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Bouton: My Favorite Yankee Stadium Memory

With House That Ruth Built in final days, pitcher/author looks back

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 19, 2008 8:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – The fans stampeding Yankee Stadium ahead of Sunday's final game aren't the only ones overcome by nostalgia and emotion. Recycling an anecdote from the now-classic Ball Four, pitcher-turned-author Jim Bouton, writing for CNN, recalls his Stadium debut, a near-disaster that ended as a complete-game shutout,...   Read full story »

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