October 28, 2009

World Series game day: Times Square rally, free food

Tonight at 7:57p.m., the New York Yankees host the Philadelphia Phillies for Game 1 of the 2009 World Series. Here’s the feed from the hype machine:

Times Square today at 12:30 p.m. will host a Yankees Pep Rally. The event will take place on Broadway between 44th and 45th streets. Be there or watch via the Times Square webcams.

The Empire State Building tonight and Thursday will light up blue and white for the Yankees.

There will be free Yankees cupcakes today courtesy of Crumbs and the Cupcake Stop Truck.

Free cheesesteak sandwiches — courtesy of the Greater Philadelphia Marketing and Tourism Commission — today at Shorty’s on Ninth Avenue from 4 p.m. until game time at 7:57 p.m.

First Lady Michelle Obama and the vice president’s wife, Jill Biden, will attend tonight’s game, NY1 reports.

FishBowlNY has pictures of the morning’s front pages, featuring plenty of trash talk.

Ticket brokers say resale prices for World Series tickets are going lower, the Associated Press reports.

Image source: MLB’s official The Emblem Source 2009 World Series Fall Classic Official Patch.

October 28, 2009 10:03 AM in Cheap Stuff, Foodology, Kids, Midtown, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Sports

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