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Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:59 am
Even as a Red Sox fan, old Yankee Stadium oozes baseball history..........
1928 World Series Aerial. Notice the walking ramps leading from the stands to the track. As you can see, Yankee Stadium was built with a running track, and outfielders soon began using it to make note of where they were when tracking a long fly ball. Soon, most parks added a "warning track" as well. Notice how much grass extends beyond the track to the wall.
panoramic view of 1939 All-Star Game
short RF porch in 1946
set of photos from 1957
Monument Park. The plaques and monuments to Yankee greats were out there in play as well. While the monuments were very far from home plate, a batted ball still sometimes made it back there. In the 1992 book The Gospel According to Casey, by Ira Berkow and Jim Kaplan, it is reported that on one occasion a Yankees outfielder had let the ball get by him and was fumbling for it among the monuments. Manager Casey Stengel hollered to the field, "Ruth, Gehrig, Huggins, somebody get that ball back to the infield!"
recent aerial photo. you can see the unbelievable old left field power alley, which began at 460 feet from home plate in 1923, but shrunk many times, finally settling at 399 feet in 1988
poor Joe DiMAggio. The flagpole used to be in play, so a righthanded power hitter better either pull it in Yankee Stadium, or settle for a double or triple or an out somewhere in left-center.
1928 World Series Aerial. Notice the walking ramps leading from the stands to the track. As you can see, Yankee Stadium was built with a running track, and outfielders soon began using it to make note of where they were when tracking a long fly ball. Soon, most parks added a "warning track" as well. Notice how much grass extends beyond the track to the wall.
panoramic view of 1939 All-Star Game
short RF porch in 1946
set of photos from 1957
Monument Park. The plaques and monuments to Yankee greats were out there in play as well. While the monuments were very far from home plate, a batted ball still sometimes made it back there. In the 1992 book The Gospel According to Casey, by Ira Berkow and Jim Kaplan, it is reported that on one occasion a Yankees outfielder had let the ball get by him and was fumbling for it among the monuments. Manager Casey Stengel hollered to the field, "Ruth, Gehrig, Huggins, somebody get that ball back to the infield!"
recent aerial photo. you can see the unbelievable old left field power alley, which began at 460 feet from home plate in 1923, but shrunk many times, finally settling at 399 feet in 1988
poor Joe DiMAggio. The flagpole used to be in play, so a righthanded power hitter better either pull it in Yankee Stadium, or settle for a double or triple or an out somewhere in left-center.