Fenway Park Trip
Dear DS diary,
Today my brother took me to Fenway Park for the first time, to watch the Red Sox face the Angels for the final time this year. The experience was surreal being in MLB's oldest park. We sat in the grandstand section where no alcohol was allowed (he was thinking of me) and while I felt butterflies the whole time because the place was packed -- attendance was over 37,000 today -- somehow I made it through the entire game.
The one problem I feel took place: It was a great trip and an entertaining game -- I like contests where a lot of runs are scored even though it does make the game longer -- but now that it's over, I'm finding it really didn't do a lot for me. I thought about getting a scorebook so I would have some kind of a memento but couldn't talk myself into it. I think I knew it wouldn't matter, I'm still so stressed out over sense of direction and I feel distraught that I still have to take an anti-depression med that clearly is not working for a few more days (I don't see the doctor until Thursday....(sigh)).
Just the quick synopsis: The scoring started early when Albert Pujols hit a home run into the Boston bullpen in the first inning. After that very little went right for the Halos, or after the Angels wasted a bases-loaded chance in the third, the Red Sox promptly went ahead to stay when David Ortiz hit a three-run homer just beyond the Boston bullpen for the major blow in a four-run third.
In the sixth Boston would open this game up when Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a home run into the sight screen, and Mike Carp hit one just to the right into the center field bleachers on the very next pitch. By now Boston led 7-3. The Angels tried to make a game of it in the 8th, taking advantage of Koji Uehara's wildness (a hit batter and two walks) to plate a pair, but the rally was snuffed out when J.B. Shuck was caught off guard, and off base, by a fast throw to second on a single by Mike Trout. The Angels would not threaten again, and Boston won a 10-5 decision.
Ryan Dempster got the win for Boston. Joe Blanton took the loss for Los Angeles.
For a complete batter-by-batter recap, click here:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_06_09_anamlb_bosmlb_1&mode=wrap#gid=2013_06_09_anamlb_bosmlb_1&mode=plays
Today my brother took me to Fenway Park for the first time, to watch the Red Sox face the Angels for the final time this year. The experience was surreal being in MLB's oldest park. We sat in the grandstand section where no alcohol was allowed (he was thinking of me) and while I felt butterflies the whole time because the place was packed -- attendance was over 37,000 today -- somehow I made it through the entire game.
The one problem I feel took place: It was a great trip and an entertaining game -- I like contests where a lot of runs are scored even though it does make the game longer -- but now that it's over, I'm finding it really didn't do a lot for me. I thought about getting a scorebook so I would have some kind of a memento but couldn't talk myself into it. I think I knew it wouldn't matter, I'm still so stressed out over sense of direction and I feel distraught that I still have to take an anti-depression med that clearly is not working for a few more days (I don't see the doctor until Thursday....(sigh)).
Just the quick synopsis: The scoring started early when Albert Pujols hit a home run into the Boston bullpen in the first inning. After that very little went right for the Halos, or after the Angels wasted a bases-loaded chance in the third, the Red Sox promptly went ahead to stay when David Ortiz hit a three-run homer just beyond the Boston bullpen for the major blow in a four-run third.
In the sixth Boston would open this game up when Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a home run into the sight screen, and Mike Carp hit one just to the right into the center field bleachers on the very next pitch. By now Boston led 7-3. The Angels tried to make a game of it in the 8th, taking advantage of Koji Uehara's wildness (a hit batter and two walks) to plate a pair, but the rally was snuffed out when J.B. Shuck was caught off guard, and off base, by a fast throw to second on a single by Mike Trout. The Angels would not threaten again, and Boston won a 10-5 decision.
Ryan Dempster got the win for Boston. Joe Blanton took the loss for Los Angeles.
For a complete batter-by-batter recap, click here:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_06_09_anamlb_bosmlb_1&mode=wrap#gid=2013_06_09_anamlb_bosmlb_1&mode=plays
Replies
I\'m curious, what you were expecting to get from the experience? You said it really didn\'t do a lot for you and I\'m wondering what it was you wanted to get from it that you feel you did not get...
Any kind of an uplift, Tess...I\'d NEVER been to an MLB game before and I actually wanted to be at one this time, so I was really hoping I would get some kind of a bounce from the experience.