casue i know the guy that wrote this story...

his name is vinny and he's a fredeeky favorite.



Nancy Smith visited loved ones last week.

"I'm glad they came back in town," she said on Thursday. "I miss them when they're away."

Ms. Smith, a 66-year-old Manhattanite who never married or had children, was at her favorite house in the Bronx with a family she has made a life with the last 40 years. She dressed casually. The hosts wore pinstripes. We go back a long, long way," she said. "Lots of memories."

The house in the Bronx is not just any house, it is the House that Ruth Built, and the family there, the one in pinstripes, is the New York Yankees.

Since 1965, when Ms. Smith first became a season-ticket holder at Yankee Stadium, she has attended nearly 3,000 games. Over the years, she has more than fulfilled her vows as a dedicated fan, sticking with the home team for better or worse, through sunshine and rain delays, game-winning rallies and blown saves.

Ms. Smith has chosen to make each visit to the ballpark with the same two companions: a scorebook and a pencil.

"At any time in my life, it would have been difficult to get someone to come to all of these games with me, which is why I bought just one ticket," she explained. "So I take along my scorebook, it keeps me in the game."