Monologue

Marc Shalom
Freshman Seminar Monologue
I remember the day vividly. I came home from High School, turned on the tv to watch ESPN as Game 6 of the 2009 World Series was approaching. The Yankees were up 3 games to 2 and they were playing at Yankee Stadium that night. I kept thinking to myself, “boy how awesome would it be to at a game where they win the World Series.” I am a die hard Yankee fan since I was 6 or 7 years old. I remember the teams winning in the late 1990’s but I never experienced a championship for New York being a full fledged fan because at that age you don’t understand it. Now I knew what was at stake. Something special was going to happen. As I eat dinner on that day, my phone started to vibrate, my Dad was calling me. I picked up expecting an ordinary daily phone call but suddenly my dad says “you ready for the game tonight?” I say yes but before I can even say another word my dad replies by saying good because “you are going to be at that stadium tonight. Elation, excitement were two words that may have described my feelings at that moment. I was going to the World Series game. A dream I never thought would happen to me. The Yankees did their part in making my dream come true. They won that night, won the World Series and I was one of 50,000 people who said they were there when it happened. That defined my life as a true sports and Yankee fan. It’s a day ill always remember and a day I hope to tell to my grandchildren in the future as I hope they are fans like me.