Yankees Starting Lineup Picture (1997)

Like I mentioned for my Miss Saigon Ticket, during the summer of ’97 I was a camp counselor at JKST(now JKCP) Camps on the grounds of Haverford College. After seeing the Broadway show during our day trip to NYC, we also went to some pier (Pier 17 / South Street Seaport?) for eats and shopping. When I came across the souvenir picture booth, I knew I had to take advantage of the Yankees background it offered. With the campers watching I couldn’t flip the camera off like I wanted, but I did my best to tastefully express my feelings for the Evil Empire. As the campers laughed at me, one New Yorker yelled out, “Hey, he’s gotta Boston hat!” I quickly grabbed my picture and the kids passed it around as we slinked our way to another part of the pier.

Say anything you want about what happened in the Red Sox clubhouse and how they lost a huge lead this season, that will never take away from my dislike of the Yankees. Seeing the Bruins banner raised last Thursday was truly dreamlike, but after an upsetting loss to the Flyers, watching A-Rod strike out to end game 5 was a nice consolation. The Sox and Yanks is the best rivalry in baseball, and I love knowing Yankees fans to help keep it going. At least Sox and Yankees fans can agree on one thing: we’re both better than Philly fans.

World Cup of Hockey Ticket (8/31/96)

Sometimes I look back in my writing journals to see what I was doing on days of years past. I looked up 2/28 in my past two journals to see what I was doing…

Two years ago, I went to see a Pearl Jam cover band, Backseat Lover at Tammany Hall in Worcester.

Last year, I watched the USA-Canada Gold Medal Hockey Game with my family and most of Canada, so I thought this ticket from a game I went to in 1996 would be a good scan for today.

In the summer of 1996, my then girlfriend was living in Philadelphia and I went to visit her on Labor Day weekend. I don’t remember how I found out about this World Cup of Hockey game, but I knew I had to be there.

I called a few ticket agencies, and found one that had a couple of seats beyond my budget but within my credit card limit. I was psyched. It was the first event at the CoresStates Center, and the seats I got were great.

The US won this game (that featured NHL teammates playing against each other), and went on to win the entire tournament. The best part was that the players weren’t playing like it was an All-Star Game or even The Olympics. They were playing like it was a Stanley Cup Final. Definitely worth the price I paid.

Oh, did I mention that I love hockey?