Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 OPENING DAY -- 2 TAMMANY BASEBALL -- 3 THE CROWD -- 4 THE RUPPERT ERA -- 5 SELLING THE STADIUM -- 6 THE RACE FACTOR -- 7 CBS AND THE STADIUM DEAL -- 8 THE CITY AND ITS STADIUM -- 9 THE STADIUM GAME IN NEW YORK -- 10 STADIUM WELFARE, POLITICS AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX
Summary
The author chronicles the entire history of a stadium that has been home to the greatest dynasty in sports history. He follows Yankee Stadium, from its inception in 1923 up to the present controversies surrounding the building of a new stadium