The House That Ruth Built Babe Ruth Central: Babe Ruth, Babe Ruth Photos, Babe Ruth Statistics, Babe Ruth Biography Home → Babe’s Impact → Babe Ruth’s Legacy → The House That Ruth Built The House That Ruth Built In 1913, the New York Highlanders baseball club moved to the Polo Grounds from their previous home of Hilltop Park, where they had played since their founding in 1903. As part of this move to the field on Coogan’s Bluff along the Harlem River in Manhattan, the team was renamed the New York Yankees. This new home of the newly-named Yankees was also the home field of the New York Giants, where the Giants had been playing since June 28, 1911. Both teams shared the Polo Grounds through the decade, but the Yankees started to out-draw the Giants in attendance after Babe’s arrival on the team in 1920. Shortly thereafter, this ballpark-sharing arrangement began to unravel as John McGraw, the owner of the Giants and the Polo Grounds itself, began to resent the Yankees’ ever-growing popularity. Mr. McGraw was not interested in being second dog on his own turf.

In addition, the Giants management was looking to increase revenues by utilizing a larger, more flexible schedule for their games, which they could not do as long as they had another team that they needed to work around to determine their own game schedule. Thus, the Giants began to push the Yankees out of their Polo Grounds. In May of 1922, the Yankees responded by breaking ground on their own ballpark, on 10 acres just across the Harlem River and in view of the Polo Grounds. The new ballpark was built quickly, as construction took under 11 months. The end result was Yankee Stadium, considered by many to be an architectural work of art for its time, with an arched façade that decorated the third deck and became its primary architectural signature.. It was one of the first ballparks to be called a stadium and it was the first to feature three-tiered seating.

On April 18th, 1923, the first day of the new baseball season, the gates of Yankee Stadium were opened and 74,200 people flooded through turnstiles, while another 25,000 were turned away – an amazing number, given that previous attendance record for a single game was 42,000 for the 1916 World Series in Boston. In an ironic twist, the first game was fittingly played against the Boston Red Sox, Babe’s former team. Even more fitting was that Babe Ruth hit the first homerun in the stadium on the opening day of the new ballpark – a three-run homerun, giving the Yankees the 4-1 win. As a response to Babe’s opening day homerun, sportswriter Fred Lieb referred to Yankee Stadium in his column as “The House That Ruth Built”. It was a nickname that quickly stuck. Given Babe’s great ability to draw a crowd, this reference to Yankee Stadium became a regular term and is still used as the great ballpark’s less-formal name.

Marty Appel, a longtime Yankees publicist, had the opportunity to speak with ex-Yankee, Bob Shawkey, who had pitched on Opening Day. Not only was Bob the winning pitcher, but he also scored the first run. When Marty asked about the event, Bob responded: “Once the Babe homered, the fans cheered forever. Can you imagine anyone paying any attention to me that day? Babe owned the day. And that was just fine; he was born to be in the spotlight. It was his day from beginning to end.” Claire Ruth, Babe’s second wife, was asked about the event at one point and she said, “I think that was the proudest moment of his life, and I think he believed that it would never have been “The House that Ruth Built” if he hadn’t hit that homerun that day.

He definitely talked about it more than any other homerun he ever hit, including his 60th, which, after all, only broke his own record of 59.” Babe’s granite memorial is one of the six free-standing granite edifices in Monument Park, an area inside the stadium of gardens and commemorative plaques to some of the Yankee’s baseball greats who played with the Babe or who followed him. Fans can visit the Memorial Park area every game day, as it is open before and after the game. Announced in 2006, a new Yankee Stadium was built across the street to bring New York baseball fans the facilities and comforts that a modern-era ballpark enjoys. The old stadium will forever be associated with the Babe and recognized as “The House That Ruth Built.” And, while the new stadium is not recognized as “Ruth’s House”, the Yankees have honored the Babe as a part of the new stadium. “Babe Ruth Plaza”, which directs fans to one of main entrances to Yankee Stadium, contains a small memorial to the Babe, a tribute to the best Yankee and player to ever play the game.

Follow Us: Remembering Yankee Stadium - Photo 1 - Pictures - CBS News Remembering Yankee Stadium Next American flags atop Yankee Stadium, nicknamed "The House that Ruth Built," are poised at half staff in honor of Babe Ruth, who died, in New York, Aug. 17, 1948. From Ruth and Gehrig to DiMaggio and Mantle, to Jackson and Jeter, Yankee history is crowded with dynamic players flourishing in a ballpark whose roots date back to a bitter rivalry that was spiced with spite. Credit: AP Photo Home run king Babe Ruth bows as he acknowledges the cheers of thousands of fans who saw his No. 3 retired permanently by the Yankees during the observance of the 25th anniversary of the opening of Yankee Stadium in New York, June 13, 1948. Credit: AP Photo/Harry Harris New York Yankees' Lou Gehrig, the "Iron Horse", wipes away a tear during a sold-out tribute at Yankee Stadium in New York, July 4, 1939. Credit: AP Photo/Murray Becker New York Yankees right-hander Don Larsen delivers a pitch in the fourth inning of Game 5 of the World Series Oct.

8, 1956 en route to the first World Series perfect game. The Yankees won 2-0 and went on to win the series. Credit: AP Photo New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle watches his 536th career home run against the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game at New York's Yankee Stadium, Sept. 20, 1968. Credit: AP Photo/Ray Howard New York Yankee greats Mickey Mantle, left, and Joe DiMaggio, doff their caps to the crowd at Yankee Stadium as they appeared for an old timers game between games of a doubleheader between the Yankees and the California Angels, July 22, 1972. Credit: AP Photo New York Yankees' Reggie Jackson hits a two-run home run in the 7th inning of final World Series game in Los Angeles, Ca., Tuesday night, Oct. 16, 1978. The Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2 to win the World Series. Credit: AP Photo New York Yankees' Bobby Murcer acknowledges the cheers of the fans after his game-winning hit in the ninth inning of the Yankees' 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles in New York.

Murcer hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, accounting for all the Yankees' runs, Aug. 7, 1979. Credit: AP Photo New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter (No. 2) kneels as players line up during the national anthem in their opening day baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Credit: AP Photo/Kathy Willens New York Yankees fan David Migoya, left, of Denver, and other fans try to coax a ball that landed on the netting above Monument Park into their hands before the Kansas City Royals faced the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, June 9, 2008. Credit: AP Photo/Kathy Willens Kansas City Royals manager Trey Hillman sits on a ledge in the visitor's bullpen overlooking the retired numbers of New York Yankees players at Monument Park in Yankee Stadium on June 9, 2008, in New York. This is the final season at the current Yankee Stadium.

Credit: AP Photo/Kathy Willens A wall of monuments dedicated to New York Yankees players Reggie Jackson and Ron Guidry and to businessman Jacob Ruppert, under whose leadership the Yankees acquired Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, stands in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium in New York, June 3, 2008. A plaque, upper right, commemorates the recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the stadium. Credit: AP Photo/Kathy Willens A monument to George Herman "Babe" Ruth is the centerpiece of Monument Park, located beyond the outfield wall at Yankee Stadium in New York, June 3, 2008. Credit: AP Photo/Kathy Willens Everett Mathis, of Wharton, Texas, poses for a photograph beside Mickey Mantle's monument in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 3, 2008. Baseball's All-Star Game will be held at the stadium Tuesday, July 15. Credit: AP Photo/Kathy Willens The new stadium's design, by HOK Sport, consists of two separate structures. The exterior will be a wall circling the perimeter of the Yankees' new property, and will resemble the pre-renovation exterior of the original Yankee Stadium.

Credit: AP Photo/Jason DeCrow At a total cost of $1.3 billion, the new stadium is roughly 500 times the cost of the original stadium built in 1923. It is the most expensive stadium ever built in the United States and the third most expensive stadium ever built in the world after Wembley Stadium in London, and the Stade Olympique in Montreal. Credit: AP Photo/Jason DeCrow The new ballpark for the New York Yankees, shown Friday, July 11, 2008, is currently under construction. The new ballpark will retain the Yankee Stadium title held by the current stadium. Credit: AP Photo/Murray Becker The new stadium will feature a replica of the copper frieze (facade) that lined the inner wall of Yankee Stadium's upper deck until 1973. Credit: AP Photo/Jason DeCrow The existing stadium opened in 1923 and the new Yankee Stadium is set to open in 2009. The new facility has a planned 2009 opening, coinciding with the opening of Citi Field, the future home of the New York Mets.

Credit: AP Photo/Jason DeCrow The new ballpark, set to open in 2009, is being built on the current site of Macombs Dam Park in the New York City borough of the Bronx, across the street from the current Yankee Stadium, which it will replace. Credit: AP Photo/Jason DeCrow Yankee Stadium History | New York Yankees San Francisco Yankee Stadium History Only a year after they changed Baseball forever with the purchase of Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees made another buy that would forever change the way the game was watched. On February 6, 1921, the Yankees issued a press release to announce the purchase of 10 acres of property in the west Bronx. The land, purchased from the estate of William Waldorf Astor for $675,000, sat directly across the Harlem River from the Yankees' current Manhattan home, the Polo Grounds, which they shared unhappily with the landlord Giants of the National League since 1913. The relationship between the Giants and their tenant crumbled after the 1920 season when Yankee attendance boosted by their new slugging sensation doubled to 1,289,422.

That was over 100,000 more than the Giants, who, in 1921, notified the Yankees to vacate the Polo Grounds as soon as possible. With their departure from the Polo Grounds now inevitable, Yankee co-owners Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast l'Hommedieu Huston set out to build a spectacular ballpark of their own, Baseball's first triple-decked structure. With an advertised capacity of 70,000, it would also be the first to be labeled a "stadium." Original plans of the architect the Osborne Engineering Company of Cleveland, Ohio had the Stadium triple-decked and roofed all the way around. An early press release, in fact, described the Yankees' new home as a field enclosed with towering embattlements, rendering the events inside "impenetrable to all human eyes, save those of aviators." But the initial, grand design was quickly scaled back with the triple-decked grandstand not reaching either foul pole. Contrary to the owners' wishes, the action would be more than visible from the elevated trains that passed by the outfield as well as from the buildings that would spring up across River Avenue.

Fortunately, a purely decorative element also survived the project's early downsizing and would become the park's most recognizable feature. A 15-foot deep copper facade would adorn the front of the roof which covered much of the Stadium's third deck. It would give Yankee Stadium an air of dignity that no park has possessed -- either before or since. The new stadium would favor lefthanded power with the right-field foul pole only 295 feet from home plate (though it would shoot out to 429 by right center). Though the left-field pole measured only 281 feet from the plate, righthanded hitters were neutralized by a 395-foot left field and a whopping 460 to left center. It would also be friendly to patrons, boasting an unheard of "eight toilet rooms for men and as many for women scattered throughout the stands and bleachers." (When the Stadium was remodeled 50 years later, it included more than 50 restrooms.) The club's executive offices would be moved from midtown Manhattan and located between the main and mezzanine decks with an electric elevator connecting them with the main entrance. The construction contract was awarded to New York's White Construction Co.

on May 5, 1922 with the edict that the job must be completed "at a definite price" ($2.5-million) and by Opening Day 1923. Incredibly, it was. In only 284 working days, Yankee Stadium was ready for its inaugural game on April 18, 1923 vs. the Boston Red Sox. Officially, 74,200 fans packed Yankee Stadium for their first glimpse of Baseball's grandest facility while thousands more milled around outside after the fire department finally ordered the gates closed. Before the game began, John Phillip Sousa and the Seventh Regiment Band led both clubs to the flagpole in deep center field where the American flag and the Yankees' 1922 pennant were raised. Appropriately, Babe Ruth christened his new home with a three-run homer to cap a four-run third inning as the Yankees coasted to a 4-1 win.

Because it was widely recognized that Ruth's tremendous drawing power made the new stadium possible, it would immediately become known as "The House That Ruth Built." Later that season, the Stadium hosted the first of 33 World Series and the Yankees won their first World Championship over their former landlord, the Giants. Of course, as the Stadium became the stage for a staggering number of World titles - now totaling 26 - it also would become known as "The Home of Champions." In its early years, when wooden bleachers surrounded the outfield, a grass slope approached the outfield walls from foul pole to foul pole. Outfielders, especially Ruth in right, routinely backed up the small hill to pull down fly balls. Atop the bleachers were advertising signs except for a lone, manually operated, wooden scoreboard in right-center field which was "big enough to record 12 innings for games played by every club in the two major leagues." Over the years, the board would be replaced by more modern models. The Yankees, in fact, would unveil the first electronic message board in 1959.

By 1928, the Stadium was ready for its first major facelift as the triple-deck grandstand in left field was extended beyond the foul pole to its current termination point. The right-field grandstand was extended in 1937, allowing "upper-deck" home runs in both directions. With the '37 expansion of the grandstand, the remaining wooden bleachers were replaced by a concrete structure and the distance to center field dropped from 490 feet to a still-astronomical 461 feet. Except for the addition of lights in 1946, the look of Yankee Stadium would now remain relatively the same until the winter of 1966-67. Then, under the direction of its new owner, CBS, the 44-year-old facility received a $1.5-million modernization, most of which was spent on paint (90 tons of it). The brown concrete exterior was painted white as was the by-now greenish copper facade. And all of the grandstand seats went from green to blue, a color scheme that would be retained when the Stadium was completely remodeled after the 1973 season.

On August 8, 1972, after years of debate about the future of the aging ballpark, the Yankees signed a 30-year lease with the City of New York which called for Yankee Stadium to be completely modernized in time for the 1976 season. After completing the Stadium's 50th-Anniversary season in 1973, the Yankees moved to Shea Stadium for two seasons while their home was almost completely demolished and then rebuilt. The most striking change of the modernization would be the removal of the numerous, obstructive steel columns which supported the second and third decks as well as the roof. By "cantilevering" the upper decks and by lowering the playing field while increasing the slope of the lower stands, sight lines for fans would be dramatically improved. Of course, with the removal of the original roof, the Stadium almost lost its most-recognizable feature: the facade. But an innovative design concept included an exact replica of the facade atop the new 560-foot-long scoreboard which stretched across the rear of the bleachers.

The board would also include baseball's first "telescreen," which could provide instant replays of the action by emplying a then-incredible "nine shades of gray." Yankee Stadium's exterior changed dramatically, too, as three escalator towers were added, one at each of the Stadium's three entrances. And, with 10 additional rows of seats added to the upper deck, the already-grand Stadium would have an even more majestic look. The remodeled Yankee Stadium opened on April 15, 1976 with the Yankees topping Minnesota 11-4 and, like its predecessor, would host the World Series in its inaugural season. The Stadium, in fact, hosted the Fall Classic in its first three seasons with the Yankees winning back-to-back World titles in 1977 and 1978. With a new $1.3 billion facility rising directly across 161st Street, the 2008 season was to be the final one within Yankee Stadium's storied dimensions.

Selected to also host the All-Star Game in July, the building hosted the longest Midsummer Classic in terms of time, a 15-inning affair clocking at four hours and 50 minutes, won by the American League on Michael Young's sacrifice fly. A season-long countdown from 81 to zero was displayed on a board in right-center field; with the Yankees not qualifying for postseason play, the last game was played on Sept. 21, 2008, with the Yankees defeating the Baltimore Orioles, 7-3. A sellout crowd of 54,610 packed the building, many arriving hours early, as the Yankees set an all-time season attendance record of 4,298,543. The all-time Yankee Stadium attendance mark thus inched to freeze at 151,959,005. Following a grand sendoff ceremony, honoring many of the greats to wear the Yankees uniform, Andy Pettitte was the winning pitcher, Mariano Rivera recorded the last out and Jose Molina hit the last home run in New York's emotional victory over Baltimore, bookending Babe Ruth's shot to open the building in 1923.

The blast, a two-run shot in the fourth inning, proved historic when viewed with a quote attributed to Ruth after he homered on the Stadium's first day: "I was glad to have hit the first home run in this park. God only knows who will hit the last." The final word in Yankee Stadium belonged to Derek Jeter, who was also the final Yankees batter at the ballpark. The captain took a microphone behind the mound during the on-field ceremony and addressed the standing crowd, many of them wiping away tears. The speech, Jeter later said, had been off-the-cuff and as nerve-wracking as any experience in his professional career. "For all of us up here, it's a huge honor to put this uniform on every day and come out here and play," Jeter said. "And every member of this organization, past and present, has been calling this place home for 85 years. There's a lot of tradition, a lot of history, and a lot of memories. Now the great thing about memories is you're able to pass it along from generation to generation.

"And although things are going to change next year, we're going to move across the street, there are a few things with the New York Yankees that never change -- it's pride, it's tradition, and most of all, we have the greatest fans in the world. "We're relying on you to take the memories from this stadium and add them to the new memories that come to the new Yankee Stadium, and continue to pass them on from generation to generation. On behalf of this entire organization, we want to take this moment to salute you, the greatest fans in the world." Also held at Yankee Stadium... As one of the world's most-prestigious addresses, Yankee Stadium has also been the home of scores of other sports, entertainment and cultural events. While the Yankees were on the road or out of season, the Stadium opened its gates to college and pro football, soccer, political assemblies, religious conventions, concerts and even the circus. Boxing immediately found a home at Yankee Stadium with Benny Leonard winning a 15-round decision over Lou Tendler for the lightweight title three months after the gates opened on July 24, 1923.

Until Muhammad Ali stopped Ken Norton on September 28, 1976, thirty championship fights have been fought at the Stadium, perhaps none more memorable than the one for the heavyweight title between Joe Louis and Germany's Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938. After suffering a knockout loss in the initial non-title encounter at the Stadium two years earlier, Louis now the heavyweight champ avenged his defeat with a stunning first-round KO in the rematch. Football also became an immediate fixture at Yankee Stadium with the 1923 Army-Navy game inaugurating a rich history of collegiate and later professional football matchups. On November 12, 1928, with Notre Dame and Army locked in a scoreless game at halftime, the legendary Knute Rockne made his famous "win one for the Gipper" pep talk and the Fighting Irish went out and beat the Cadets, 12-6.

The New York football Giants also called Yankee Stadium home from 1956 through 1973 and, on December 28, 1958, played in what is widely recognized as "the greatest game ever played." With the NFL championship at stake, a crowd of 64,185 watched the Baltimore Colts tie the game 17-17 on a Steve Myrha field goal with seven seconds left. Eight minutes into professional football's first-ever "sudden-death" overtime period, the Colts' Alan Ameche crashed through from the one yard line, ending a contest that would help establish pro football as a major sport. The Stadium was also an important stop for religious conventions with the conventions of the Jehovah's Witnesses the major outside activity each year. Beginning in 1950, the convention attracted as many as 123,707 people in a single day far more than any other Stadium event. On October 4, 1965 with the Yankees out of the World Series for only the third time in 17 years the Stadium hosted an event of worldwide significance.

During the first visit to North America by a Pope, Paul VI celebrated mass before a crowd in excess of 80,000. Fourteen years later, John Paul II also made Yankee Stadium a stop on his tour of the United States. The Big Apple: “The House That Ruth Built” (Yankee Stadium) Entry from February 16, 2005 “The House That Ruth Built” (Yankee Stadium) George Herman ("Babe") Ruth (1895-1948) played for the New York Yankees from 1920-1934. Some consider him the greatest baseball player ever. Yankee Stadium opened in 1923. "The House That Jack Built" is a traditional rhyme. It is not known what sportswriter changed the words to "The House That Ruth Built," but it is said that this occurred even before the official 1923 stadium opening. The stadium's nickname was used until 2008, when the old Yankee Stadium was destroyed to make way for a new one.

The right field bleachers -- where many of Ruth's home runs landed -- was nicknamed "Ruthville." Wikipedia: Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in New York City. It served as the home baseball park of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1923 through 2008. Located at East 161st Street and River Avenue in The Bronx, the stadium has a capacity of 57,545 and hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York Giants football team, as well as the host of twenty of boxing's most famous fights and three Papal masses. The stadium's nickname, "The House That Ruth Built" comes from the iconic Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the beginning of the Yankees' winning history. Yankee Stadium is one of the most famous sports venues in United States, having hosted a variety of events and many historic moments during its existence.

Its primary occupants, the Yankees, have won far more World Series championships (26) than any other major league club and Yankee Stadium has hosted 37 World Series, far more than any other baseball stadium. The Stadium also hosted the major-league All-Star Game four times: 1939, 1960, 1977, and, as part of its curtain call, 2008. In 2006, the Yankees began construction on a new $1.6 billion stadium in public parkland adjacent to the original Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are expecting to open their new home in 2009. Once the new stadium opens, most of the old stadium, including the above-ground structure, is to be demolished to become parkland. The first game at the stadium was held on April 18, 1923, with the Yankees beating the Boston Red Sox 4-1. The final game at the stadium was held on September 21, 2008, with the Yankees beating the Baltimore Orioles 7-3. Ballparks of Baseball -- Yankee Stadium Immediately the Yankees' owners began looking for land to build a new ballpark on.

A 10 acre site, less than a mile from Polo Grounds in the Bronx was bought to build the stadium on. Designed by Osborn Engineering, originally the plan was for a triple-decked stadium, with grandstands circling the entire field. But because the stadium seemed to foreboding, the original plans were scaled back. Instead, the ballpark became the first to have three tiers of seating consisting of 58,000 seats. It was also the first ballpark to be called a stadium because of its enormous size. Construction of the stadium began on May 5, 1922. The stadium was built of mainly steel and concrete. The triple decked grandstand extended behind homeplate and up the base lines. The lower deck continued until it met the wooden bleachers behind the outfield fence. A 15-foot copper facade was erected to adorn the stadium's third deck, which became one of the stadium's most recognized and grandest features. The scoreboard was located beyond the bleachers in right field. Completed in only 284 days, opening day came on April 18, 1923. The ballpark was given the name Yankee Stadium.

Original dimensions at Yankee Stadium were 295 ft. (right), 490 ft. (center), and 281 ft. (left). Centerfield became known as "Death Valley" because of its distance from homeplate. "This is the house that Jack built..." by Mother Goose This is the house that Jack built. This is the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the rat, That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cat, Why is Yankee Stadium Known As the House That Ruth Built? Why is Yankee Stadium Known As the House That Ruth Built? Last Modified Date: 20 November 2016 Copyright Protected: Top 10 amazing movie makeup transformations Before Yankee Stadium opened in 1923, the Yankees rented from their cross-town rivals, the New York Giants and shared the space at the Polo Grounds . Threatened with eviction, the Yankees were forced to build their own stadium in the Bronx, but this move arguably could not have happened without the fame and popularity of their marquee player, George Herman “Babe” Ruth.

Ruth drew large crowds and made the Yankees an astoundingly popular team, and after Yankee Stadium opened, it was known colloquially as The House that Ruth Built as a result of Ruth’s starpower drawing in enough revenue and fan support to build the park. In Ruth’s first season with the Yankees in 1920, the Yankees were drawing more fans than their cross-town rivals, the Giants, and the Yankees owners decided to take a chance on the popularity of their team. Because both the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers had stronger roots in New York than the relatively young Yankees, building a new park — larger than most ballparks — on the assumption that the Yankees could draw 60,000 fans to their games was quite a gamble. But the Yankees also had Babe Ruth, who was the biggest name in sports at the time. After tenuous relations began developing between Giants and Yankees ownership, the Yankees decided it was time to invest in what would become the House That Ruth Built. Ad To further reinforce the notion that Yankee Stadium was indeed the House That Ruth Built, Babe Ruth hit the first home run in the new ballpark to beat the Boston Red Sox.

The Yankees won the World Series in that first year in the House That Ruth Built, further reinforcing the notion that the stadium owed its success partly to Ruth. Critics of the park, however, played off the moniker The House That Ruth Built and instead called it The House Built For Ruth because of its dimensions that were conducive to the left-handed slugger: originally, the right field fence was less than 300 feet – 90 meters – from home plate, giving Ruth an advantage for hitting home runs. The House That Ruth Built features many firsts: Yankee Stadium was the first baseball park to be permanently labeled a stadium; it was the first three-tiered sports facility; it featured the first warning track; and it featured the first electronic scoreboard. Intended for multi-sports use, the House That Ruth Built could be used for football games, track and field events, and various other sporting events thanks to its specific, multi-faceted design. Ad Major League Baseball Parks Take Me Out to the Ballgame Everything you ever wanted to know about Major-League ballparks by Mike Morrison and Melissa Sogard The Old Fenway Park was built in 1912 by Osborn Archietects & Engineers.

Fenway Park — Boston Red Sox The first professional game at Fenway took place on April 20, 1912 (the same week the Titanic sank). Some 27,000 fans watched the Red Sox beat the New York Highlanders (later known as the Yankees) by a score of 7–6 in 11 innings. In this day and age, when advertisements are showing up all over parks, it's a rarity to see something that used to have ads and now doesn't. But that's exactly the case with Fenway's Green Monster. The 37-foot-high left-field wall was littered with ads until 1947, when it was painted green. The numbers used to indicate runs and hits on the manual scoreboard in left field are 16 x 16 in. Amidst all of the green bleacher seats behind the right field bullpens lies one red seat, signifying the spot where Ted Williams's mammoth 502-foot home run landed on June 9, 1946. Yankee Stadium was built in 1923 by Osborn Archietects & Engineers.

Yankee Stadium — New York Yankees The stadium is known as "The House That Ruth Built" because it was Babe Ruth's popularity and drawing power that made it necessary for additional seats and gave the team enough cash to build them. Several monuments of Yankee greats are located just beyond the fence in left-center field. They were in the field of play until 1976 when the stadium was renovated. Now Monument Park is open to fans before and after games. The bleachers in right-center field are known by some as Ruthville and Gehrigville. As legend has it, in 1934 Negro Leagues star Josh Gibson became the only player to hit a ball completely out of Yankee Stadium, a gargantuan blast down the left-field line. Wrigley Field was built in 1914 by Zachary Taylor Davis. Wrigley Field — Chicago Cubs Nicknamed "The Friendly Confines," Wrigley is the second-oldest major-league ballpark (1914) behind Boston's Fenway Park. Lights were finally added to Wrigley in 1988 and the Cubs' first official night game at Wrigley took place on Aug.

9 of that year with a 6-4 win over the New York Mets. The outfield walls are made of red brick and are lined with lush green ivy. If a batted ball gets stuck in the ivy, it is automatically ruled a ground-rule double. Television announcer Harry Caray regularly led the crowd in the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh-inning stretch until his death in 1998. Now the honor is bestowed upon various celebrity guests. Dodger Stadium — Los Angeles Dodgers Known as the cleanest park in the majors, Dodger Stadium is repainted every off-season. The stadium boasts beautiful views of downtown Los Angeles to the south, and the San Gabriel Mountains off in the distance. Dodger Stadium (a.k.a. Chavez Ravine) has kept the same capacity figure since its opening in 1962—56,000.

And The New Ballparks.com Great American Ballpark — Cincinnati Reds After sharing Cinergy Field with the NFL's Bengals for almost 30 years, the new home of the Reds, Great American, opened March 31, 2003, when they lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10–1. The park features 42,060 red seats on three levels, very little foul territory, a brewpub called The Machine Room, and a firework spouting, misting steamboat-paddle wheel "homerun feature" in right field. Fans enter the park through Crosley Terrace. Named for Crosley Field, it contains statues of legendary Reds players Joe Nuxhall, Ernie Lombardi, Ted Kluszewski, and Frank Robinson. Landscaped grass in the terrace is sloped to match the incline of Crosley's outfield and a pitchers mound has been recreated to the same dimensions as the one used at the time. Another tribute is the replica of Crosley's Longines clock located on top of the main scoreboard. Ken Griffey, Jr., doubled for the first hit in the park and former President George Bush threw out the opening pitch.

Sammy Sosa hit his 500th homerun at the park on April 4, 2003. If you can afford them, the eight rows of seats directly behind home plate come with VIP parking, all you can eat and drink, and a lounge that offers a glimpse into the tunnel that the players use to get to the field. Chase Field — Arizona Diamondbacks Chase Field in Phoenix opened on March 31, 1998. Architects eliminated the threat of having fans sit for over three hours in Arizona's hot summer sun by designing a retractable roof over the entire stadium. The roof weighs over nine million pounds and takes just over four minutes to open or close. In another effort to cool down its patrons, the ballpark features a 385-square-foot swimming pool in the Sun Pool Pavilion beyond the right-center-field fence, where up to 35 fans can take a dip. Unlike any other park in the majors, the infield at Chase has a path of dirt between home plate and the pitchers mound. PacBell Park and McCovey Cove are home to the National League's San Francisco Giants and slugger Barry Bonds.

AT&T Park — San Francisco Giants Widely viewed as the most beautiful new park in the league, AT&T Park had its first home opener on April 11, 2000. The Dodgers defeated the Giants 6–5. The field measures just 307 ft down the right-field line, which is one reason slugger Barry Bonds broke the all-time single-season home-run record with 73 in 2001. The stadium is nestled next to the San Francisco Bay, allowing the opportunity for batters to hit home runs over the right-field fence and into the ocean. The body of water just outside the stadium is known as McCovey Cove, named after former Giants hall-of-fame first baseman Willie McCovey . Among the stadium's other attractions are the Coca-Cola Superslide and the 1927 Old-Time Four-Fingered Baseball Glove. Both are located beyond the left-center-field fence, between 450 to 501 ft from home plate. The superslide is actually made up of many slides, including the 56-foot Guzzler. The glove is 26 ft high, 32 ft wide and weighs 20,000 lbs.

Miller Park — Milwaukee Brewers The first regular season game occurred on April 6, 2001, with a 5-4 Brewers victory over Cincinnati. At Milwaukee's County Stadium (torn down earlier in 2001), each time a Brewers player hit a home run, team mascot Bernie Brewer plunged down a slide into an oversized makeshift mug of beer as balloons were released in the air. Bernie is back with the team at Miller Park, although the mug of beer has given way to the more politically correct, kid-friendly Bernie's Dugout. Like the ballpark in Arizona, Miller Park has a retractable roof that can be closed in inclement weather. The fan-shaped roof weighs 12,000 tons and takes approximately 10 minutes to open or close. The park features what are known as Uecker Seats in honor of longtime Brewers announcer Bob Uecker. They have an obstructed view of the action and are sold on game day for one dollar. PNC Park — Pittsburgh Pirates Located on the shores of the Allegheny River with the Pittsburgh skyline as a backdrop, the park officially opened with the Pirates' 8-2 loss to Cincinnati on April 9, 2001.

The outfield wall in right field is 21 ft high, a tribute to former Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente , who wore number 21. The Pirates also honored their fallen star with the Roberto Clemente Bridge, which serves as a walkway from the downtown area to the park. With 38,127 seats, PNC is the second-smallest park in the majors (behind only Fenway Park), giving fans a more intimate feel than some other stadiums. Minute Maid Park — Houston Astros The first regular-season game was played on April 7, 2000, as the Astros lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1. The park also makes use of a retractable roof to protect fans from the Texas climate. The roof spans over 6 acres and is designed to open and close in 12 minutes. Outside the left-field fence is an 1860s replica locomotive that "heralds the opening of ballpark gates and other special events." Astros Field is connected to Houston's Union Station.

Minute Maid features the world's largest sliding glass door—a 50,000-square-foot wall of glass (both hurricane and baseball resistant) in left field to give the stadium an outdoor feel even when the roof is closed. Tal's Hill is a 20-degree slope in straightaway center field that is a part of the field of play. There is a flagpole located on the incline, three feet from the wall that is also in play. It would take a hefty shot to reach it, however, as straightaway center field measures 436 ft, the longest distance in the majors. The stadium was known as Enron Field during its first two seasons, but the name was changed at the start of the 2002 season due to Enron's financial woes. In June 2002, the Astros and The Minute Maid Company signed a long-term partnership and Astros Field became Minute Maid Park. Advertisement Advertisement The House That Ruth Built by Robert Weintraub on iBooks This book is available for download with iBooks on your Mac or iOS device, and with iTunes on your computer. Books can be read with iBooks on your Mac or iOS device.

Description The untold story of Babe Ruth's Yankees, John McGraw's Giants, and the extraordinary baseball season of 1923 Before the 27 World Series titles--before Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Derek Jeter-the Yankees were New York's shadow franchise. They hadn't won a championship, and they didn't even have their own field, renting the Polo Grounds from their cross-town rivals the New York Giants. In 1921 and 1922, they lost to the Giants when it mattered most: in October. But in 1923, the Yankees played their first season on their own field, the newly-built, state of the art baseball palace in the Bronx called "the Yankee Stadium." The stadium was a gamble, erected in relative outerborough obscurity, and Babe Ruth was coming off the most disappointing season of his career, a season that saw his struggles on and off the field threaten his standing as a bona fide superstar. It only took Ruth two at-bats to signal a new era.

He stepped up to the plate in the 1923 season opener and cracked a home run to deep right field, the first homer in his park, and a sign of what lay ahead. It was the initial blow in a season that saw the new stadium christened "The House That Ruth Built," signaled the triumph of the power game, and established the Yankees as New York's-and the sport's-team to beat. From that first home run of 1923 to the storybook World Series matchup that pitted the Yankees against their nemesis from across the Harlem River-one so acrimonious that John McGraw forced his Giants to get to the Bronx in uniform rather than suit up at the Stadium-Robert Weintraub vividly illuminates the singular year that built a classic stadium, catalyzed a franchise, cemented Ruth's legend, and forever changed the sport of baseball. From Publishers Weekly Feb 07, 2011 – In his first book, Slate sports columnist Weintraub examines the 1923 New York Yankees, the team that opened Yankee Stadium and won the first of the Bronx Bombers' record 27 World Series titles.

The center of this work is the clash between the Yankees' star, Babe Ruth, with his new "bashing" style of playing the game, and the classic "scientific baseball" epitomized by manager John McGraw and his New York Giants. While the Giants got the best of the Yanks in the '22 fall classic, Ruth and the Yankees' 1923 World Series victory over their crosstown rivals would change the face of baseball and New York City forever. Weintraub nicely infuses modern references like "imagine Ruth as Rocky Balboa preparing to wreak vengeance on Ivan Drago" into his 1920s descriptions. The book is comprehensive, and Weintraub details everything from the construction of the stadium and the careers of Ruth and McGraw to a detailed season overview and deconstruction of the 1923 World Series. The stories about Ruth and McGraw hold the narrative together, but it is the asides of forgotten personalities like Mose "The Rabbi of Swat" Solomon, Russ "Pep" Youngs, and Yankees co-owner Cap Huston that create a much-needed undercurrent of character and humor.

© Publishers Weekly Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc. Print Length: 432 Pages Language: English Requirements: To view this book, you must have an iOS device with iBooks 1.3.1 or later and iOS 4.3.3 or later, or a Mac with iBooks 1.0 or later and OS X 10.9 or later. Customer Ratings Sports Venues - Yankees Stadium | New York Yankees | MLB | Baseball Sports Venues - Yankees Stadium Hate 0 Nicknamed "The House that Ruth Built", Yankee Stadium is the home of one of pro sports' most storied franchises. Kidzworld takes a tour of this historic ballpark! Yankee Stadium - Rich Tradition Home of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, Yankee Stadium opened in 1923. Back then, the stadium was better known as “The House that Ruth Built” referring to legendary Yankees' slugger Babe Ruth , who played for the team at the time. Yankee Stadium was the most innovative and unique ballparks built in that era.

Most ballparks at the time only seated about 30,000 people, but Yankee Stadium pushed the envelope by seating 58,000. It was the first ballpark to be called a stadium and was the first three-tiered sports facility in the country. Yankee Stadium has seen some of the most memorable baseball games played in history. It has hosted 37 World Series which included some of the most legendary figures in baseball history - Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMagio, Lou Gerig, Roger Maris and Reggie Jackson. Legendary Yankees' slugger Babe Ruth Yankee Stadium - Notable Events Aside from baseball, Yankee Stadium has hosted some other memorable events. There have been many famous boxing matches held at this park - including fights with Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis and Muhammed Ali. Yankee Stadium used to host college football games and from 1956 to 1973, the New York Giants of the NFL played their home games there. The Pope has held mass in Yankee Stadium and there has even been a wedding held there! Some big-name concerts have also been on display at Yankee Stadium including U2, Billy Joel and Pink Floyd.

Yankee Stadium - Atmosphere Yankee Stadium offers an experience that is different from any other baseball stadium out there. The Yankee tradition is very rich and you can feel it just being in the ball park. The fans are some of the loudest and most knowledgeable fans you will find. One of the most distinguishing features of Yankee Stadium is the series of white copper arches known as the facade. The facade sits on top of the signature outfield scoreboard and is an immaculate feature that gives the outfield a lot of character. Before, during and after the game, the fans can visit Monument Park . The park features a collection of retired numbers and a collection of monuments and plaques. View from home plate at Yankees Stadium Yankee Stadium - New Yankee Stadium In 2009, the Yankees will move to the New Yankee Stadium. The new ballpark will be located directly across from the current Yankee Stadium, where Monument Park currently resides. The park will then relocated to the old Yankee Stadium site once the structure is torn down. The new project will cost an astronomical $1.2 billion, which makes it the most expensive sports venue in history.

It will have many of the characteristics of the current Yankee Stadium, but have many of the modern features of many of the current ballparks. Yankee Stadium had not been significantly renovated since the early '70s . Yankee Stadium – Fun Facts The House That Ruth Built eBook by Robert Weintraub - 9780316175173 | Kobo Show more Show less The untold story of Babe Ruth's Yankees, John McGraw's Giants, and the extraordinary baseball season of 1923 Before the 27 World Series titles--before Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Derek Jeter-the Yankees were New York's shadow franchise. They hadn't won a championship, and they didn't even have their own field, renting the Polo Grounds from their cross-town rivals the New York Giants. In 1921 and 1922, they lost to the Giants when it mattered most: in October.

But in 1923, the Yankees played their first season on their own field, the newly-built, state of the art baseball palace in the Bronx called "the Yankee Stadium." The stadium was a gamble, erected in relative outerborough obscurity, and Babe Ruth was coming off the most disappointing season of his career, a season that saw his struggles on and off the field threaten his standing as a bona fide superstar. It only took Ruth two at-bats to signal a new era. He stepped up to the plate in the 1923 season opener and cracked a home run to deep right field, the first homer in his park, and a sign of what lay ahead. It was the initial blow in a season that saw the new stadium christened "The House That Ruth Built," signaled the triumph of the power game, and established the Yankees as New York's-and the sport's-team to beat.

From that first home run of 1923 to the storybook World Series matchup that pitted the Yankees against their nemesis from across the Harlem River-one so acrimonious that John McGraw forced his Giants to get to the Bronx in uniform rather than suit up at the Stadium-Robert Weintraub vividly illuminates the singular year that built a classic stadium, catalyzed a franchise, cemented Ruth's legend, and forever changed the sport of baseball. Buy the eBook

Question: Which US stadium was nicknamed the ‘House that Ruth Built’?
Answer: Yankee Stadium