A-Rod and the gang raise their hats.

Did you go to the game?  Did you make it to Yankee Stadium one last time?

Everyone is saying goodbye to Yankee stadium from baseball fans to Sports Illustrated.

To commemorate the final Yankee Stadium game this Sunday, BaseballChannel.TV will air 18 consecutive hours of classic Yankee Stadium contests and footage.

The marathon will begin at 12:01 a.m. ET on Sunday and run through 6 p.m. that day.

Click here to see the live video RIGHT NOW!

Major League Baseball’s 79^th All-Star game has grown outside of the hallowed walls of Yankee Stadium and taken over parts of New York City.

On Friday I saw batting cages and carnival-like games take over streets around Grand Central Station, and parents teaching their sons and daughters batting techniques.

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Josh Hamilton blasted 28-home runs in the opening session that had the crowd of 53,716 chanting his name at last night’s Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium.

“Banished from baseball and literally left for dead four years ago amid a desperate battle with drug addiction, the 27-year-old Hamilton - a former No. 1 overall pick of the Rays - couldn’t have written a more memorable chapter in his personal redemption story,” reports the NY Post.

Hamilton hit just seven homers the rest of the way and lost the decisive final round by a 5-3 count, but even the winner Justin Morneau felt Hamilton deserved the crown.