If this report turns out to be true, it looks like Major League Baseball will use the 2008 All-Star Game to say goodbye to one of the game’s legendary ballparks:
Ever since details to build a new ballpark in the Bronx were finalized, there was a movement to host the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.
Citing undisclosed major league sources, Espn.com reported Tuesday that the Stadium will indeed host baseball’s Midsummer Classic in July of ‘08 ? just nine months before the Yankees’ new park opens in 2009.
The Yankees and Major League Baseball had nothing to say officially, although an announcement could be made this week at the owners’ meetings in Arizona.
Yankee Stadium hasn’t been the site of the All-Star Game since 1977.
Built in 1923, the Stadium ? which also hosted All-Star Games in 1939 and 1960 ? underwent an extensive two-year renovation before reopening in 1976.
Sounds like a great idea to me.
H/T: OTB Sports
