steve bolden was the team announcer for seven year year. >> i feel like today is a funeral.ere in newark. >> axelrod: from 1926-1949 the bears were the top farm team for the newark yankees. yogi berra was just one yankee whose path to stardom in the bronx ran right through newark. the original bears moved to kansas city in 1950, leaving newark without a team for nearly half a century, before a new newark bears returned in 1999 to a modern ballpark. hopes were high but the team never caught on, and after several ownership changes, the bears finally hung up their jerseys last fall. today, fans like david republiccard could buy one to hang on their walls. steve bolden didn't get much just some t-shirt and a hat but that's not why he went. >> i wanted to see the stadium one last time. i wanted to remember the things i did, the fun i had here. i'm really sad to see them go. >> axelrod: the city of newark and essex county, new jersey, will keep paying the bill for the stadium until 2029 so, clearly, they'll be looking for a new tenant. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight.