FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PR- 289-03 October 17, 2003 MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND MIAMI MAYOR MANUEL DIAZ ANNOUNCE FRIENDLY WAGER ON WORLD SERIES Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Miami Mayor Manuel Diaz today announced a friendly wager on the World Series between the New York Yankees and Florida Marlins. The World Series gets underway Saturday night at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. "My confidence in the Bronx Bombers is so high, I am tempted to wager the Brooklyn Bridge," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Since Miami is really New York’s farthest suburb, I thought all those transplanted New Yorkers might be tempted by a taste of home. For the citizens of Miami to yearn for, but never ever to have, I wager:
"Since I am so full from that Lobster Bake that Mayor Menino of Boston so generously gave us, I’m glad we will have a few days to recover before we get to indulge in the delicacies that Mayor Diaz has so graciously offered." "Now that the curses of the Bambino and the goat have worked their magic again, it is time for the Big Apple and the Magic City to settle the score," said Mayor Diaz in the letter to Mayor Bloomberg. "Miami, the most diverse large City in the country, represents the new face of America. It is now time that the Big Apple step aside and make way for the Magic City!"
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