there were fifty-five thousand people in the stadium , all standing , the players in the field with their caps over their hearts , guidry on the mound , rickey henderson was standing in deep left field ( `` - by the twilight 's last gleaming - `` ) , and the light-standards were on in the purple gloaming , moths and night-fliers banging softly against them , and new york was around them , teeming , city of night and light .