My Second Red Sox Game

If you have read the post, 'My First Red Sox Game' then you are all set. If you haven't, you might want to, so you can just get a little caught up with my experiences at Fenway.

Guess what? On June 18th, I went to the Red Sox game! I am so happy it was on that day and not any other day that week, because this day was pretty much the only good weather day in the entire week.

The day of the game, I was so excited, I could barely make it through the school day. My dad picked me up from school, and we drove home. I got dressed in my favorite Boston Red Sox camouflage t-shirt, along with my Red Sox sweatshirt I had gotten from the previous game. I also grabbed my favorite lime green baseball cap with the white B on it. I grabbed the flag we wave in between innings, and raced back into the car. Fenway, here I come.

Red Sox VS Florida Marlins, June 17th

Our seats were right by third base. If you watched the video at the bottom of My First Red Sox Game, that's the same general area we were sitting in. (We as in me and my dad.) We left at exactly 4:01 PM, and the game started around 7:00 PM. I know, it doesn't take 3 hours to drive to Boston, but we wanted to be early and see batting practice!

Once we got there, a guy handed me this gorgeous picture of Fenway in a sunset. This game was a very important game. Why? Because it was the 500th sell out game in a row. All the seats in Fenway Park have been sold for 500 games in a row. That means that Fenway Park has sold ALL of the seats ever since 2003. Pretty impressive. So during the game, they were randomly giving away things that had to do with the number 500. For example: they gave away 500 tickets to seats 500 feet away from home plate. They also gave 500 people near the Dunkin' Donuts sign Dunkin' Donuts gift cards. I would have loved to be that person. But I was totally cool with it that I wasn't- it was so cool to watch the game and enjoy the 500th sell out game in a row.

Dad and I went down to get some dinner so we could eat while watching batting practice. I got some nachoes, and my dad got this sub thing. During batting practice, the balls kept hitting the score board. I felt kind of bad for the people way up in the Green Monster seats, because a lot of the balls were SO close to them. But then again, I don't feel that bad, because they'd just throw them back up to them.

The game got a good start by getting one score here and there in the innings. (I'm pretty sure the score was something like 4-1, Red Sox winning with 4.) About half way through the game, with no home runs, but Red Sox still in the lead, we had a nice, satifying home run. It was nice to finally hear Fenway, live in person, cheering with joy.

One thing that I found really funny about this game was that my dad noticed the pretzel guy and his container said, 'PRETZEL'. My dad said, 'Hey, Sonja! Do you wanna pretzel?' First I was confused. When I hear the word, 'pretzel' I think of the crunchy, salty, small kind you get at the grociery store. I noticed that he didn't say 'pretzels', so I'm all, 'Just one? Huh? They really sell them individually?' Then he told me about the large, doughy pretzels that weren't as crunchy as the mini ones. OOOooooh... I get it. Then we made a joke that the guy was selling one HUGE pretzel, for like $20. It wasn't A pretzel, it was THE pretzel. He would go around saying, 'Pretzel.. fresh hot pretzel.. only 20 bucks.. Pretzel..' and no one would buy it. (Keep in mind this is just a joke that me and my dad made up.) The guys would be all, 'did you sell it yet??' and the pretzel guy would say, '*sigh*, not yet.' Poor guy, holding this gigantic pretzel over his head.

The 9th inning was the best for one reason: PABLEBON. He didn't have that kind of crazy entrance in my first game, but he did in this one. They played the 'aaaah! I lost my leg! aaaah!!' song. (Ha. That's what I call it. The 'I lost my leg!!' song.) He comes charging out on the field, and once again, Fenway goes wild. He is my second favorite player. My very favorite? Kevin Yooooooooukalis. Another favorite part of the game: YOOOOOUKing for Kevin. Him whos beard is scary to little children.

Okay, so I've actually been to Fenway 3 times, because before my first game, my third grade class went to Fenway as a tour. (wouldn't that be awesome to have a Red Sox game as a field trip?!)
Dad, thanks for making this red sox game special. I'll never forget it.