Devil Dish

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
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Just like that.

85 years of memories stashed away for another day.

What’s been called baseball’s cathedral is no more.

If you slept your way through Sunday or found a way to avoid ESPN even for a split second, you may have missed it.

The bad news: The oft-loved, oft-hated players in pinstripes hosted (and won, mind you) the last game in Yankee Stadium’s history.

Bob Shepherd welcomed the fans in attendance and Mariano Rivera sent them home.

For a day, fans forgot about the controversial decision to demolish the building where popes held mass and Ruth made miracles happen.

The good news: There’s a new building across the street.

The reluctantly revenue-sharing Steinbrenners apparently had enough scratch to fork down more than $1 billion and start a new history.

My only qualm is that the old fans of old New York are being left behind.

Maybe that’s why I didn’t mind seeing the Yankees play their final game not even within a sniff of the playoffs.

No October baseball for the Yanks - I’m not sure they even deserved it.