Sad day

[Cannon Shell]

Today the last game will be played in the best sports venue that I have ever been to. Despite hardly being a fan of the Yankees it is a sad day that Yankee Stadium is closing. Though I only knew the renovated version I was always floored by the history and the way that place seemed to bridge the old and new. From the trains rolling through right field to monument park it always seemed like it was THE place to watch a baseball game. Though I usually disagree with them and they could take obnoxious behavior to a new level, Yankee fans at the stadium always seem like real fans. They are almost universally biased but know the game and dont need the hokey crap to know when to cheer or boo. I have been to almost evey stadium on the East Coast and Midwest and some on the West Coast and there is really nothing like it. Fenway is great and Wrigley is a cool place too but too much of it seems contrived and so many of the fans there seem like they are there because they are the 'in' places as opposed to being real fans. Several years ago, I had the great fortune to be able to go in the Yankee clubhouse and dugout before a game and it was one of the highlights of my life. Sitting there in that dugout knowing this was where so many greats have sat was wild. I understand that money rules the world and life goes on but it seems wrong that this place which is still a great place to watch baseball (isnt that the idea?) and is truly a historic American place will soon be gone.