Yankees’ farewell to ‘House Ruth Built’

YANKEE STADIUM, which closed last Saturday night, opened for business on April 18, 1923 with a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.

On that spring day the Yankees star player, Babe Ruth, walked out onto the grass and took in the vast crowd, murmuring to those nearby that he’d give anything to hit a home run that afternoon.

He did so, instantly creating a reputation for the stadium as a venue for electrifying sports events and giving the Yankees’ home its name for decades to come: The House That Ruth Built.