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If the Yankees and the Red Sox don’t meet in the playoffs, the Red Sox are coming for the last time to the House That Ruth Built

A record number of 72 former players were invited to take part in the 62nd and final Old Timers’ Day at the current Yankee Stadium on Saturday.

The Yankees’ principal owner wept as he was driven across the outfield warning track and onto the field. He received a prolonged ovation.

Willie Randolph is expected to watch the All Star Game Tuesday as a guest of the Steinbrenner family, providing a bit of local intrigue for an evening that will be filled with history and emotion.

There will be 64 All-Stars assembled at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, but the venue itself will be studied as intently as any of the players.

As players were beseeched to eulogize Yankee Stadium as it hosts its last All-Star Game, some were willing to discuss what they would not miss about the old ballpark.

The upper floors of three apartment buildings in the Bronx long served as perches for peering at Yankee games.

It may be the last All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium and Mariano Rivera will likely feature in the game, but don't expect him to be American League Manager Terry Francona's choice to start next Tuesday.

The Sharpie Brigade is set to storm the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Friday for the All-Star FanFest, an event that features former baseball stars who sign autographs.

The notion that David Ortiz would be given the chance to imitate Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium, prompted the Yankees to modify the format of a home rum promotion.