Rendell, Paterson Make Wager
Governor David A. Paterson and Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced the details of their inter-state wager on the 2009 World Series between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies.
Under the wager, the state with the losing team will offer a weekend vacation to a resident of the state with the winning team. Accommodations, meals and tickets for the vacation package will be donated by the respective companies, organizations and venues hosting the trip. The losing city will host the all-expenses paid weekend getaway.
“I hear the City of Philadelphia is beautiful this time of year, and I expect that after six games, a lucky winner in New York will get to tour that historic American city. But we’ll make sure they’re back in time for the ticker-tape parade on Broadway,” Governor Paterson said. “In the unlikely event that the Bronx Bombers drop the series to Philly, we may not convert the lucky winners into Yankee fans, but once they visit this great State, they will become fans of New York.”
“This should be a great World Series between two of baseball’s oldest franchises. It pits our defending champion Phillies against one of the most historically successful teams in the game. Philadelphia is looking forward to bringing home another title, and to avenging the Yankees’ sweep of the Phillies in the 1950 World Series,” Governor Rendell said.
http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/press_1028091.html
Under the wager, the state with the losing team will offer a weekend vacation to a resident of the state with the winning team. Accommodations, meals and tickets for the vacation package will be donated by the respective companies, organizations and venues hosting the trip. The losing city will host the all-expenses paid weekend getaway.
“I hear the City of Philadelphia is beautiful this time of year, and I expect that after six games, a lucky winner in New York will get to tour that historic American city. But we’ll make sure they’re back in time for the ticker-tape parade on Broadway,” Governor Paterson said. “In the unlikely event that the Bronx Bombers drop the series to Philly, we may not convert the lucky winners into Yankee fans, but once they visit this great State, they will become fans of New York.”
“This should be a great World Series between two of baseball’s oldest franchises. It pits our defending champion Phillies against one of the most historically successful teams in the game. Philadelphia is looking forward to bringing home another title, and to avenging the Yankees’ sweep of the Phillies in the 1950 World Series,” Governor Rendell said.
http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/press_1028091.html
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