| A Cohoes, New York resident turns ice cream purchase into a trip to Yankee Stadium and dinner with a Yankees legend. How much would you pay for field level seats at a Yankees game and dinner for four with a Yankees legend? For Cohoes, N.Y. resident Lorie Durrant, that dream costs less than five dollars.
"I would never have guessed when I bought that ice cream that one day I'd be having dinner with a Yankees legend," said Durrant. "Joe was a lot of fun and had a lot of great stories to tell. As a Yankees fan, it was an amazing experience. I wouldn't trade it for anything." Throughout the pre-game dinner, Pepitone signed autographs for the group and recounted his days power-hitting first baseman and outfielder with the Yankees from 1962 through 1969. Turkey Hill Dairy is the maker of the official ice cream flavors of the New York Yankees, Bronx Bombers Sundae and Pinstripe Brownie Blast. The Yankees Tickets Sweepstakes is scheduled to resume during the 2010 season, with bi-weekly ticket giveaways and another grand prize drawing. However, fans can continue to enter during the offseason.
Cohoes, N.Y. residents (left to right) Katie Brennan, Glen Dame, Lorie Durrant and Lacie Durrant dine with New York Yankees legend Joe Pepitone (middle) at NYY Steak a restaurant inside Yankee Stadium as winners of Turkey Hill Dairy's Yankees Tickets Sweepstakes. Turkey Hill Dairy is the maker of the official ice cream flavors of the Yankees, Bronx Bombers Sundae and Pinstripe Brownie Blast. After dinner, the group watched the game from field level seats as the Yankees rallied to a victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. |
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A lifelong Yankees fan, Durrant realized that dream after she purchased a container of Turkey Hill Dairy's Bronx Bombers Sundae ice cream and entered to win the grand prize in 