paint a false picture of continuity. Although major changes were made to the structure during renovations in the 1970s - ones significant enough to invite their own debate - fans visiting in the Bronx in the 2000s were in, both structurally and spiritually, the same building that had witnessed Lou Gehrig’s speech, Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak, Don Larsen’s perfect game, Roger Maris’s single-season home run record, and much more. To older generations of fans, Yankee Stadium is the original. For a full century now, Yankee Stadium has dominated this corner of the Bronx, and generation upon generation of fans have visited the stadium’s hallowed halls.Īnd yet, to different people, “Yankee Stadium” refers to different things. Since 1923, this intersection in the Bronx has been the home of the New York Yankees, first in “The House That Ruth Built,” and then across 161st from 2009 to the present. The corner of 161st Street and River Avenue. ![]()
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