Ever Get Summoned to See the Boss in His Office?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n If you were a Yankee player, it was highly unlikely. Player visits to Yankee executive offices were quite rare, especially prior to 1968, when the offices were finally centralized in Yankee Stadium. But it took 65 years for that to happen! For the better part of seven decades, the Yankee offices were in Manhattan, removed from the field of play.\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n Frank Messer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “Ladies and gentlemen, it’s been a pleasure.” That was Frank Messer’s signoff when he held the mike at the end of a game, and the words could easily be volleyed back to him by listeners.\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n DiMaggio, Mantle Passed the Torch in 1951<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Astronomers and astrologers like to talk about planets aligning, heavenly bodies appearing to overlap, and eclipses caused by the positions of the sun and moon.\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n 1973 – Yankee Stadium’s 50th Anniversary<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 1973 \u2013 thirty years ago – represented a remarkable anniversary for Yankee Stadium. Not only was the ballpark turning 50, but it would be the last season in the original structure, \u201cThe House that Ruth Built,\u201d which had opened in 1923.\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n Teresa Wright<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Any Yankee fan worth his (or her) salt who hasn\u2019t seen Gary Cooper in Pride of the Yankees at least 15 times hasn\u2019t really passed the test of true belief. Sure, the dialogue seems primitive, and yes, it doesn\u2019t run on TV that much anymore, but you still weep when Coop does his Lou Gehrig farewell speech, and you still feel good for the big lug when he finds romance with a fast Chicago girl named Eleanor Twitchell.\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n Ever Get Summoned to See the Boss in His Office? If you were a Yankee player, it was highly unlikely. Player visits to Yankee executive offices were quite rare, especially prior to 1968, when the offices were finally centralized in… Continue Reading <\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"