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The Things We Forget, Part 1: Yankee Stadium

By Chris Jones

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

"The Things We Forget" is a chronicle of 2008 in sports. It is presented in 11 parts. This is Part 1, on the closing of Yankee Stadium. At the bottom of this piece, you can navigate to the other 10 parts. Before the last game at Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter sat in his sock feet. Teammates had filled the space in front of his locker with baseballs, jerseys, photographs and lineup cards, and he was making treasures out of ordinary objects by writing his name on them. That night, even the heroe ...

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