Archive for the ‘2009 Games’ Category
A Spring in My Step Again
October 14, 2009 An epilogue of sorts The first few days after our season came to its premature and inglorious end, I moped around, alternating between shock and denial. I wore black to work all week, and my co-workers were sympathetic and equally despondent. Then on Wednesday, it was time for that other annual rite […]
Posted in: 2009 Games, Personal
It Ain’t Just a River In Egypt
Sunday, October 11, 2009 – Fenway Park, Section 4 A.L. Division Series Game 3 – Angels 7, Red Sox 6 Thanks to my Tenth Man Plan, I had the chance to get a ticket to a Division Series game. I don’t get to pick which game; it’s randomly assigned each year, and this year I […]
Posted in: 2009 Games, Postseason
A Final Tune-Up
Sunday, October 4, 2009 – Fenway Park, Section 43 Red Sox 12, Indians 7 After sitting through three straight losses – in the rain, cold, and wind – earlier in the week, I was coming down with a cold. As for the Red Sox, they were faring better now that the Blue Jays had left […]
No Laughing Matter
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 – Fenway Park, Section 43 Blue Jays 12, Red Sox 0 When the Red Sox clinched the Wild Card after a Texas loss well past midnight, one of the first things I thought was, “Now who am I going to see in tomorrow’s game?” I knew that with only five games […]
No Cinch to Clinch
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 – Fenway Park, Section 38 Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 7 After getting home from Monday’s rainy game completely soaked, and then staying up late to check on the score of the Rangers/Angels game, I woke up Tuesday morning and went to work. I was going back to Fenway on Wednesday […]
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Soaking It All In
Monday, September 28, 2009 – Fenway Park, Section 41 Blue Jays 11, Red Sox 5, 6½ innings The Red Sox were back from a road trip that included sweeping Baltimore, splitting a four-game set in Kansas City, and being swept in New York. While the Yankees had wrapped up the division over the weekend, the […]
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A Devil of a Game
Thursday, September 17, 2009 – Fenway Park, Section 43 Angels 4, Red Sox 3 By the time I got to Fenway for my next game, the Red Sox were riding a 7-game winning streak, including a dramatic come-from-behind win the night before which ended on Alex Gonzalez’s walk-off single. During that time, they had opened […]
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To the Victor Belong the Spoils
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 – Fenway Park, Section 35 Red Sox 7, Orioles 5 On the road trip of the past week, the Red Sox had won two of three in Tampa Bay but then lost three of four in Chicago. That had dropped them 9 games back in the division, but they held a […]
The Man’s a Genius
Sunday, August 30, 2009 – Fenway Park, Section 36 Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 0 My next game was on Sunday, and I was looking forward to seeing Jon Lester pitch. But on Saturday, I found out there was a snag to that plan. Tim Wakefield was being scratched from his start Tuesday. And then […]
Just Like Old Times
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 – Fenway Park, Section 34 Red Sox 3, White Sox 2 The Red Sox bounced back from their awful Sunday night game with wins over the White Sox on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, I took the day off from work and went in to Fenway in the afternoon. I used […]