Eighty-five years after Babe Ruth christened Yankee Stadium with a home run, the Yankees raised the curtain on the ballpark's glorious sendoff season on Tuesday by posting a crisp 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays. Melky Cabrera homered and made two outstanding catches to earn a curtain call. Melky is keeping the momentum from previous seasons. Yankee shirts were made stating “Got Melky?” The game marked the beginning of a new period in franchise history, with Joe Girardi managing the Yankees to a win in his first game after assuming the position formerly held for 12 seasons by Joe Torre. Closer Mariano Rivera did the honors of handing the ball to his new skipper for safe-keeping. Yankee fans have named Rivera the “sand man” because he puts batters to sleep.
"You play Opening Day and you want to get a lot of the firsts out of the way -- the first hit, the first win," Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. "You want to relax and move on. I know he wanted to win this game, and I'm happy for him. Everyone was aware of the fact that this was our last opener here." This is the last year for legendary Yankee Stadium. A new stadium is being built.
The players wore two patches, one on each arm. On their left arm, they wear the Yankee Stadium patch honoring all of the years that Yankee Stadium has become. On their right arm, there is a patch of the All Star Game because it will be held at Yankee Stadium this year. The Yankees showed that this year will be no different than any other season. The Yankees will dominate and hopefully win the World Series making it their 27th World Series win.
"You play Opening Day and you want to get a lot of the firsts out of the way -- the first hit, the first win," Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. "You want to relax and move on. I know he wanted to win this game, and I'm happy for him. Everyone was aware of the fact that this was our last opener here." This is the last year for legendary Yankee Stadium. A new stadium is being built.
The players wore two patches, one on each arm. On their left arm, they wear the Yankee Stadium patch honoring all of the years that Yankee Stadium has become. On their right arm, there is a patch of the All Star Game because it will be held at Yankee Stadium this year. The Yankees showed that this year will be no different than any other season. The Yankees will dominate and hopefully win the World Series making it their 27th World Series win.
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