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Updated at 3:58 p.m., Friday, September 19, 2008

MLB: Fans on field before Yankee Stadium finale

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Fans will be allowed to walk on Yankee Stadium's field for three hours before the ballpark's final game Sunday.

Gates will open at 1 p.m. — about 7 hours, 15 minutes before New York plays the Baltimore Orioles in its final game at the 85-year-old stadium. For the first three hours, fans can walk through Monument Park, behind the fence in left-center, and walk along the warning track in the outfield and to home plate. Field access will end at about 4 p.m., and Monument Park will close at about 6:45 p.m.

Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Goose Gossage, Ron Guidry, Graig Nettles and Bobby Richardson are to be part of the pregame ceremonies, which start at 7:05 p.m.

A closing ceremony for the stadium will be held after the season. New York moves to a new $1.3 billion Yankee Stadium rising next door. The first regular-season game there will be April 16 against Cleveland.