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.

