The Yankees and Phillies are the two fan favorites around northeastern Pennsylvania and a lot of those fans made the trip to see them face off in the World Series.
In several spots throughout our area, fans loaded up and busses bound for the Big Apple carried Yankees and Phillies fans to Game One.
Some fans loading up a bus near Wilkes-Barre said this is the World Series match up they've been dreaming of.
"It's incredible; we've been waiting for this for a long time. It's been since 1950," said tour operator Greg Paulson. "We've been getting calls, inundated all day."
Paulson National Tours was running the bus picking up in a plaza parking lot in Wilkes-Barre Township.
Paulson said in this part of the state, so many baseball fans are pitted against each other. Loyalties are split, even among some couples.
"She's a Yankees fan for a long time so we won't hold that against her," said Phillies fan Bill Mack of Barnesville about his girlfriend.
Angela Petruski responded that she'll be the happier one after the game.
"We always said if the Yankees and the Phillies ever went to the World Series, we're going to be there and we're going," said Yankees fan Maureen Beckley of Hanover Township.
Beckley and her Phillies fan husband Ross are thrilled to have tickets to the game. They've been split for decades.
"We've been waiting for this for 50 or 60 years for this to happen," said Ross.
"I'm going to cheer for my team and he's going to root for his team," added Maureen.
Those going to this game one knew, Yankees fans would be surrounded by their own. It's in New York.
They were happy they wouldn't have to hear as much from the Phillies fans there as they do here at home.
"At work, everything's Philly fans and stuff like that," said Yankees fan Michael Fell of Berwick. "You do what you gotta do, we like the Yanks!"
"It makes it the best. Family, friends, everything, it's all split," said Jason Shaver of Wilkes-Barre.
No matter whom they're rooting for, as the bus pulled out, everyone on board shared one thing: excitement going to the game.
"Same thing, my heart's pumping, I want to be there!" said Shaver.
There are bus companies throughout the area planning trips to some of the other World Series games.
Depending on the package and tour operator, fans are paying anywhere from $350 to more than $1000.
In several spots throughout our area, fans loaded up and busses bound for the Big Apple carried Yankees and Phillies fans to Game One.
Some fans loading up a bus near Wilkes-Barre said this is the World Series match up they've been dreaming of.
"It's incredible; we've been waiting for this for a long time. It's been since 1950," said tour operator Greg Paulson. "We've been getting calls, inundated all day."
Paulson National Tours was running the bus picking up in a plaza parking lot in Wilkes-Barre Township.
Paulson said in this part of the state, so many baseball fans are pitted against each other. Loyalties are split, even among some couples.
"She's a Yankees fan for a long time so we won't hold that against her," said Phillies fan Bill Mack of Barnesville about his girlfriend.
Angela Petruski responded that she'll be the happier one after the game.
"We always said if the Yankees and the Phillies ever went to the World Series, we're going to be there and we're going," said Yankees fan Maureen Beckley of Hanover Township.
Beckley and her Phillies fan husband Ross are thrilled to have tickets to the game. They've been split for decades.
"We've been waiting for this for 50 or 60 years for this to happen," said Ross.
"I'm going to cheer for my team and he's going to root for his team," added Maureen.
Those going to this game one knew, Yankees fans would be surrounded by their own. It's in New York.
They were happy they wouldn't have to hear as much from the Phillies fans there as they do here at home.
"At work, everything's Philly fans and stuff like that," said Yankees fan Michael Fell of Berwick. "You do what you gotta do, we like the Yanks!"
"It makes it the best. Family, friends, everything, it's all split," said Jason Shaver of Wilkes-Barre.
No matter whom they're rooting for, as the bus pulled out, everyone on board shared one thing: excitement going to the game.
"Same thing, my heart's pumping, I want to be there!" said Shaver.
There are bus companies throughout the area planning trips to some of the other World Series games.
Depending on the package and tour operator, fans are paying anywhere from $350 to more than $1000.
