I was invited to go to a Red Sox game with David who is is a real
baseball maven like Ron and Roby. Like Roby he has followed the Sox
since he was a child. His memories go way back with lots of stories
about skipping school and going to double headers. Before the game, we
were treated to a special ceremony to celebrate and honor the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Red Sox Impossible
Dream Team. That's Jim Lonborg on the left and Yaz on the right with
Rico Petrocelli, Ken Harrelson and Reggie Smith, et. al. You can read
more about the team in the
Globe article.
The
Red Sox played the Cardinals and lost the world series in seven games,
however it was a 'dream' that they got into the World Series that year.
That's when Red Sox Nation was born. Before the '67 dream team, going to
Fenway was not mandatory viewing like it is today. "It was so quiet you
could hear the bookies in the upper deck" says Luis Tiant in the
documentary about The 1967 Dream Team. We lost to the Cardinals in '67
but we won in 2017 in the ninth inning in a 5-4 comeback win courtesy of
a double by Mookie Betts. The game did not end until after 11:00 pm.
Exhausted but happy.
Very exciting. We were sitting in Loge Box red seats which were
comfortable. I had never sat so close to the field before ! Awesome view
to take it all in and get close up shots of the ballpark. I hadn't been
to Fenway in a long time. The game ended after 11:00 pm, tired but we
won :)
Sitting
at Fenway is a totally different experience than watching the game on
TV like I am used to. What ? No one was going to call the game ?!?! I
had to pay attention to figure out what was going on, lol. I did not
remember that instead of commercials the grounds crew comes out and
sweeps off the base running paths and the mound - grounds crew shots,
tidying up the field.:)
Eveyone
was taking selfies ! The fans behind us took this photo. Here is a
throwback picture of Yaz on the cover of the Boston Globe Magazine,
February 19, 2017.
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