Bart Hall (Kansas, USA)
2008-09-22 20:08:34
As a youth of 11, my father took me to Yankee Stadium for the 1960 Old Timers Day, because he wanted me to see the baseball heroes of his youth and early adulthood.
He made a special effort to point out Ty Cobb, who actually played decently for a 74-year-old.
It was the last time Cobb ever put on a uniform, and even though he wasn’t a Yankee it is to this day my deepest association with that stadium, as my father passed to me his deep respect for the game.
Some time around 2050 at least one man will take his son to Yankee Stadium for the Old Timers Day, point out Derek Jeter and tell his kid about The Dive, or The Flip back in ’01.
And so it will continue, even as this new stadium is eventually replaced, long after any of us are still around.
