Archive for August, 2011
Futures At Fenway
Saturday, August 20, 2011 – Fenway Park, Section 32 Game 1 – Mets 6, Sea Dogs 4, 11 inn. With the Red Sox on the road in Kansas City, Fenway Park played host to what is now an annual event, the Futures at Fenway minor league doubleheader. It was my first time attending this event, […]
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Double (Or Should I Say Triple) Your Pleasure
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 – Fenway Park, Section 43 Game 1 – Red Sox 3, Rays 1 The Red Sox went 3-3 on a road trip to Minnesota and Seattle, but they were home for a very strange two-day, three-game homestand before heading out on the road again. There was a doubleheader on Tuesday with […]
Rain – What a Surprise!
Sunday, August 7, 2011 – McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket After attending Saturday afternoon’s exciting win over the Yankees, I got home around 9:30. But at 10:30, I was on my way out again, this time headed to work for a midnight implementation. (I work in IT, so many of our projects have to go in overnight, […]
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Leadoff Leadership
Saturday, August 6, 2011 – Fenway Park, Section 33 Red Sox 10, Yankees 4 After two exciting walkoff wins, the Red Sox dropped their final game against the Indians and the first game of the Yankees series. Saturday’s matchup of John Lackey against C.C. Sabathia may have looked daunting on paper, but I was encouraged […]
A Visit to Lowell
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 – LeLacheur Park, Lowell IronBirds 1, Spinners 0, 11 inn. The day after Jacoby Ellsbury’s walkoff hit, I went to Lowell to watch the short-season Single A Spinners take on the Aberdeen IronBirds, an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. I’m pretty familiar with the higher levels of the Red Sox organization, […]
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Just Another Rainy Night
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 – Fenway Park, Section 34 Red Sox 3, Indians 2 After a brief three-game road trip to Chicago, where the Red Sox took two from the White Sox, they returned home to play the Indians. It was raining as I drove in to Boston from work, and by the time I […]