Good Riddance to the House Ruth Didn't Build

Good Riddance to the House Ruth Didn't Build
Yesterday, ESPN's Buster Olney reported that, according to his sources, Major League Baseball will soon announce that the 2008 All Star Game will be played in the Bronx, in Yankee Stadium's last season. As a symbolic hail and farewell to the stadium, it can't come soon enough. Good riddance! One can only hope that neither baseball nor the Yankees will maintain the absurd pretense that the park ...

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