Archive for May, 2017
A Memorial Day to Forget
Sunday, May 28, 2017 – Fenway Park, Section 43 Mariners 5, Red Sox 0 Sunday of Memorial Day weekend brought a sunny morning, and my warmest game of the year so far. (With all the cold ones I’ve sat through all it took was 62° to beat my previous high.) I drove in early and […]
For The Record
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 – Fenway Park, Section 34 Red Sox 9, Rangers 4 There was an extra buzz heading into my next game. I was excited to see Chris Sale, only the second time I’ve gotten to see him this season. He had struck out at least 10 batters in each of his past […]
A Mid-Season Signing
Saturday, May 20, 2017 – Franklin, MA In May, David Ortiz’s new book, Papi: My Story, was due out, and he did a handful of book signings in the Boston area. I saw that there was one on a Saturday, at BJ’s Wholesale Club in Franklin, and pretty much knew I had to go. It […]
Mother Nature’s Day
Sunday, May 14, 2017 – Fenway Park, Section 33 Rays 11, Red Sox 2 The weather forecast wasn’t good for Mother’s Day weekend. Heavy rain was due in Saturday evening and throughout Sunday. The Rays do make another trip to Fenway, in September, so they would be able to make up a game if they […]
Bean Town
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 – Fenway Park, Section 7 Red Sox 4, Orioles 2 Two days after my last game I was headed back to Fenway. (Unfortunately for me the one I missed was another brilliant outing by Chris Sale.) A co-worker’s nephew had an extra ticket, and he let me use it. It was […]
Fenway Parking
Monday, May 1, 2017 – Fenway Park, Section 32 Orioles 5, Red Sox 2 As a season ticket holder, I earn rewards points by checking in to games and watching for code words, and there are items we can buy and raffles we can enter with the points. This year, I entered and won a […]