Petition to End 2008 Baseball Season At Yankee Stadium
- by: Rebecca
- recipient: Major League Baseball
Built in 1923, Yankee Stadium has been the home for the New York Yankees baseball team. While the Stadium has played host to 26 World Series Championships and 39 American League Pennants, it has also played home to such things as Lou Gehrig%u2019s %u201CToday I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth%u201D speech, Roger Maris%u2019 61st home run, Reggie Jackson%u2019s transformation into Mr. October, and numerous other events that are the stuff of baseball lore.
Yankee Stadium is widely hailed, along with Wrigley Field and Fenway Park, as one of the most historic parks in baseball%u2014and in American sports as a whole.
The Yankees are scheduled to open a new stadium in 2009%u2014just across the street from the old one, and including the same dimensions%u2014thus making 2008 the last season at the old Yankee Stadium.
While the 2008 All Star game is slated to take place in New York, it is not typically at the All Star game that a %u2018good bye%u2019 is made to any stadium, but rather, this is done at the end of the season.
As the 2008 baseball schedule currently stands, the Yankees are slated to finish the season on the road.
We, the undersigned, believe that because of the historic importance of Yankee Stadium to the sport of baseball, the New York Yankees should be able to play their final baseball series at home.
This would not mean changing the team the Yankees are playing, but only switching locations%u2014that is, have the Yankees on the road in an earlier series with that team when the Yankees are supposed to be home.
Thank you for your consideration of the matter
Yankee Stadium is widely hailed, along with Wrigley Field and Fenway Park, as one of the most historic parks in baseball%u2014and in American sports as a whole.
The Yankees are scheduled to open a new stadium in 2009%u2014just across the street from the old one, and including the same dimensions%u2014thus making 2008 the last season at the old Yankee Stadium.
While the 2008 All Star game is slated to take place in New York, it is not typically at the All Star game that a %u2018good bye%u2019 is made to any stadium, but rather, this is done at the end of the season.
As the 2008 baseball schedule currently stands, the Yankees are slated to finish the season on the road.
We, the undersigned, believe that because of the historic importance of Yankee Stadium to the sport of baseball, the New York Yankees should be able to play their final baseball series at home.
This would not mean changing the team the Yankees are playing, but only switching locations%u2014that is, have the Yankees on the road in an earlier series with that team when the Yankees are supposed to be home.
Thank you for your consideration of the matter
Built in 1923, Yankee Stadium has been the home for the New York Yankees baseball team. While the Stadium has played host to 26 World Series Championships and 39 American League Pennants, it has also played home to such things as Lou Gehrig%u2019s %u201CToday I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth%u201D speech, Roger Maris%u2019 61st home run, Reggie Jackson%u2019s transformation into Mr. October, and numerous other events that are the stuff of baseball lore.
Yankee Stadium is widely hailed, along with Wrigley Field and Fenway Park, as one of the most historic parks in baseball%u2014and in American sports as a whole.
The Yankees are scheduled to open a new stadium in 2009%u2014just across the street from the old one, and including the same dimensions%u2014thus making 2008 the last season at the old Yankee Stadium.
While the 2008 All Star game is slated to take place in New York, it is not typically at the All Star game that a %u2018good bye%u2019 is made to any stadium, but rather, this is done at the end of the season.
As the 2008 baseball schedule currently stands, the Yankees are slated to finish the season on the road.
We, the undersigned, believe that because of the historic importance of Yankee Stadium to the sport of baseball, the New York Yankees should be able to play their final baseball series at home.
This would not mean changing the team the Yankees are playing, but only switching locations%u2014that is, have the Yankees on the road in an earlier series with that team when the Yankees are supposed to be home.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sign PetitionSign PetitionYankee Stadium is widely hailed, along with Wrigley Field and Fenway Park, as one of the most historic parks in baseball%u2014and in American sports as a whole.
The Yankees are scheduled to open a new stadium in 2009%u2014just across the street from the old one, and including the same dimensions%u2014thus making 2008 the last season at the old Yankee Stadium.
While the 2008 All Star game is slated to take place in New York, it is not typically at the All Star game that a %u2018good bye%u2019 is made to any stadium, but rather, this is done at the end of the season.
As the 2008 baseball schedule currently stands, the Yankees are slated to finish the season on the road.
We, the undersigned, believe that because of the historic importance of Yankee Stadium to the sport of baseball, the New York Yankees should be able to play their final baseball series at home.
This would not mean changing the team the Yankees are playing, but only switching locations%u2014that is, have the Yankees on the road in an earlier series with that team when the Yankees are supposed to be home.
Thank you for your consideration.
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