New Yankee Stadium opens with a Wang win

Our Taiwan's STAR Wang Chien-ming opened the new US$1.5 billion Yankee Stadium with an exhibition win over the Chicago Cubs Friday night.

Today is very imporant day for Yankee baseball team. Their new Stadium has been opened on this Saturday.The Yankees are playing two exhibition games this weekend against the Cubs to get acclimated to the new ballpark.

Wang's first pitch — "a trademark sinker" — was a strike, drawing thunderous applause from the crowd as light bulbs flashed around the park to record the historical moment.

It's a new stadium, and I wanted to throw the first strike,” said Wang. “When I went out to the mound, I didn't have any special feeling and I wasn't nervous. I just wanted to focus.”

He said the new stadium was similar to the old one and that he has already figured out what he needs to know.

In the Yankees' first game at their new stadium, Robinson Cano and Hideki Matsui hit two-run homers, and Cody Ransom hit a three-run shot to lead New York to a 7-4 win over the Chicago Cubs.