NEW YORK -- A week's worth of baseball remains at Yankee Stadium. It seems like a hardly sufficient amount of time to capture a lifetime of memories.

With the Yankees unlikely to advance to postseason play, the final game at Yankee Stadium is scheduled to be played at 8:05 p.m. ET on Sunday, a contest that will be nationally televised on ESPN.

The club has not officially announced plans for the final game at Yankee Stadium, but a club official said that the pregame ceremonies would be similar in format to those for the annual Old-Timer's Day festivities, drawing out past Yankees greats for one more evening in the spotlight and to bid farewell to baseball's Cathedral.

"I'm sure it's going to be pretty special," Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. "I don't know what they have planned -- I haven't heard anything, so I don't know what to expect. But I know they're going to do it right."

Bernie Williams was among the first former Yankees to acknowledge attendance on Sunday, as the club prepares to say goodbye to their home since 1923, moving across 161st Street into a stunning billion-dollar facility for the 2009 season.

More legends and Hall of Famers are expected to be in the house. While the Yankees remain mum for the moment, some of the invitees are not too difficult to figure out -- it seems a safe bet, for example, that one Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra will find his way to the stadium on Sunday.

With the entire homestand expected to be played before sellout crowds, the final game will have a sentimental choice for the starting pitcher, as manager Joe Girardi has tabbed left-hander Andy Pettitte to take the ball.

Of the members of New York's starting rotation, Pettitte has arguably the strongest attachment to Yankee Stadium -- his 94 victories at home are the most of any Yankees pitcher since Ron Guidry (99) since the building was remodeled for the 1976 season.

"It's awesome," Pettitte said. "It's going to be extremely special for me, there's no doubt about it. It will be an emotional night for me, for sure."

Of course, it will be the final trip around the field for many mainstays, particularly those who have been with the club for the majority of their run of 14 consecutive postseason appearances that began in 1995. Four remain from the last World Series championship team in 2000, and the fans have started to acknowledge the limited time as the club's final homestand progresses.

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Jeter laughed on Sunday that he didn't think that he had ever been cheered for grounding into a double play, but it was more as an acknowledgement of his tying Lou Gehrig for the most hits all-time at Yankee Stadium (1,269) earlier in the afternoon. As Jeter said, "They've seen them all."

Mariano Rivera said that it has become more difficult to run onto the field in save opportunities, knowing that each time he passes through the gates in left-center field will be one of his last.

Girardi has said that it would only be fitting if Rivera is able to pitch the final inning in the stadium's history, yet there should be little surprise in that a pitcher so renowned for working in a rapid and efficient fashion is looking for the Yankees to complete the homestand in just the same way.

"It's getting harder and harder," Rivera said. "The closer it gets, the harder it gets. Hopefully, this gets over quick and we can move on. It's overwhelming and just hard to leave this facility."

Girardi had said that he never expected the final game at Yankee Stadium to be played in September, and for weeks he optimistically clung to the hope that a miracle might push the Yankees into the postseason. The odds were long, but the club's rich history seemed almost something of an inspiration that it could happen.

Now, with seven games remaining, it is the building that has become the star of the show. Each Yankees player -- and fan -- may begin to assemble their own personal lists of what Yankee Stadium will mean once there is no baseball left to be played.

"As I think about the Stadium, there's so many fond memories for me here," Girardi said. "I was lucky enough to be part of three championship teams. You think about all the wonderful players that have walked in here before you, and after you. It's going to be hard to see this stadium close."