Yankee Stadium To Host Final Game Sunday

Sunday night’s Orioles-Yankees game will be the last hurrah for Yankee Stadium, one of America’s oldest and most revered sports facilities, and networks are rolling out hours of Bronx-themed coverage leading up to the finale at the House That Ruth Built. The Yankees are expected to trot out a number of legendary players during pregame ceremonies, and ESPN plans to bring a host of Monument Park residents into its “Sunday Night Baseball” booth. Meanwhile, the new Yankee Stadium is already making the wrong kind of headlines -- U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich says there is “substantial evidence of improprieties” over the financing of the new ballpark, and he has summoned Yankees officials to testify before his Domestic Policy Subcommittee next month.

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