Going to be a great season. Season opener April 28, 2023

0:00 Speaker 1 Play ball. Well, it’s springtime. And the other day I was a DeGrand opening of New York Yankees, and what a day. It was a little bit cool, but it was a beautiful sunny day. And with us today, Eric Shuffler, Eric is the chief operating officer, runs end president and runs the Fairry Hawks every day and he is working hard.

0:26 Opening day, April twenty eighth, Eric, how are we doing.

0:31 Speaker 2 We are doing great, you know. Yankees and Mets off to a great start. New York City’s third professional baseball team, the statena On Fairyhawks. We open up April twenty eighth. But a great day, all American fun, Nathan’s hot Dogs, affordable tickets here your family out for night out. Doesn’t get any better than that in New York City.

0:51 Speaker 1 Let me tell you, the food at Yankee Stadium was great. I had those Yankee those Yankee hot dogs. I’m still feeling them in my mouth. I still taste them, and they’re great. And I had popcorn and peanuts, but no cracker jacks. You know, I remember the song Popcorn, peanuts and cracker Jacks. Tell me, are we gonna have great

1:14 hot dogs at the Ferry Hawks.

1:17 Speaker 2 We have the best Nathan’s world famous hot dogs.

1:21 Speaker 1 And good popcorn. And you know what else was great. The Yankees had these peanuts. They were out of this world. I’ve never tasted peanuts that was so good. You know.

1:31 Speaker 2 Staten Island loves its food and they are world famous for their food, especially on the Italian side.

1:37 Speaker 3 And we’ve got local places.

1:38 Speaker 2 Kettle Black, Hobra, so we have awesome pizza, we have awesome tacos and burritos, local beer.

1:45 Speaker 3 It’s just a great i now.

1:46 Speaker 2 And we have the best view of any baseball stadium in America.

1:50 Speaker 1 We’re talking about the opening of the Ferry Hawks on April twenty eighth and in Staten Island in the name of the stadium.

2:00 Speaker 2 Staten Island University Hospital Community Park. We’re right next to the ferry stop looking directly out at the skyline lower Manhattan John It’s a gorgeous view. And on a Friday night.

2:10 Speaker 1 Beautiful, beautiful, And you don’t have a big weekend Friday night, Saturday and Sunday opening weekend. And who are we playing.

2:18 Speaker 2 We’re playing the Charleston Dirty Birds from down in West Virginia.

2:21 Speaker 3 But we have some really cool stuff going on that weekend.

2:23 Speaker 2 On Saturday, the twenty ninth, we are breaking a world record for the largest human jigsaw puzzle piece. We’re working with the autism community on Staten Island. Know we’ve sold thousands and thousands of tickets.

2:36 Speaker 3 Are ready for the weekend. Whole bunch of new phantom.

2:38 Speaker 2 Enities, new food, great prices, great view, all American pastime.

2:43 Speaker 1 And I understand a New York City economic development has put on all brand new seats in the stadium. Tell us about the new seats.

2:53 Speaker 2 Brand new seats. They are Carolina blue. They are gorgeous. What’s really cool about it, John’s We have a select number of emitted, premium padded high back seats. We have new drink rails and group areas for fans, and we have a bunch of four tops and two top tables.

3:09 So you want to come with a group of four and sit at a table. You want to bring big group and sit at the drink rails and look at the view and watch the game. You’re a hardcore fan and want to sit in the seat and watch that.

3:18 We have it for everything. But they are gorgeous, great.

3:21 Speaker 1 And do we have any idea yet? Who’s throwing out the first pitch?

3:26 Speaker 3 We do not.

3:26 Speaker 1 It’s a secret, right.

3:27 Speaker 3 It’s a secret. It’ll be someone.

3:29 Speaker 1 And now we’re gonna have contests maybe during the during the season and getting the you know, being able to go down to the field and throw out a pitch.

3:39 Speaker 3 We have people who can.

3:40 Speaker 2 You can go down and throw first pitch, you can sing the national anthem, you can sing take me out to the ballgame. We’re letting fans take the lineup card out. Remember who our manager.

3:48 Speaker 1 Is tell Us Homer Bush.

3:51 Speaker 2 Homer Bush, nineteen ninety eight World Series champion, New York Yankee, Homer Bush.

3:55 Speaker 1 And Homer is one terrific guy. I remember we went there a month ago. I was signing my new book that I had and How to become a Billionaire. And you know, somebody said to me, how do I make too big? And I said, read the book twice? And Homer Bush was there, signed every baseball, signed every glove.

4:18 And he loves the fans. The fans love him, so it’s gonna be a great season.

4:23 Speaker 2 Homer really appreciates the community and fans and goes out of his way to engage with people. And we’re going to open up the team to the fans. I mean, how cool to be a fan to be able to deliver the lineup card with Homer Bush. We’re gonna have lots of fun things beyond just throwing out the first pitch,

4:37 getting to take your picture on the field, bring your friends this thing, take me out to the ballgame. It’s a fan friendly experience. The benefit of being a local minor league team. Fans can do really cool things they can’t do at the major leagues.

4:50 Speaker 1 Well, Eric, we have thirty seconds left for anything else.

4:53 Speaker 3 You want to tell him, Oh so much I want to tell.

4:56 Speaker 1 Make sure my hot trogs are good. I’m looking forward to those hot dogs.

5:00 Speaker 2 John, make sure all the food passes strict quality test. It’s we have Savannah bananas coming, John. I think that’s the big exciting news. August eleventh and twelfth. Uh, We’re gonna sell out the stadium. It is a national phenomena, big win for Staten Island. We’re also running all our ticket plans on Fairyhawks dot com f E R R

5:19 y h A w k S. You can buy flex plans five eleven, take your family for one night or others. But come on out. It’s a great American show and.

5:27 Speaker 1 They go very What is it FerryHawks dot.

5:30 Speaker 3 Com, FerryHawks dot.

5:32 Speaker 1 Com, Fairyhawks dot com. Buy your tickets in advance, buy uh, you know, uh, come out to the ball game, enjoy it. That’s what Staten Island is all about. That’s what New York City is all about. And God Bless America. Are we gonna sing God Bless America?

5:49 Speaker 2 At least we’re gonna sing God Bless America. Yes, it’s one of my favorite songs.

5:53 Speaker 1 Thank you, Eric Shuffler. Playball, Go Ferry Hawks, Go FerryHawks. We’ll see you there. We’re gonna win the World Series of the Atlantic League.