Sitting on the Wall
At the beginning of the season, the Red Sox held a raffle where the winners got the opportunity to buy up to four tickets on the left field wall at Fenway Park, also known as the Green Monster. My brother and I both entered, and his name was chosen. That was back in March. In August, we finally got to put those tickets to use to see the Red Sox take on the Toronto Blue Jays.
(The winner for the best pre-at bat music had to be Doug Mientkiewicz, who took the plate to Danzig's Mother. Excellent call, Doug.)
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Welcome to Fenway Park, as seen from the end of Landsdown Street.
The Green Monster seats await!
This might be the only time I get to follow this sign anytime soon.
Our seats were located in Section 6, right in the middle of the wall.
This is the view of the field from our seats.
Obeying this sign is probably not a horrible idea.
Looking down along the rows of the Monster.
Jerry Remy (center) and Don Orsillo (to Jerry's left) call the game from the NESN broadcast booth, high above home plate.
The built-in counter made dinnertime easy. Though if I knew the "Monster Dog" was gonna be that big, I might have passed on it.
The Red Sox starting pitcher, Tim Wakefield, gets warmed up before the game.
New shortstop acquisition from the Expos, Orlando Cabrera, takes the plate. Orlando went 1 for 4 with an RBI.
Manny awaits a play out in left field, right beneath us. (Please notice the absence of any water bottles in back pocket.)
Foulke started to get into trouble after coming in in the ninth, so catcher Mirabelli comes out to talk things over with him.
Foulke tries to make things right again and get Wakefield the win by throwing the last few outs.
Since we couldn't see the final score as displayed on the wall we were sitting on, these are the results shown across the park.
The Red Sox came out of the dugout to celebrate their sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Jaymz, Maddy and Kevin enjoy the view.
Me, posing with the left field foul pole.