Royalty gets a visit from people we know from St. Louis, Missouri!

Angie and Don Steiger with the Prince 

A few years ago thanks to our friend Phil Butleman, who got to meet a gentleman named Don Steiger who was visiting the old Yankee Stadium. It turned out that Don was visiting NYC from St. Louis.

He told Phil that he was looking to bring his son with him the next time. His son Donnie was getting married. So as a farewell to total freedom he decided to take Donnie to NYC in the summer of 2009 to see their  St. Louis Cardinals play the Mets at Citi Field. Phil told them to get in contact with me.

They did and I arranged to get them tickets for the Met games against the Cardinals that they wanted. They were so grateful.

Last year we got to visit them in St. Louis as they arranged to get us tickets for a Cardinal game.

It was great to see them again. Over the winter, Don wrote me and said he was planning to bring his daughter Angie to NYC for the very first time.

Don said he was looking to come in June and he wanted to see the New Yankee Stadium.

I once again arranged to accomodate his needs and wants. I made sure they got tickets for a few Yankee games against the Cleveland Indians.

They took my advice and they went to the Carnegie Deli and they had themselves a hearty meal while they were here.

I guess next year it will be our turn to go back to the Gateway to the West to see them again.

We'll wait and see about that.

Thank you for reading and following along.

Yours truly,

Gary Herman

Royalty w/o 6/6 in review

After a night off after work Monday night I braced myself for the return of the Red Sox to Yankee Stadium.
In addition, we had company from the West Coast as our friend Steve Fekete aka The Padre Punk came to NYC to see the new Yankee Stadium for the first time.

Apparently he packed his broom as the Red Sox proceeded to sweep the Yankees. He happens to like the Red Sox too so he definitely picked the right time to visit.

The Red Sox built big leads early to beat the Yankees Tuesday and Wednesday night.

On Wednesday night, we had another royal treat as our friend Vincent Ascanio got shown the royal way of entry into Yankee Stadium. He met his Michael Longo inside and he introduced to him. He told me that Michael was a big fan of my blog. It was a pleasure to meet this young man who refers to where we sit as the "royal box".

As for Thursday night, the game didn't start until 10:32PM thanks to mother nature. I was forced to leave after 5 innings at 12:11AM. I needed to get home to get some sleep so I could function for work in the morning. The Yankees were winning, 2-0 when I left. The Red Sox woke up and whipped the Yankees, 8-3.

Steve left town as he continued his baseball road trip by going to Chicago for the weekend to see the White Sox play.

The surprising Cleveland Indians came to visit the Yankees for a wraparound weekend series.

Steve left NYC and our friend Don Steiger and his daughter Angie came to visit from St. Louis. Stay tuned as I'm going to do a special post on them.

Friday night the Yankees woke up as the Tribe came to town for the first time this season. They looked like the same old Indians as the Yankees tossed them a drawn out beating, 11-7.

The highlight of the night was after the game when we went to Donovan's Pub for a post game meal.

Saturday afternoon I went back to the Bronx for more. Surprisingly the weather was miserable. Luckily they managed to get the game in. The Yankees won again, 4-0.

Royalty entertained more company as we had our friends Phil Butleman and Steve Tepperman in the house. In addition, our pal Vincent Ascanio was back this time he brought another friend with him, Rich Warnock who was looking forward to meeting me.

He's another young man who's looking to fulfill his dream. He said he's going to Chicago next month with his aunt to see Wrigley Field. I told him that the Twins are home in Minnesota too that weekend. I'm hoping to arrange for them to take a ride to the Twin Cities so they can pick up another ballpark.

Sunday I was originally planning to go back to Yankee Stadium but I had to take care of things at home so I decided to pass it up. I'm sorry if I let my fan club down but I have bigger fish to fry down the road.

Thank you for reading and following along.

Yours truly,

Gary Herman