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This is an Authentic Original 1923-2008 Old Yankee Stadium Monument Park Full Brick- RARE
Includes Steiner Sports Vintage Custom Glass Display Case w/ nameplate, exact item as shown.
Steiner Sports Game Used Hologram and MLB Hologram #LH616517
Monument Park is an open-air museum located in Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City. It contains a collection of monuments, plaques, and retired numbers honoring distinguished members of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The history of the original Monument Park can be traced to the original Yankee Stadium in 1932, when the team posthumously dedicated an on-field monument to manager Miller Huggins in center field.
Thirty-seven members of the Yankee organization have been honored in Monument Park, while 22 have had their uniform numbers retired. An additional honor, a monument mounted on a large red granite block, has only been awarded to six Yankees: manager Miller Huggins, players Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Joe DiMaggio, and owner George Steinbrenner.
In 1923 the New York Yankees built “The Baseball Cathedral.” In 1932 that cathedral was expanded to honor the team’s all-time greats who wore the prestigious Yankee Pinstripes. That new section was named Monument Park, and to Yankees fans and players alike that area became hallowed ground.
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