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Studying the Stadium

Yankee Stadium and its storied history provides the backdrop for a lot of New York City history. From the stadium’s construction to the rise and fall of the South Bronx neighborhood to the hullabaloo over the new stadium and the land deal not to the mention the decades of baseball lore and history, a urban policy professor could make a class out of it. That’s exactly what Theresa Collins, a professor at Rutgers has done. As The Times reported, Collins is teaching a first-year seminar on Yankee Stadium and the social history that goes with it. Who wouldn’t want to take that class?

Categories : Asides, Yankee Stadium

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kenthadley says:

October 28, 2008 at 8:50 pm

My father sent me to old Rutgers
And resolved that I should be a man
And so I settled down
In that noisy college town
On the banks of the old Raritan

…and took Yankee Stadium 101

Joltin' Joe says:

October 28, 2008 at 10:50 pm

I wish they had that at Marist College (Poughkeepsie) but we get to have nothing, it’s fun stuff. Mets fans.

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DonnieBaseballHallofFame says:

October 28, 2008 at 9:09 pm

Can I get an internet class version of that?

Steve says:

October 28, 2008 at 9:21 pm

Something tells me this will not be a class to sign up for looking to pick up chicks. . . .

Seriously, it sounds terrific. The rise and fall of the Bronx, the changing ethnic populations, Robert Moses, the building, decaying and renovation of the old Yankee stadium, the players from the 50′s who lived on the Grand Concourse. All sounds fascinating. I only wish I had the time for stuff like this.

Joseph P. says:

October 28, 2008 at 9:30 pm

I think this validates a comment from last week:

http://riveraveblues.com/2008/.....ent-186253

aaron empty says:

October 28, 2008 at 9:31 pm

off topic i know, but i wanted to alert yall to the latest post on peteabe’s blog about the new mlb gm video game that cash is promoting. sounds kick ass

Mike A. says:

October 28, 2008 at 9:37 pm

We’re totally going to start an RAB league. Hopefully we can get 30 people, one for each team. That would be the shizz.

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- aaron empty says:
  
  October 28, 2008 at 9:39 pm
  
  hellz yes. you guys have ps3′s? or xboxes or what? im not shure if it will be compatable cross-platform
  
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  - Mike A. says:
    
    October 28, 2008 at 9:42 pm
    
    I have a PS3. I highly doubt it would be cross-platform.
    
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    - aaron empty says:
      
      October 28, 2008 at 9:43 pm
      
      i have a ps3 too
      
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      - Mike A. says:
        
        October 28, 2008 at 9:51 pm
        
        B-e-a-utiful.
        
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      - Mike A. says:
        
        October 28, 2008 at 9:55 pm
        
        Oh, and off topic posts are bad. My reply doesn’t mean I condone it. Commenting guidelines are your friend.
        
        http://riveraveblues.com/river.....uidelines/
        
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    - tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Mr. Snarky Irrelevant Non Sequitur Jones says:
      
      October 29, 2008 at 10:44 am
      
      I don’t have a PS3, but I do have a pencil and paper. We can play that way. I’ll be the Pirates, as long as I can resurrect the ghost of Cam Bonifay.
      
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