Wow, what a show last night at Yankee Stadium! If you are a real fan of baseball, I'm sure there were moments that brought goose bumps just as they did for me. You didn't have to be a Yankee fan to see Whitey Ford at 79 years old standing on the mound next to 79 year old Don Larson to appreciate what was going on. Behind the plate stood 83 year old Yogi Berra and I had the impression that if Yogi's body would let him, he would have started the game behind the plate.

For the Yankee greats that have passed away there was someone from their family which represented them in their old position. David Mantle, the son of Mickey stood at first base and could pass as Mickey's twin brother. Billy Martin's son stood at second base and the same thing was true, just a spitting image of the old man right down to the thin black mustache.

Graig Nettles was at third base and I have always considered him to be the second best fielding third baseman I have ever seen behind Brooks Robinson. Bobby Murcer's wife and two children stood in center field where Bobby roamed after he replaced Mantle. Bobby passed away from brain cancer just a few months ago. Willie Randolph, the starting second baseman for close to 13 years slid into second when he ran onto the field.

The biggest applause of the night seemed to go to Bernie Williams, the 17 year veteran that was "forced" into retirement in 2006. Bernie looked like he could still play!

The pre-game show lasted about an hour and 20 minutes, but I could have sat there for 5 more hours just reminiscing of all the great Yankee players and all the other fantastic players than played there in the past 83 years.

Derek Jeter, who looked like he wanted this to be the game of his life, ended up going 0 for 5 with two strikeouts. Jose Molina hit the last homerun ever at Yankee, Andy Pettit was the winning pitcher and Jason Giambi had the last base hit.

I did remember to record the event...who know, I may watch it again tonight!