* The Take-Aways

To commemorate the final game at Yankee and Shea Stadiums, some of the NY papers put out supplements with their editions.

Newsday ran a 20-page insert, “Thanks for the Memories,” which included:

“One final night to look,” by Mark Herrmann
21 events in Herrman’s “Catching up on history” (21. because the last game was played on Sept. 21. Get it?)
“And somehow this shrine is not a landmark,” by John Jeansonne
But the bulk of the supplement are the dozens of contributions of regular fans of their favorite recollections about the famous ballpark

On Monday, the New York Daily News published a 20-page wraparound which recapped the celebration of the Sunday evening finale;:

An actual game story for the victory over the Orioles
“Legends make last curtain call“
“History of this House will never close,” by Mike Lupica
A piece on the return of Bernie Williams, who received the biggest ovation
Filip Bondy’s Bleacher Creature feature
A story on Joe Torre’s favorite moment (boos to the Yankees for not including him in their program somehow)
Bill Madden’s memories
A critique of the celebration’s TV presentation by Bob Raissman
A montage of Daily News pages of Yankee highlights
A “By the numbers” page

The Daily News also gave some props to the Mets in “Memories of Shea: An Amazin’ History, 1964-2008”

“Shea hello to home,” by Eric Barrow
“Just Terrific,” again by Barrow, propounding Tom Seaver’s memories of the glory days.
“The magic is back,” by Bill Price, moves the team into the 1980s
“The Piazza party,” by John Harper, brings the fates of the Mets up to date
“Shea Trippers,” by Michael O’Keeffe on the big non-baseball events

While not a give-away USA Today’s Sports Weekly tabloid published a Yankee Stadium keepsake edition. It’s well worth the $4.95 cover price and I recommend it highly, if you can still find it; it’s been out since the spring.