Yankee Stadium (1923) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Music=== One of the most famous traditions for Yankee Stadium was playing [[Frank Sinatra]]'s version of the "[[Theme from New York, New York]]" over the loudspeakers after every home win, since 1980. Sinatra's version was played after Yankees wins, whereas [[Liza Minnelli]]'s was played after Yankee losses. After the [[September 11 attacks]], all American Major League Baseball stadiums started playing "[[God Bless America]]" during the [[seventh-inning stretch]] for the remainder of the 2001 season. Many teams ceased this practice the following season, although it has continued in postseason events at many cities and become a tradition at Yankee Stadium alongside '"Take Me Out to the Ballgame". Usually, a recording of "God Bless America" by [[Kate Smith]] was played, although sometimes there was a live performance by Irish tenor [[Ronan Tynan]]. For part of the 2005 season, the Yankees used a recording of Tynan, but the Smith version was reinstated due to fan complaints about the long duration of the Tynan version. The tradition of playing Smith's version continued in the new stadium until April 2019, when accusations surfaced that some of her other songs contained racist lyrics. For the final game at Yankee Stadium, Tynan performed "God Bless America" live, including the rarely heard introduction to the song (which Tynan included every time he performed the song at a Yankees game). Currently, "God Bless America" is played on the organ at the new stadium during the seventh-inning stretch. When the Yankees scored a run, a version of the [[Westminster chime]] played as the last player to score in the at-bat gets to home plate. The version of the chime is the beginning of "Workaholic" by the music group [[2 Unlimited]]. When the Yankees' closer [[Mariano Rivera]] entered a game, he was accompanied by [[Metallica]]'s "[[Enter Sandman]]". Since {{wsy|1996}}, the Yankees' World Series championships were celebrated with the playing of [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s "[[We Are the Champions]]" followed by Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York". Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page