the tv coverage shared the memories of players, announcers and fans. i have my own...
in the summer of 2001, i vacationed in new york city. it was my first time on the east cost and i was blown away from the sheer size of the city. the highlight of my time in NYC was the yankees game. what a game it was; june 8, 2001: yankees vs braves. pettitte vs glavine. yankees won 7-4! but, theres more to the story.
we had fantastic seats; one above the field level box seats. we got these seats because my uncle knows a NBA referee. apparently this NBA referee is well known in the latino community. the cool thing was that we got picked up from our hotel 2 black Lincoln luxury cars complete with chauffeurs. they drove us up FDR into the Bronx. we got dropped off at the referee's Mexican restaurant, where they had a table waiting for us (i didn't eat too much, i think it was a little too authentic for me). after dinner we were whisked straight to yankee stadium where we had our tickets waiting for us at the stadium club. first class all the way!
we were a tad late, which was good cause the crowd was mostly in their seats. the bad thing about that is new yorkers aren't too happy when you are walking around trying to find your seats. we heard people yelling, "sit down! i paid a lot for my tickets, sit down!". that's classic.
back to the game... pettitte pitched outstanding. only giving up 3 hits in 5.1 scoreless innings. it was pretty awesome to hear the crowd cheer, "lets go yankees, lets go yankees". from that point on i was a yankee fan. the yankees 2001 season was pretty noteworthy. September 11 changed a lot for the yankees and the world series was just amazing (even though they lost).
here are some of my pictures from New York. I've been there only twice (june 2001 and august 2003), but i think its definitely my favorite city. the cool thing about nyc is that it can be the busiest place in the world, yet there are many peaceful and relaxing places hidden away to be explored.
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