My Grandmother always told me that a lucky person can count the really good friends they have on one hand, but a small amount of good friends far outweigh having many acquaintances. That was proven to me once again this weekend. Ever since before I had my 2 sons, I had dreams of taking my children to both a Pittsburgh Steeler game and a NY Yankee game. Last year I had a chance to take Landon and Bradley to Pittsburgh and see a Steeler game. With this being the last year for the old Yankee Stadium, I wanted to take the boys to see the Yankees at home and in the old stadium.
Getting tickets to a game at Yankee Stadium is not cheap. In looking around StubHub, for a hundred bucks a ticket (which is all I was willing to pay), the best I was going to do was out in the bleachers somewhere. But I figured it was better than nothing and was going to go for it. That was when I called my best buddy from college Tyler to see if he wanted to go with us. Tyler still lives in NY, actually he has an apt in Trump Palace and works in advertising for a large company, handling a one of the very biggest accounts. When I told him what I was looking at buying he said to hold on and let him see what he can could do.
Well Tyler came through big time. Not sure which vendor he got them from, but we had 6th row box seats behind third base, tickets to the Stadium Club, free parking (didn’t use it as we took the subway) and to top it off, Tyler was staying at his friends place and insisted we stay in his place at Trump.
The boys and I had a blast hanging out in the city, going to Dylan’s candy store, the Empire State Building and then heading up to the Stadium. I am sure it will be a time both they and I will never forget. Like the commercial says:
1. 3 round trip airline tickets from Florida to NY – $750.00
2. 1 night in a hotel in NYC - $400.00
3. 3 field box seats to a Yankee game - $1000.00
4. A fried like Tyler to make it all happen for free (I used miles for the airfare) and give the kids this kind of memory– PRICELESS!
Thanks Tyler!
