Guess where! If you want history, this is one of the key places. The stadium is old, it is small, it has weird fence lines, it has the Green Monster, but any tour of baseball parks would be incomplete without it.
Unfortunately, the fans don't live up to the grandeur of the park. This is not a family park. Never before had I seen a fan buy a beer (especially at ball park prices--$9.00) just to pour over another fan that was rooting for the other team.
Before the first game, there was a rain delay of about an hour. We were glad to see the rainbow come out as the clouds passed and the tarp come off the field.
The first game was also the day that Boston celebrated the Celtics winning the NBA championship. They proudly paraded the championship trophy around the field Paul Pierce. threw out the first pitch.
For only the second time in their history, the Red Sox played in a green uniform in celebration of the Celtics win (the other time was for Red Auerbach's funeral).
Overall, the weather was pretty good in Boston. Before the second game, we had a chance to roam around the park. This is a picture of Kate next to the infamous red chair. This is the chair way up in the bleachers where Ted Williams longest Home Run landed. If you ever go to the park, walk up here and look back to Home Plate. This is a LONG LONG way!
Out on Yawkey Way is the statue of Ted Williams that Kate wanted to see. This is a great statue, unfortunately we had to get by several drunks to get a good shot.
Boston lost the first game to St. Louis. After the way the crowd treated the St. Louis fans, it was poetic justice.
They lost again. At least this one was close. Like the best baseball games, it came down to the last pitch and it could have gone either way. Hopefully there will be many more games like this in real baseball towns.
Thus far, of the three stadiums that we was visited, if you want the best stadiums for history, the crowd and the surrounding area, go to:
Baltimore
Washington
then Boston.
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