Gridirons on famous diamonds

November 16, 2010 - 9:00 AM

There are football games -- yes, I said football games -- Saturday at both Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field. In the Bronx, Notre Dame is playing Army (7 p.m. on NBC) and in Chicago, Northwestern is hosting Illinois.

At both places, the infields have been sodded over. Wrigley, of course, was the home of the Bears before Soldier Field and old Yankee hosted the Giants before the Meadowlands, including the famous Colts-Giants 1958 NFL championship game. Here's a couple pictures I found of the two sites.

Blow 'em up for closer looks. Found them at Bustedcoverage.com. Pretty cool looking.

---MIke Harrington
(www.twitter.com/bnharrington)

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Mike Harrington

Mike Harrington, a Canisius College graduate who began his career as a News reporter in 1987, has covered the Buffalo Bisons since 1992 and Major League Baseball since 1995. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Harrington has reported on 15 World Series -- including every pitch of the Fall Classic this century -- and all three of the Bisons' championship runs in their modern era. He is a connoisseur of the famous Stadium Mustard at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

@BNHarrington | mharrington@buffnews.com

Amy Moritz

Amy Moritz, a native of Lockport, has covered the Bisons for The Buffalo News since 2002. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism/mass communication from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in humanities from the University at Buffalo. An endurance athlete, she has completed several triathlons, half marathons and marathons.

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