Fenway Park!Travel Time: 20-30 min walk from NEU
Cost: $35.00 for bleacher seats.
So, I have lived in Boston for 3 years, and NEVER have been to a game at Fenway Park. And to make that even more unbelievable, I live, at most, a 20 minute walk away from Fenway! Well that all changed yesterday, April 25th, 2010. I went to my first game at Fenway. I got a group of my friends together, and we saw the BoSox play the Baltimore Oriels. The 9 of us sat in the bleacher section, and had a great time! (Thats me in the sunglasses that never leave my face!).
Now, the final score was BoSox 6 and the Oriels 7! Despite this loss, the game was really exciting especially towards the end, because we went into extra innings. I have to say, this had to be every young baseball players dream, it was the 10th inning, 2 outs, 2 men on base, and a full count, with the Red Sox up at the plate to not only tie but win the game! And the poor player hits an almost line drive, just a little too high, and the Oriels short stop catches it, and game over. It was really exciting though, the whole stadium was up on their feet. People were clapping, screaming, hitting the sides of the field, really trying to rally behind this team.
I was also shocked at how packed this place was. It was amazing, almost every seat was taken EVERYWHERE, even in the "nosebleeds" (since the green monster doesn't really have them). As I did a walk around the Green Monster, and just observed the fans, I could not help but think "wow what an amazingly brand loyal town" because everyone was wearing something BoSox, a hat a jersey a t shirt, sweat pants, everything and anything has a Red Sox logo on it. It was really amazing, at least from a marketing perspective, because even a local sports team is a business. But that is not the point....
So my advice t
o all your first time Fenway goers out there: 1) go in the right gate 2) bring good friends 3) Have fun. No matter what happens it is impossible to enjoy yourself, unless of course the Sox lose, and even then its still a good time.
So, I have lived in Boston for 3 years, and NEVER have been to a game at Fenway Park. And to make that even more unbelievable, I live, at most, a 20 minute walk away from Fenway! Well that all changed yesterday, April 25th, 2010. I went to my first game at Fenway. I got a group of my friends together, and we saw the BoSox play the Baltimore Oriels. The 9 of us sat in the bleacher section, and had a great time! (Thats me in the sunglasses that never leave my face!).
Now, the final score was BoSox 6 and the Oriels 7! Despite this loss, the game was really exciting especially towards the end, because we went into extra innings. I have to say, this had to be every young baseball players dream, it was the 10th inning, 2 outs, 2 men on base, and a full count, with the Red Sox up at the plate to not only tie but win the game! And the poor player hits an almost line drive, just a little too high, and the Oriels short stop catches it, and game over. It was really exciting though, the whole stadium was up on their feet. People were clapping, screaming, hitting the sides of the field, really trying to rally behind this team.
I was also shocked at how packed this place was. It was amazing, almost every seat was taken EVERYWHERE, even in the "nosebleeds" (since the green monster doesn't really have them). As I did a walk around the Green Monster, and just observed the fans, I could not help but think "wow what an amazingly brand loyal town" because everyone was wearing something BoSox, a hat a jersey a t shirt, sweat pants, everything and anything has a Red Sox logo on it. It was really amazing, at least from a marketing perspective, because even a local sports team is a business. But that is not the point....
So my advice t
o all your first time Fenway goers out there: 1) go in the right gate 2) bring good friends 3) Have fun. No matter what happens it is impossible to enjoy yourself, unless of course the Sox lose, and even then its still a good time.Go Sox!
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