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March 21, 2008
NBC 4 To Air Stadium Special 3/22 @ 7 PM
Via the Daily News -
THE LEGACY OF YANKEE STADIUM. Saturday at 7 p.m., Ch. 4
With the old Yankee Stadium entering its final season, the goodbyes are starting early, and if WNBC/ Ch. 4's special tomorrow night may not ultimately be the best, it's got pretty good stuff.
The commentators are familiar and solid: Pete Hamill, columnist Dave Anderson, boxing historian Bert Sugar and former Yankees like Sparky Lyle and Bernie Williams.
One of the most poignant is Bill Werber, who at 99 is the oldest living ex-Yankee. He remembers being on second base and getting driven in by a Ruth home run.
"Legacy" is at its best when it's going where other tributes haven't gone and are not likely to go. For the Lou Gehrig farewell, it doesn't show Gehrig's speech, but quotes a newspaper column written the next day by a reporter who sat next to Gehrig's wife, Eleanor.
Hey, it beats watching re-runs of The White Shadow, right?
Posted by WW Staff at March 21, 2008 09:21 AM