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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Letting the score do the talking

Inquirer staff writer Kristen A. Graham reports from Yankee Stadium:

Shannon Moore grew up in Fox Chase, a die-hard Phillies fan. Now she lives in Barnegat, N.J., with her Yankees-loving husband, Michael, but that didn't deter her from wearing her Phils jersey and cap in the Yankee Stadium stands.

"There's been a couple hecklers, but I don't care," said Moore, 33. "They boo, but I just wave. It doesn't matter. I'm in their territory, but we're winning."

She would have preferred to see a game in Philadelphia, but the Moores are leaving for a cruise this weekend. So she took to eBay determined to buy a pair of tickets for New York.

"I paid $700, but I did not care," she said. "I had to be here."

A few rows away, Bobby Migner waxed philosophical about his role as a Yankees fan. His job is to boo, but good-naturedly, he said.

"I'm having fun with it," said Migner, 50, of West Caldwell, N.J. "If you can't have fun at the ballgame, stay home. It's good to go back and forth with the opponents."

As the game wore on, Yankee Stadium grew quieter and quieter.

Rick Blum traveled up with a friend from Bucks County. By the seventh inning, he was smiling big.

"They're treating us very, very well," said Blum, 59, of Holland. "But I don't think they were too happy after Utley hit those home runs."

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