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The Sox
2006-08-14

If I had to sum up the weekend in just one word, it would be SPECTACULAR� The weather was just a ten. Warm but not too warm days; cool good sleeping without the AC nights. Nice� We had tickets to Fenway yesterday and got out of the house by 10:30 for the hour or so drive to Boston. I tried a different route, the Mass Pike and it worked perfectly. We got a parking spot right outside our gate for $30 (the going rate) in a lot that didn�t block us in.
We wandered around the outside and got there just in time to see Big Papi drive up in his hummer with the #34 wheel covers. Sweet. We walked the outside of the park and hit B0ST0N Brewery for lunch. It was mobbed, but we got a table after a very short wait. I ordered a Victory Red, figuring anything I could do for the home teams cause. M.E wanted to hit the gift shops and so we did. She bought a pin for her jacket. I bought what I usually buy, nothing�.
We headed into the park to look for our seats. We knew it was someplace upstairs, and headed for the elevator. Turns out we needed the 4th floor. We were sitting in the first deck just off home plate in the FRONT row. Except for me somewhat fear of heights, these seats were wonderful. We were close to all the amenities (beer, bathrooms, dogs) and right on top of the field. Sweet�
We had this old dude as an usher and he sang and gabbed the whole game. The folks around us were all cool and the only problems we saw were an old guy getting carried out on a stretcher (heart issues caused by our bullpen?) and the woman M.E. found laying on her back on the floor in the ladies room (she called security).
The Sox started with a grand slam by Lowell and never really trailed, but it was close right down to the wire. They won 11-9 with our closer picking up a VERY shaky save in the 9th. I figure it was going to take us hours to get out of Boston, but we were out on the street in 5 minutes and tem minutes later we were on the Pike sailing back home. Nice�
Well, I guess I need to get some work done and get off to a meeting too. Happy Monday,
Ron

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