BOSTON!! July 25,2008

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Got up at 8, went to mcdonalds and then went to BOSTON!!!! We arrived in Boston 1045 and met up with a friend of mine and gray, Brennan. We took a sub to meet him near Quincy Market for lunch where Jason and I had an amazing bowl of ham and mac n cheese. Unfortunately we couldn’t finish it all. After that we made our way down the Freedom Trail and to the Bunker Hill Monument where we climed up 291 steps to the top. I say we got our work out in. After that we took a sub back to Fenway Park where we took about an hour tour of the stadium (to be elaborated upon by Jason’s Stadium Review). It has lots of amazing views. After that we had an hour to kill so we charged up a few things in the car and unfortunately we had to say goodbye to Brennan. He waited until the gates opened at 5:05 pm. We were one of the first people to get into the stadium. The 4 of us rushed to the right field fence overlooking the bullpen to watch both teams take batting practice. Only Jason got an actual ball thrown to him and Josh told one of the bullpen coaches that Richie Sexson hit a homerun into the garden house in the bullpen but the coach didn’t believe him. The rest of us had to help the little kids grab for baseballs tossed in the stands. Yes, I even caught one for a little Yankees fan cause he was one of the nicer ones.

 

Jasons Stadium Review:

 

Ummmmmmm….. wow. I have never felt so surrounded by history, and modern day electricity at the same time. Our tour was great! We started off sitting in the 15” wide seats. Built in 1912, this stadium has seen a lot events and people who have definitely gotten wider. It was renovated in 1934 after the owners at the time were bought out. Later on more renovations were done at a gradual pace, but the 15’ seats remained, wood and all. Moving along, the Budweiser porch was pretty cool, but nothing fancy. Then we went to the upper levels and again, fun but nothing fancy. THEN we go to the green monster. THAT was awesome. Seeing where everyone dominates in left field, and the manual scoreboard.

 

Game time came and we had all recharged our stuff and found our seats. Food was fantastic, and the fans weren’t bad either (as in not too many Yankees). Got TONS of pictures. I loved getting to see the support poles still holding the upper decks. Reminded me of how old the stadium is. Thank God the bleachers weren’t actually bleachers anymore. I LOVED Sweet Caroline during the 8^th inning. The Red Seat signaling Ted Williams’ 502’ homer. Old school seats (1934 edition) Pesky Pole. And finally the Green Monstah (as they say it). All of this added up to a FANTASTIC stadium. I’m not lying when I say I could seriously see myself living in Boston someday. AHH! Goodnight all.

 Kyle’s Souvenir of the Game: There were many things to choose from the gaint Team Store across from the stadium but 3 out of 4 of us bought the famour Red Sox t-shirt with our coice of our favorite player’s name and number on the back. Also some got jerseys for the hardcore Red Sox fans for some of us.

So the game was pretty much amazing even though we were like 3 rows from the top. We met these very nice ladies that were hardcore Red Sox fans and probably loved the game just as much as we did. Unfortunately the umpires were not on Boston’s side and just kind of threw the game away for them in the end. Final score: New York 1, Boston 0. It was definitely a pitchers duel. So by the time we got out of the stands to go back to our cars, the traffic had already built up. So we were headed back to our campsite in MA by 12:30. We have stopped at another Stop, Shop and Save to get string to hold up the tent so no time for pictures for now. Hopefully tomorrow. By far, this has been the best day of the trip!!