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===Meeting at "the bat"===
[[File:TheSlugger.jpg|thumb|150px|The Louisville Slugger-shaped exhaust pipe]]
Outside the stadium's main entrance gate stands a {{convert|138|ft|m|adj=on}} tall exhaust pipe in the shape of a baseball bat, complete with tape at the handle that frays off at the end. It is sponsored by [[Hillerich & Bradsby]], makers of the famous [[Louisville Slugger]] line of baseball bats, which is specifically designed to look like a Babe Ruth model. As the most prominent feature on the stadium's exterior, recognizable even to first-time visitors, the bat was often used as a designated meeting spot for fans to meet their ticket holding friends before entering the stadium.

The "Bat" continues to stand outside the [[Yankees–East 153rd Street (Metro-North station)|Metro North Station]], built in 2009. A {{convert|450|foot|adj=on}} long pedestrian walkway and its staircase meet at the "bat".<ref>{{cite news |title=Metro-North to start service direct to Yankee Stadium |url=http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/04/03/news/a1-yankeestation.txt |newspaper=New Haven Register |date=April 3, 2009 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926133727/http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/04/03/news/a1-yankeestation.txt |archive-date=September 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>