The Pinstripe Ghost by David A. Kelly Read Free Book Online

day, the Yankeesplayed the Boston Red Sox. They beat them 4–1. The stadium was also the first triple-decker. That meant it had three seating levels.
    Secret Room . The original Yankee Stadium had a secret. For years, there was a fifteen-foot-wide room hidden below second base. The room wasn’t used for baseball or storing treasure. It was used for boxing. Yankee Stadium used to host boxing matches sometimes. The hidden room held the electrical and telephone equipment needed for the matches. The Yankees removed the room in 1976. It doesn’t exist in the new Yankee Stadium.
    Lots of World Series . Yankee Stadium has hosted more World Series than any other stadium—over thirty-five so far.

    New and Improved . When it was built in 1923, Yankee Stadium was the best stadium around. But by the early twenty-first century, it was getting old. The team decided it needed a new home. So it spent over $1.3 billion to build a brand-new version of Yankee Stadium directly across the street. The first official game in the new stadium was on April 16, 2009.The following year, the old stadium was torn down and the land was turned into a park.

    Pinstripes . The New York Yankees uniforms are famous for the thin black stripes running up and down the pants and shirts. The Yankees first wore pinstripes in 1912.

M ike and Kate have tickets to the Red Sox game and all-access passes to Fenway Park. But as they’re watching batting practice before the game, the lucky bat of Red Sox star slugger Big D is stolen. Without the bat, Big D can’t seem to hit a thing. Can Kate and Mike figure out who pinched the bat before Big D and the Sox chalk up a loss?