Archives of the Mayor's Press Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Friday, June 15, 2001 |
Release # 209-01 |
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MAYOR GIULIANI, SPEAKER VALLONE, AND QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT SHULMAN
PLACE FRIENDLY WAGER ON YANKEES/METS SUBWAY SERIES
Mayor Rudolph W.
Giuliani today challenged City Council Speaker Peter F. Vallone and Queens
Borough President Claire Shulman to a friendly wager on the outcome of this
weekend's subway series between their respective favorite baseball teams -
the New York Yankees and the New York Mets. The teams will face off against
one another in the first of a three game series tonight at Shea Stadium. The
terms of the wager are as follows
Should the Yankees lose, Mayor Giuliani will:
Fly the Mets banner over City Hall.
· Give the Speaker two live jumbo lobsters and seafood
from the Lobster Box - the famed seafood restaurant located at 34
City Island Avenue in the Bronx.
"This weekend, subway series fever will grip New York once again as
the City is captivated by the Bronx-Queens showdown," Mayor Giuliani
said. "Although Peter Vallone, Claire Shulman and I will be rooting
for different teams, when it comes to the Mets and Yankees, the entire City
can cheer on the two New York teams that made the 2000 World Series a truly
memorable subway series."
Should the Mets lose, Speaker Vallone will:
Fly the Yankees banner over City Hall.
Give the Mayor "The Catch of the Day" and a seafood platter
from the renowned Taverna Vraka, located at 2315 31st Street in Astoria,
Queens.
Speaker Vallone said, "As long
as there is nothing fishy about the game, the Mets are going to win this subway
series."
Should the Mets lose, Borough President Shulman will:
Fly the Yankees banner over Queens
Borough Hall.
Borough President
Shulman said, "I'm sick of betting on food - I'm getting too fat. Let's
go Mets!"