Tony Morante breaks down the big ballyard in the Bronx

From: The Village Voice | Date: August 31, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

TONY MORANTE'S CONNECTION TO YANKEE STADIUM-NOT TO MENTION ITS BASES, FENCES, and ropes-goes back further than that of most sportswriters, or even any of the resident team's owners. Greeting a tour group at the press gate, Morante launches into a Stadium history that extends over a quarter-century. As the director of the Stadium tours and the dispenser of its lore, Morante speaks reverently of the ballpark's grounds, inner sanctums, and many legends.

But for all his loyalty to the Big Ballyard and the Yankee organization, it is Morante's overriding devotion to his home borough-the Bronx, ...

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