Baseball fans have unique relationships with their fields of dreams
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By SAM MELLINGER As the baseball world converges here for the All-Star Game, folks are tripping over themselves to eulogize the old Yankee Stadium in its last year before progress takes the Yankees-and a Hard Rock Cafi and martini bar-to the new palace. But all the love letters are missing something obvious. It's like this everywhere with baseball stadiums. A Detroit contractor expects to make $1 million selling pieces of the demolished Tiger Stadium. Lawsuits are filed every year to protect the charm of Wrigley Field. Red Sox fans formed a massive campaign to save Fenway Park. Heck, even dumps like old Comiskey Park in Chicago had people in tears when the wrecking ball came. Click here to continue reading. 
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