A more storied baseball stadium never stood.  Home to more concerts, world series, speeches, and legendary players than any other baseball architecture aside from the Hall of Fame, Yankee Stadium saw its final game end on Sunday in a Yankee victory.  Despite a disappointing season for the Yanks – they’ll miss their first postseason in a long long time – fans of the historic franchise are already eager with anticipation for the new stadium.

That being the case, and with traffic flooding in on the website looking for answers, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com posted odds on all things “New” Yankee Stadium.

“When something as historic and meaningful to fans happens such as Yankee Stadium closing its doors,” stated BetUS.com spokesman Reed Richards, “We tend to see a lot of traffic from all over the world looking for predictive odds.  As such, we always live up to our name and provide people with the most up to the minute numbers to give them some answers.  It will be interesting to see how these play out.”

Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on the “New” Yankee stadium:

Which Yankee hits first HR in new stadium
Johnny Damon 7/1
A- ROD 3/1
Bobby Abreu 5/1
Robinson Cano 8/1
Jose Molina 10/1

First no-hitter
Chien-Ming Wang 20/1
Joba Chamberlain 30/1
Mike Mussina   45/1
Andy Pettite 50/1

When first World Series appearance and win will be
Appearance - 2009 6/1
Win - 2009 9/1

First stolen base?
Johnny Damon 2/1
Bobby Abreu 9/4
Alex Rodriguez 9/4
Derek Jeter 3/1
Melky Cabrera 4/1
Robinson Cano 10/1

First strike out
Alex Rodriguez - 2/1
Bobby Abreu - 6/4
Derek Jeter - 3/1
Robinson Cano - 4/1
Johnny Damon - 3/1

First grand slam
Alex Rodriguez - 4/1
Bobby Abreu  6/1
Derek Jeter 20/1
Maelky Cabrera 10/1

First to hit into double play
Derek Jeter 6/4
Robison Cano 2/1
Alex Rodriguez 3/1
Bobby Abreu 4/1
Ivan Rodriguez 4/1
Jose Molina 10/1

First concert
Billy Joel 7/1
U2 10/1
Elton John 20/1
Mariah Carey 40/1
Rolling Stones 15/1

Who’ll be first asked to throw out first pitch
Yogi Berra 5/1
Whitey Ford 10/1
Derek Jeter 15/1
Billy Crystal 20/1
George Steinbrenner 7/1
Regis Philbin 6/1
Roger Clemens 50/1

First win at new stadium will come against which team
Cleveland Indians  1/50
Oakland As 1/20

First team Girardi is thrown out against
Baltimore 10/1
Kc 15/1
TB 20/1
Cle 10/1
Oak 20/1
Bos 4/1
Det  25/1
LAA 15/1

First singer of national anthem
Sheryl Crow 50/1
Mariah Carey 25/1
Cyndi Lauper 30/1
Taylor Hicks 40/1
Beastie Boys 100/1
Carrie Underwood 35/1
Bono Vox  40/1
Jordin Sparks 35/1

More odds at BetUs.com!

This certainly isn’t the way the Yankees wanted to see off their beloved final ballpark, as a cherished streak that appears to be coming to an end.

The Boston Red Sox, in their final visit to the venerable Yankee Stadium this week, won the first game of their series 7-3, with Tim Wakefield beating Andy Pettitte. Pettitte called this series a must-win, and he couldn’t come through Tuesday. He didn’t get much help from Alex Rodriguez, who went 0 for 5 with two double plays, two strikeouts and a throwing error.

Pettitte backtracked from his “must-win” comment a bit after Tuesday’s loss, but the sentiment remains. “We need to win them, that’s all there is to it, but if we don’t, what am I going to do? Am I going to quit?” Pettitte told the New York Times. “We’ve got to play the games. Until we’re mathematically eliminated, I don’t think anything’s over. So for people to say ‘must-win,’ it’s not a must-win. The season’s not over if we don’t win this series.”

But if the Red Sox sweep, it might as well be. The Yankees (payroll $209.1 million) are 9.5 games behind Tampa Bay (payroll: $43.8 million) and six back of second-place Boston ($133.4 million). The Yankees also are third in the wild-card race, behind the Twins ($62.1 million) as well. So they’ll need to get hot and hope that two other teams collapse.

Yankee fans certainly envisioned at least another playoff series or two in the House that Ruth Built, but their 13-year playoff run is on a death watch.

However, Yankee fans will revel in the fact that even with their win Tuesday, the Red Sox improved to 284-483 all-time at Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox played in the first game at Yankee Stadium - it’s too bad the schedule-makers couldn’t make them the last (that will be Baltimore, on Sept. 21).