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The Yankees opened their new Yankee Stadium on April 3, 2009, when they hosted an exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs. The new stadium hosted its first regular season game on April 16, when the team played against the Cleveland Indians [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and their first playoff game against the Minnesota Twins in the ALDS on October 7, 2009.
The number of home runs hit at the new stadium slowed significantly as the season progressed, [87] but a new single-season record for most home runs hit at a Yankee home ballpark was nonetheless set in the Yankees' 73rd home game of 2009 when Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hit the 216th home run of the season at the ...
Starting with the 2009 season, weeknight games began 40 minutes earlier as suggested by Commissioner Bud Selig. [2] The Yankees won the series four games to two, and went on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 4–2 in the World Series.
Dodger Stadium, born in 1962 and now the third oldest park in baseball; and Yankee Stadium, rebuilt in 2009 and still evoking a storied era. (Jae C. Hong; Frank Franklin II / Associated Press)
The all-time attendance record of 115,300 was set at a preseason game between the defending champions Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers on March 29, 2008, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to the National Baseball Hall of Fame , this is the only baseball game where the 100,000 figure has been definitively exceeded.
The Yankees banged out three hits on Clase - more than any he'd given up in any regular season appearance - and pushed across two ninth-inning runs to capture Game 4 of the American League ...
The Yankees star is 0-for-8 with seven strikeouts through two ALDS games.
The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season.As the 105th [1] edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National League (NL) and defending World Series champions, and the New York Yankees, champions of the American League (AL).