This is your chance to team up with Mike Lowell for a good cause. And perhaps prove to him that you can hit the curveball just as well as a major leaguer!
Red Sox Third-Basemen Joins Festival for Wiffle Ball Challenge on Saturday, June 20, 2009
It’s going… going…. gone! Another home run for The Life is good Company in its efforts to raise funds to benefit children’s charities. Mike Lowell of The Boston Red Sox will take on Mike Adams of WEEI and Life is good co-founders Bert and John Jacobs in a Wiffle Ball Challenge at the 2009 Life is good Festival on Boston Common this Saturday, June 20, 2009. Mike Lowell, Mike Adams and the Jacobs’ brothers will compete for the crown of Wiffle Ball Home Run Champion. Children served by festival beneficiary Project Joy will be on the field to participate in the event. The Wiffle Ball Challenge will take place on the Charles Street side of the Boston Common, beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Schedule of Events:
10 a.m. Good Walk for Kids begins on Boston Common
11 a.m. Life is good Festival begins on Boston Common
12 noon SteveSongs on the main stage
2 p.m. Brett Dennen on the main stage
3:30 p.m. 25 foot high Art for All mural completed
3:45 p.m. The Blind Boys of Alabama on the main stage
The Life is good Company is once again taking over the Boston Common with a free-day-long family festival. The 2009 Life is good Festival will feature great live music, a fundraising walk and dozens of traditional games and activities. The free, outdoor festival will feature musical performances from The Blind Boys of Alabama, Brett Dennen and SteveSongs, as well as a colorful mix of good-time games and activities for all ages. From seed spitting and soccer kicks to tug-o’-wars and football flings, the Life is good Festival on the Boston Common is an invitation to free family fun and healthy play.
The Good Walk for Kids, a scenic, three-mile fundraising walk begins on Boston Common, winds its way through Downtown Crossing, along the beautiful new Rose Kennedy Greenway, continues along the Harbor Walk’s ocean views, then returns to Boston Common to kick off the 2009 Life is good Festival.
Funds raised through the Good Walk, donations onsite, and all profits from the sale of Life is good merchandise at the event benefit Project Joy, a nationally-recognized non-profit organization that uses the healing power of play to transform children sidelined by personal trauma into enthusiastic players in the game of life.
About The Life is good Company
Life is good®, based in Boston, MA, spreads good vibes through its colorful collection of apparel and accessories, and the contagious grin of Jake, its optimistic cultural hero. The company has raised more than $4 million for children’s charities in the past four years through Life is good Festivals and the sale of fundraising products sold nationwide. For more information on Life is good®, please visit www.lifeisgood.com
Over in England, those funny soccer fans of theirs chant ‘can we play you every week’ when they watch their team completely dominate another for 90 minutes and put four goals past them.
It’s about time that chant arrived at Fenway Park after last week’s continued humiliation of the Yankees, a 3-0 whitewash taking Boston two games ahead of the Evil Ones at the top of the AL East.
But while fans take their enjoyment from those victories, it might be about time to take stock at their overall performance over the first half of the season, since if you take out those seven wins over the Yankees, they would not be enjoying this kind of advantage.
Too many well-paid players, on both sides of the team, have underperformed and something needs to spark them into life if Boston are even to make the playoffs at the end of the season, something it would sound strange saying about a league leader.
Baseball betting suggests that most of the problems – Papi, Dice-K and the shortstop position in general – are well known, but despite racking up the wins, it may well be the Sox starting pitching that is the difference maker after the All-Star break.
Jon Lester and Josh Beckett have pitched well in the main over the last month, but no member of the rotation has an ERA under 4.00 this season and WHIP figures are pretty ugly.
John Smoltz is expected back soon as well, but just how much can seriously be expected from a 42-year-old coming off shoulder surgery, and Clay Buchholz is pitching great for Pawtucket, but is there any room for either of them without a trade for Brad Penny, now eligible to be moved after a June 1 deadline.
You could place a baseball bet that the wins will continue to roll even if the pitching isn’t there, but it’s tough to rely on hot bats turning up every day if they are going to have to score five runs a game – those starters need to get into gear if they aren’t going to have to rely on taking another 10 games from the Yankees in August and September to make the postseason.
The Red Sox are back on top of the American League East after Josh Beckett’s incredible start last night. The Red Sox are also now 6-0 against the Yankees this year, which clearly is the main reason they are now tied with that crappy team from the Bronx. We can thank Big Papi for hitting a bomb last night as well and getting Beckett the lead he needed, but this game was really all about pitching.
Yes, Beckett was on his way to another potential no-hitter (that hopefully Eckersley wouldn’t jinx this time around) until Dustin Pedroia slipped on the grass and giving Robinson Cano a hit. This meant there was no reason to leave him in past the 6th inning, given the weather and the big lead.
But the 6 innings he did pitch were incredibly impressive. He threw a lot of strikes on the first pitch, and didn’t get in to very many 3 ball counts at all. The only batter he walked was Mark Teixera (twice) and both times, Tex had worked it to a full count and it really seemed like Beckett just didn’t feel like giving him anything to hit, missing terribly. So basically, when he walked guys, it was only because he chose to.
For anyone who was worried by Beckett’s rough April, well, those fears should be pretty well subsided now. He had a 7.22 ERA at the end of April after getting lit up by Tampa. Since then, he has gone 5-0 in 7 starts, giving up only 9 earned runs in 41.2 innings pitched, for a 1.94 ERA. His overall season ERA has been lowered to 3.77.
Watch out Philly and Atlanta – Beckett’s next two opponents – because you are going to be facing one of the hottest pitchers in baseball right now.
The Lansdowne Pub, formerly Jake Ivory’s Piano Bar, is now open on Lansdowne Street in Boston. Jake Ivory’s, a victim of the recession and not being quite Red Sox friendly enough for Lansdowne Street and the Fenway area in general, closed over the Winter. The bar, at 9 Lansdowne Street in Boston, is right behind the Green Monster, nearly across the street from the Bleacher Bar and next to Tequila Rain. It is also right near Gate C of Fenway Park, the entrance to the Bleachers and to the Green Monster Seats.
The bar is huge – about 8,000 square feet. It’s an Irish Pub style bar, complete with Guinness (and 10 other beers) on tap of course. They also feature a live cover band on the weekends, every Friday Saturday and Sunday. The bar itself is imported from Ireland and a full 65 feet long. An Irish Bar indeed!
Be sure to check out the Lansdowne Pub next time you’re thirsty before or after the Red Sox game.
The Lansdowne Pub – Official Press Release
The Lansdowne Pub Brings Irish Authenticity to Boston Great Food and Live Music Highlight New Boston Bar
Boston (May 6, 2009) — Boston’s evolving Lansdowne Street has a new resident, and it’s soon to become everyone’s favorite neighbor. The Lansdowne Pub has opened its doors and introduced itself with a fetching Irish brogue, authentic food, and live music.
“We’re so excited to bring a true Irish pub to Lansdowne Street,” said Steve Coyle, Partner of The Lansdowne Pub. “Whether or not there’s a Red Sox home game or a big show at the House of Blues, the Lansdowne Pub is — thanks to its great food, music, and pub experience — a destination in its own right.”
The menu at The Lansdowne Pub offers something for every taste, with an emphasis on authentic Irish fare. Starters include Potato Skins, Oysters, Irish Sliders, and Salmon Cakes, while salad and sandwich options range from Greens and Bacon to Ploughman’s Lunch to a Portobello Burger. Entrees include Fish & Chips, Shepard’s Pie, Irish Stew, and Gaelic Steak. Ireland enthusiasts will certainly appreciate the venue’s list of traditional side dishes, such as Mushy Peas, Irish Bacon, and Boxty Potato Cakes, along with nightly specials like Traditional Irish Roast, Bangers & Mash, Baked Irish Ham, and Oyster Dinner with Guinness Sausage. The Lansdowne’s signature menu items are its selection of Pot Pies, which come in Chicken, Fish, and Beef Guinness varieties, as well as Deep Fried Mars Bars, a dessert not for the faint of heart.
Along with a full bar, there are 35 bottled and 11 draft beers — including a perfectly poured Guinness — with which to wash down all that Irish goodness.
It isn’t just The Lansdowne Pub’s menu that’s authentically Irish. From the moment patrons step through the venue’s large wooden doors and across the threshold, they’re transported to a pub in the heart of Dublin, with all of its trademark Irish energy and conviviality. The 64-foot bar was built by artisans from County Longford in Ireland, while the venue’s antiques come from County Lough and the furniture from Armagh, Northern Ireland. A communal bar/table, often found in pubs in Ireland, sits in the center of the room and provides the perfect place for patrons to mingle, eat, and drink together.
Those looking for a new entertainment option will find it at The Lansdowne Pub, which will feature live cover bands performing nostalgic, recognizable rock on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
For a cozy night out or a private event, The Lansdowne Pub also features two traditional Snugs, designed to be an extension of people’s living rooms with working fireplaces and private bars. The 1,000-foot Big Snug seats 25 (50 to 60 standing), while the 400-square-foot Little Snug seats 12 (15 standing). Other highlights of the space include former church and mansion lighting from Old Mansion on Blue Hill Avenue in Boston, and a 70-foot-long outdoor patio with 11 tables offering seating for up to 35 people.
The Lansdowne Pub is open Monday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., and Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Food is served until 1 a.m. nightly.
The Fenway Park faithful could just get their first glimpse of a new bullpen hero this week as the Red Sox get back from their week-long not-so-successful trip over to the West Coast.
Long gone are the days when we thought Eric Gagne might just come back to his dominant best or Brandon Lyon might just be the answer to all ills, all to be replaced by Jonathan Papelbon, Ramon Ramirez and now maybe the next great member of the ‘pen, Daniel Bard.
Bard made his major league debut last week in Los Angeles, a tough two-inning stint against the Angels and then followed that up with another inning and a third full of promise against the Mariners in Seattle, both times showing the stuff that earned him the call to the bigs in the first place.
Bard has taken a while to get here, but you can place your baseball betting money on the fact that it’s going to be tough to get him out now, and it’s hard to believe it has come just a couple of years after a pretty disastrous start to his pro career.
He fell a mile off the prospect radar as a starter with Greenville and Lancaster, walking over a batter per inning and ending up with an ERA that just looked plain ugly.
But the end of that 2007 season saw the hard-throwing Texan moved to the bullpen in a move of such sheer genius that could be one of the great pitching moves made – much the same as Paps.
Bard was simply spectacular in 2008, winning the Red Sox minor league pitching honors after striking out a ridiculous 107 batters in 77 innings, and his reward to start this season was a move up to Pawtucket.
If things could get any better, they did…the 23-year-old pitched 16 innings and gave up only six hits. (You read that right, six!)
So the big club did what they had to do, ditching the increasingly ineffective Javier Lopez and bringing up the flamethrower – anyone out there think he is heading back to the minors quickly?
As for his role – well it would be a decent baseball bet that he’s not taking Pap’s role over quite yet but it gives the Sox plenty of room for manoeuvre in the future. Not something you would have expected in those dark days in the not so dim and distant past.
Next week, the Boston Pops will celebrate their latest cd release, The Red Sox Album, which is currently #5 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Chart, with three concerts May 21-23 at Symphony Hall. Keith Lockhart will conduct the Pops as they perform such Red Sox hits as “Sweet Caroline” and “I’m Shipping Up to Boston.”
In addition, the Pops will present Baseball on Broadway featuring actors from the Boston Conservatory Theater Division. They will perform baseball numbers from various Broadway shows including the world premiere of “The Game of Baseball” and “God Bless the Boston Red Sox,” from Red Sox Nation.
The Red Sox ownership and management have done a phenomenal job renovating and improving Fenway Park since buying the team in December 2001 for $700 million. They are now in the latter stages of a 10-year renovation plan that is expected to be completed in time for the park’s 100th anniversary in 2012. Some of the highlights of the renovations, which have been led by architect Janet Marie Smith, include creating multiple new eating and gathering areas for fans, building new seating areas in very creative places, and increasing the park’s capacity by 10% to just fewer than 40,000.
The Red Sox have done all of this with careful regard for the park’s status as a potential national landmark, and changes are made in accordance with the standards set by the National Park Service and are reviewed in advance by the Massachusetts Historic Commission, the Boston City Landmarks Commission and Boston Redevelopment Authority. The team also consults regularly with neighborhood groups and fan advocacy groups like Save Fenway Park before making changes.
Year I – 2002 Season
With only a few months between the purchase of the team in December 2001 and Opening Day in April 2002, the ownership did not have time to make any major changes to the park in the first year. One of their first moves was to begin planning for the future by hiring architect Janet Marie Smith, who had worked with Larry Lucchino in Baltimore in the early 1990s on the construction of Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The modest physical changes to the park included adding two rows of field-level seats behind home plate and third base. These seats would become known as Extended Dugout Box seats.
The Yawkey Way Concourse was also created by simply placing turnstiles at Gates A and D several hours before game time. This allows fans the use of Yawkey Way during the entire length of the game, and new concession stands have been built outside the park on the street. The original intent was to give fans a place where they wouldn’t feel as cramped as they might in the packed ballpark, and then in ensuing years the team proceeded to continue to alleviate congestion by opening up numerous areas that had been cramped to make them more spacious and comfortable.
Year I I – 2003 Season
Perhaps the most noticeable change to the entire park in the 10-year plan was achieved early on – the creation of the Monster Seats above the left field wall. Three rows of barstool seats and counters were built and they quickly became the hottest off-the-field topic in baseball. There are about 275 seats plus standing room tickets for this section. While the Red Sox have done a good job keeping ticket price increases modest for most seats in the park, the face value of the wildly popular Monster Seats has increased from $50 in 2003 to $160.
In addition, two rows of seats were built in front of the Field Box seats between the two dugouts. Known as Dugout Box Seats, they have a face value of $325 each.
A huge improvement for most fans was the expansion of the concourse in the right field and bleacher areas. This helped greatly ease the congestion for fans when they leave their seats to go to the concession stands or the bathroom. It also allowed for the creation of numerous new food and beverage options, and picnic tables were installed in an open-air concession area.
Year III – 2004 Season
The second-most famous addition to the park – the Right Field Roof Deck Restaurant – was added this season. In an area that used to be only used occasionally for the taping of a NESN pre-game show, the Red Sox built a bar and restaurant with about 60 tables shaped like home plate, with each table seating four people. The tickets to these tables are sold through an online lottery in late winter and fans must buy a table with four seats. The ticket price of $115 per seat includes a $25 food allowance. Fans who sit here can enjoy higher quality and more diverse food options than what is available elsewhere in the park, complete with wait service.
The Right Field Roof Deck also features a standing room area (special tickets required, also sold through the lottery) and a covered bar. The bar is 60 feet, 6 inches long on each side, and the wood used for the bar’s counter was taken from the bowling lanes that used to exist under Fenway Park. The deck is also the filming location for NESN’s speed-dating show, Sox Appeal.
Other improvements for the 2004 season included: widening the concourse and entrance at Gate E, which is located just to the left of the Green Monster and across the street from the Cask’n Flagon; adding new signage in the seating areas to make it easier to find your seats; and erecting a Ted Williams statue outside Gate B on Van Ness Street.
Year IV – 2005 Season
On March 23, 2005, while still basking in the Red Sox first World Series championship in 86 years, the team’s ownership announced its intention to remain in Fenway Park for at least a generation to come. Up to this point the Red Sox had been making improvements to the park while simultaneously conducting a study of the feasibility of making a long-term commitment to playing baseball in Fenway Park.
The off-season improvements this year were not as noticeable as the past couple of years, but they did include a major overhaul of the Red Sox’s clubhouse, plus the construction of a new batting tunnel under the first base dugout and a new weight room. The concourse behind the first base grandstands was expanded to make room for more concessions and places for fans to mill around, and a restaurant/club named Game On! was opened at the corner of Brookline Avenue and Lansdowne Street.
Year V – 2006 Season
Team president and CEO Larry Lucchino calls the improvements for the 2006 season “the largest renovation in the history of Fenway Park.”
The changes included removing the soundproof glass from what used to be called the .406 Club behind home plate and splitting that seating area into two sections, a lower section called the EMC Club and an upper section called the Home Plate Pavilion Club. The glass barrier between the fans and the rest of the park had long been criticized for distancing the fans in that area from the game.
The Home Plate Pavilion Club connects on the same level with the State Street Pavilion Club areas, which extend out down the first and third base lines. The area of the State Street Pavilion Club was formerly known as the Infield Roof Boxes.
The visual effect of these changes to the second level was that they began to improve the look of a rather haphazard and inconsistently designed group of connected seating areas, changing the second level into something more elegant and symmetrical. The improvements to the second level would continue for the next few years, with the construction of the Left Field Pavilion Reserved seats in 2008 and the replacement of the Right Field Roof seats in 2009.
In the biggest capacity jump in decades, the Red Sox built 1,500 new seats (1,000 behind home plate) to bring the park’s capacity to 38,805, including standing room. In addition, a new sound system was installed in the park. Unfortunately, the team often uses the system to play loud rock music between innings, a feature many fans find unnecessary and intrusive.
Year VI – 2007 Season
After a major renovation to the park’s second level in 2006, the renovations for 2007 were relatively modest and scattered throughout the ballpark.
The most noticeable change was the expansion of the concession area and the creation of a standing room area behind the grandstand sections down the left field line. To accomplish this, the team took down a wall that was behind the grandstand sections and opened up several thousand square feet of space for concessions and a standing room area to watch the game. For this to happen, it was necessary to move NESN’s offices from Fenway Park to Watertown, a suburb of Boston.
A new batting cage for the visiting team was built under the third base seating areas. This was important because the old batting cage was under the centerfield bleachers, and with that space becoming available, the team would start construction on the Bleacher Bar, which would open in May 2008.
Other changes included the renovation of 26 luxury suites, and building code improvements such as the installation of sprinklers throughout the park and new power lines.
Year VII – 2008 Season
The main improvement for 2008 was the construction of the Left Field Pavilion Reserved section, also known as the Coca-Cola Corner. This area of 412 seats has about 10 rows and basically extends the State Street Pavilion on the second level from third base all the way out to the Green Monster. In addition to the new seats, an area with picnic tables and more concessions was built behind the seats. In 2008 there was an all-you-can-eat barbecue buffet located in this picnic area. It cost $30 for adults and $15 for children 10 and under, and featured barbecue chicken, hot dogs, beans, salads, corn on the cob, watermelon, cookies, and brownies.
The seats in this area are topped with a 42-foot-long and 12-foot-high lighted, scrolling Coca-Cola logo sign. The installation of this sign coincided with the removal of the 3 25-foot high Coca-Cola bottles that had been affixed to the light tower above the Green Monster from 1997 to 2007. These bottles were actually created for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
All 6,500 seats in the bleachers were also removed and the concrete below the seats was waterproofed. New seats were installed and the old seats were then sold for $495 a pair to season ticket holders and $550 a pair to the general public.
The much-anticipated Bleacher Bar opened under the centerfield bleachers on May 16, 2008 with Larry Lucchino pouring the ceremonial first beer. The bar and restaurant is open year-round and features a view onto the field through the garage door in center field, which is about 14 feet wide and 10 feet high. This unique space lets fans eat and drink while enjoying a view of the park anytime during the year, even during ball games. During games (and when it is cold), a window with one-way glass is lowered over the opening so the bar does not become a distraction to the players. The menu consists mainly of sandwiches, and the Bleacher Bar is run by the Lyons Group, a restaurateur that operates many of the restaurants and nightclubs around Fenway.
Year VIII – 2009 Season
The 383 Right Field Roof Box seats were removed and replaced with 560 new seats to make the seating down the right field line look similar to the seats in the Left Field Pavilion Reserved section, which opened in 2008. In order to do this, the bleachers in Conigliaro’s Corner were removed after two years of use. In addition, 28 seats were added to the Right Field Roof Deck restaurant. The new seating, as well as improvements to the concession and standing room areas in right field, completes the work done on the park’s second level.
In the main level, the waterproofing of the concrete seating bowl began with the removal of all seats in between the dugouts. Seats in Grandstand sections 14 through 28 and the Loge Box and Field Box seats in front of those sections were all removed, and the Loge and Field Box seats were sold to fans, with new seats being installed in those sections. In keeping with the team’s motto of preserving and protecting Fenway Park’s tradition, the wooden grandstand seats (which date back to 1934) in sections 14 through 28 were removed, refurbished, and then put back into place. Fenway’s Grandstand seats are the last remaining wooden seats in all of Major League Baseball. They were adjusted to meet the current standard width of 18 inches and are now self-rising, so you don’t bang your knee on empty seats when walking down the aisle.
The Future
For 2010 and beyond, there doesn’t seem to be too much more the team can do to improve the park. The seating areas in Grandstand sections 1-13 and 29-33 are likely to be waterproofed and the seats refurbished during the winter of 2009-2010. But the creativity shown over the past eight years should be an indication that the Red Sox and their architects are capable of surprising us, so we’ll have to wait and see what is in store.
Whatever is planned, it almost certain that all renovations will be complete before the start of the 2012 season. This will mark the end of the 10-year renovation plan, and more importantly, the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park. The team has made a request to Major League baseball to host the 2012 All-Star game at Fenway Park, in honor of the anniversary and all the improvements to the park in this, its tenth decade.
The Red Sox have won 10 straight games after slumping on their initial west coast road trip. They just swept the Yankees in Fenway Park. Justin Masterson is filling in for Daisuke very well, and Mike Lowell is leading the league in RBIs. Yet the thing I am most excited about today is that Jacoby Ellsbury stole home! I hadn’t seen it done since Carl Crawford did it against the Red Sox on July 5, 2006. I don’t think there is a more exciting play in baseball!
It was the perfect time to do it. Andy Pettitte, being a left handed pitcher, had no idea Jacoby was running and clearly wasn’t paying any attention to him. With the bases loaded, he decided to go back to a full wind up. A very slow full wind up. Ellsbury noticed and was out to a huge lead, and pretty much three quarters of the way down the line before the ball even released.
The situation was even more perfect since JD Drew was up at bat, also a left-hander, so he could easily see Ellsbury coming toward home and knew enough to not swing and get out of the way.
The first scalp-free zone, as far as I know, was at Camden Yards in Baltimore. I assume this was devised back when Camden first opened and it was actually difficult to get a ticket, vs. today when they are seemingly struggling to pull in 10,000 people to watch Nick Markakis, Brian Roberts, and nobody else you’ve even heard of lose games. There, it is across from Pickles Pub, up the first base line. The Scalp free zone is basically a gated off area where all ticket sales are monitored by the club to ensure nobody pays over face value (you can usually pay under in Baltimore).
It appears to be a little known fact, however, that this exists at Fenway Park as well. Now, I’m not saying people will be lined up tonight to hand you tickets at face value as the Yankees roll in to town, but its at least a chance to avoid paying over $100 for an upper bleacher ticket. The location of the Fenway Scalp Free Zone is in center field, next to the Ted Williams statue. It is at Gate C at Fenway Park – also the location of a will call office and where discount tickets are sold to hospital employees and military personnel.
The staff at Fenway Park monitors the transactions here, the same as in Baltimore. There are times when the sellers outnumber the buyers, but that is usually bad weather or at least bad team games. On a day like today when the Yankees are in town, definitely expect the buyers to be lined up a dozen deep in hopes of grabbing the extra couple tickets that the sporadic sellers will have. But it does in fact work! Many times, the best seats are available here as well since many people with corporate seats don’t want to risk anything happening with a scalper and want to control who sits in the seat.
The process is simple.
Those who want the tickets line up. I’ve seen anywhere from 4 or 5 to dozens waiting. If you have an extra ticket, you have to go to the staff who’s working the scalp free zone. They will take your ticket and ask everyone in line, in order, if they are interested. Often times, since extra tickets tend to be expensive, this is a big of a negotiation, but usually, someone in the line is willing to pay face value. The buyer hands cash over to the staff, and they send it back to you. The catch is that once you buy a ticket, you have to immediately go into the game to make sure you aren’t going to try to sell it to someone else for a quick profit. That’s it! Transaction complete – smart fans 1, scalpers 0.
Though results aren’t guaranteed, its like anything else. If you are persistent and patient, good things will happen. I’ve heard of people even getting in to the World Series and other playoff games waiting here, and many from getting tickets to the big weekend series, often right after the game has already started.
Chalk this up to what you knew already and probably assumed for a rainy day like today, but a visit to The Red Sox Ticket Site will yield you a pair of great, or at least decent (if you don’t want to spend the cash) seats to tonight’s game.
This was available all weekend as well, including just hours before yesterday’s Patriots Day game. The moral of the story remains – don’t buy your tickets from scalpers as there will always be plenty available day of.
There seem to be a lot more tickets available this year during these drops than in previous years, though that may only be due to the fact that it is still pretty cold and isn’t the top teams.
Check out the tickets available for this weekend’s Yankee series as well. There are at least a few single expensive seats out there available as well.
The Red Sox are back on top of the American League East after Josh Beckett’s incredible start last night. The Red Sox are also now 6-0 against the Yankees this year, which clearly is the main reason they are now tied with that crappy team from the Bronx. We can thank Big Papi for hitting a bomb last night as well and getting Beckett the lead he needed, but this game was really all about pitching.
Chalk this up to what you knew already and probably assumed for a rainy day like today, but a visit to