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• Sept. 17: New York Yankees players assemble on the field during the national anthem before their baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Sept. 8: The New York Yankees new ballpark, foreground, is under construction next to venerable Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Sept. 17: The filigree of the old Yankee stadium is shown in front of the facade of the new one as seen from the old stadium's upper deck in New York.
• Sept. 17: A member of Yankee Stadium's grounds crew removes home plate after the Yankees baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Aug. 17, 1948: American flags atop Yankee Stadium, nicknamed "The House that Ruth Built," are poised at half staff in honor of Babe Ruth in New York, the day after he died.
• Oct. 1, 1961: New York Yankees Roger Maris watches his record-breaking 61st home run leave Yankee Stadium on the last day of the season in New York.
• Aug. 3, 1979: New York Yankees line up on the dugout steps at New York's Yankee Stadium, their sleeves wrapped in black arm bands, during a moment of silence Friday, for Yankees catcher Thurman Munson after he was killed in an airplane crash.
• Sept. 15: The captain's pole, with artwork depicting former Yankee captains Lou Gehrig, seated, Thurmon Munson, upper right, and current captain Derek Jeter, upper left, painted on a support pole underneath Yankee Stadium's right field stands in the bowels of Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Oct. 18, 1977: New York Yankees slugger Reggie Jackson is swarmed as he makes a run for the dugout after the final out and the Yankees' win of the World Series title.
• Oct. 7, 1950: New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra tags the sliding Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Granny Hamner for an out at home plate and second half of double play in the fourth inning in the fourth and final World Series game at Yankee Stadium in New York, as umpire Charley Berry looks on.
• Aug. 18, 1948: Men, women, and children file past the casket containing the body of Babe Ruth as it lies in state in the rotunda of Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Oct. 3, 1942: A World Series record crowd of 69,123, is in attendance to watch the New York Yankees play the St. Louis Cardinals in the first game at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Sept. 19: A giant letter S is lowered into place to complete the word "Stadium" on top of the new Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Sept. 19: Giant letters, U and M, are put into place for the word "Stadium" on top of the new Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Sept. 19: With Yankee Stadium in the background, a giant letter M sits on the back of a truck waiting to be lifted into place as part of the word "stadium" on top of the new Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Sept. 19: A construction worker looks over a giant letter M before it is lifted into place as part of the words " Yankee Stadium" on top of the new Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Sept. 18: A baseball fan looks over a rail for a birds eye view of the stadium from the upper level seats in right field during batting practice before the New York Yankees played the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Sept. 19: A giant letter Y is lowered into place to complete the words "Yankee Stadium" on top of the New Yankee Stadium.
• Sept. 19: The shadow of a giant letter Y being raised atop the New Yankee Stadium is cast across the gold lettering marking the main entrance to the stadium in New York.
• Sept. 19: A photographer clings to the top of a fence bordering Macombs Dam Park as he tries to make a photo of the New Yankee Stadium while crews lowered massive blue lettering into place to complete the words "Yankee Stadium" on top of the New Yankee Stadium in New York.
• July 22, 1972: New York Yankee greats Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio doff their caps to the crowd at Yankee Stadium as they appeared for an old timers game between games of a doubleheader between the Yankees and the California Angels.
• June 13, 1948: Babe Ruth bows as he acknowledges the cheers of thousands of fans who saw his No. 3 retired permanently by the Yankees during the observance of the 25th anniversary of the opening of Yankee Stadium in New York.
• July 4, 1939: New York Yankees' Lou Gehrig, the "Iron Horse," wipes away a tear during a sold-out tribute at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Sept. 17: The moon rises above the outfield filigree as a sign announces the final baseball season at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Seats at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• The field is seen covered at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Sept. 11, 2002: A giant U.S. flag is unfurled in honor of victims and heroes of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks during a pre-game ceremony at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Nov. 11, 2001: Chuck Knoblauch, a former New York Yankees outfielder, scores the game-winning run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Oct. 30, 2001: President George W. Bush throws out the first pitch at the World Series game at Yankee Stadium in New York.
• The first home run baseball hit at Yankee Stadium, by Babe Ruth is seen in this 1998 file photo.
• Aug. 25, 1998: Yankee Stadium seen during a night game in New York.
• May 31, 1998: Yankee Stadium in New York.
• Oct. 22, 1996: Yankee Stadium exterior in New York.
• Sept. 15, 1994: Yankee Stadium interior in New York
• Yankees pitcher Mel Stottlemyer throws a pitch from the mound at Yankee Stadium in this 1968 file photo.
• Sept. 8, 1958: The DiMaggio brothers at Yankee Stadium.