It's kind of funny when you mention a ticker tape parade to a non-New Yorker. Most of them have never heard of one. When you try to explain it's like any other parade but businesses dump garbage on top of the floats, it's even more confusing. But alas, that is a lot of the beauty in a ticker tape parade.
It's a parade where it's like confetti is constantly falling.
I had the great experience of going to three ticker tape parades in the 90's and can tell you they are awesome if you get the chance to go to one. I skipped out in 2000 because I was bored of them and thought I had seen enough.
Let me tell you right now, if you have the chance to see a Yankees' victory parade, don't ever feel the way I just described. Those things will never get old and it's unlikely you will have a run like the Yankees did in the late 90's.
I was young and stupid and paid the price for nine years.
Now there is another ticker tape parade scheduled for a Yankees' world championship.
It is said to be Friday, 11AM in New York City.
If you have never been and even if you have, it would be in your best interest to attend one. I still vividly remember being packed like a sardine can into the subway but being around everyone donning Yankees' colors and having the whole subway yell "let's go Yankees!" When I got off the train and went up the steps of Penn Station, the chant remained and it would continue the entire day.
It's a great bonding experience and it's the only time you'll see two million New Yorkers out of work and happy. The players love it too.
So try to go out and enjoy your last moments of the 2009 World Champion New York Yankees because we don't know when there will be another team like this one.
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