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October 27, 2009 - Since Clearwater is the Spring Training Home of the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa is the Spring Training Home of the New York Yankees, Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard has offered a friendly wager to Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio. If the Phillies win the World Series, Mayor Iorio and members of her leadership team will attend a Phillies Spring Training game in Phillies gear and will provide Cuban sandwiches and deviled crabs for Mayor Hibbard and his leadership team. If the Yankees win the World Series, Mayor Hibbard and his leadership team will attend a Yankees Spring Training game in Yankees gear and will provide grouper sandwiches and conch fritters.
Clearwater has been the Spring Training Home of the Phillies since 1947. Tampa has been the Spring Training Home of the Yankees since 1996.
Editor’s Note: Mayor Frank Hibbard will only be available Tuesday afternoon for interviews. He will be out of town for a funeral Wednesday and Thursday.
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