Fenway Park’s ‘Green Monster’

This was to be my first game at Boston’s Fenway Park; I was so excited! Heavy afternoon rain made me think it was going to become a rain-out, but the rain stopped and the game started just a few minutes late. That was fine with us: service in the restaurant where we had dinner was slow to the point of the manager discounting the bill 50%!

Steve procured the seven tickets for our group and, as you can see, we were sitting in right-center field. Great seats, Steve!

The score was 1–1 when we arrived. What we didn’t miss: Cody Ross’ two three-run homers and Ross and Adrian Gonzales hitting back-to-back homers. Also, it was the first game for Kevin Youkilis in a White Sox uniform, which was interesting.

Final score: Red Sox 10, White Sox 1 (which benefited my hometown team, the Tigers).

I was only slightly tempted to post our off-the-field entertainment: the four young guys who sat in the row in front of us. Thanks for adding to the festive atmosphere, guys, and thanks for keepin’ it “PG”!

Note. Again, I did set the date-and-time on my new P&S, but I obviously set the time after noon with a before-noon time; this shot was not taken at 8:26 a.m. the morning!

Brunch in Ball Square: Ball Square Cafe, http://ballsquarecafe.com/ — always delicious (caramelized strawberry French toast)!
Dinner [literally] across the street from Fenway Park: Uh, well the beer was really good…
Exercise today: Another holiday none!

A year ago (“The Balance”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-18

[cohare]

Great picture!! But you knew I would love it as a Red Sox fan! I hope you loved your first Fenway experience!

[Joyce Wells]

Yeah, Fenway! At least the Sox won! It was nice that the Fenway Faithful gave Youkilis a great ovation when he was here, He's married to a friend of mine - Julie Brady (sister of Tom). She had just moved back here from California when he got traded - bummer! How can you not love the atmosphere around Fenway!

[Lisa Pouncy]

This is so atmospheric. You can really feel all the drama going on. Great shot xx

[Rick Schies]

Well I'm sure it was great

[Thom Mitchell]

@cohare I did know you would appreciate this post! And yes, I loved my first Fenway Park experience! Our family tradition at the conclusion of a vacation is to name our favorite part of the vacation. This was mine. :)

@sparkleplenty1 Even when the team is in last place in their division, there is just something about the atmosphere at a baseball game. Keeping things strictly American, I'm not sure the same can be said of an NFL football game (Julie and Tom's bias notwithstanding!). Of course, it helps when the home team wins!

@psychographer Aww, thanks, Lisa! I was relying on a brand new, untested camera! Fortunately, this and a few other shots captured what I was hoping to capture!

@digitalrn It was, Rick! Thanks!

[Thom Mitchell]

@cohare @xtech @jhmitcheI @gmitche47 I hope y'all caught the NGS show on PBS, "Inside Fenway Park…" ( http://www.pbs.org/programs/inside-fenway-park-icon-100/). Watched it tonight; great show! Few players were even mentioned: not Yaz; not Tony C. The star of the show was Fenway! So glad I had the chance to be there in its second-hundred years!