The Dang's: Boston Part 4: Second Game at Fenway!

Fair Warning: This post is very long with way too many photos. But I couldn't narrow it down any further. So you get what you get, and you don't have to look!

For our second journey to Fenway, we went early so we could explore a bit and take lots of photos. But it was maybe a little too early. The game was at 1:35; we got there a little after 11.

Our first stop was at a Red Sox store where I got a mini Fenway pennant and Adam got a Red Sox hat. I still don't understand why, but he likes it so I'm not judging.

Then we entered at the Yawkey Way entrance. They block the whole street off on game days, and you can only enter with a ticket. On the street are lots of vendors, food carts and live music. It was quite the scene.

There are giant baseball cards above one of the stores on Yawkey Way.

Inside, we wandered around the stadium. I liked the big concourse in the outfield. It was really open and less dungeon like than the concourses behind the diamond.

I even got a photo with the Green Monster!

We had a big breakfast at the hotel, so we weren't quite hungry yet. So we got drinks. A beer for Adam and a Raspberry Lime Rickey for me. Delicious!

Eventually, we made our way to our seats. They were much more modern this time.

There we discovered that we were literally right next to the bullpen. As in we could have reached out and touched players as they entered and exited it. Without straining. Crazy!

See, that's my yummy drink.

The line up for the day

I knew our seats were in the outfield by the bullpen, I just didn't realize how close they were. Lucky for us, it was the Away bullpen so we got to see some Twins players up close and personal.

That's Rick Anderson behind Adam! Freakishly close.

Like Butera and Mauer,

starting pitcher Nick Blackburn,

and the whole bullpen.

Salty even made an appearance!

I kind of felt like a creeper, especially with my big lens. But I didn't feel stalker enough to NOT take photos! Haha.

Some American Idol winner sang the National Anthem. It was actually really well done!

Kris Allen?

Sitting next to the bullpen made the game extra interesting.

We watched ~~Mansihp~~ Manship warm up.

Busted creeping!

And Perdomo warm up.

We also watched Perkins move around the bullpen.

And other various stalkings.

When I wasn't being entertained by the bullpen, I watched the game too.

This is what the view from our seats looked like. We were in the 4th row off the field.

View to our left

Ben Revere playing center field. And the Green Monster in the background.

Of course the Twins lost, but at least they made it interesting in the 9th with a few home runs.

One of which, by Doumit, was hit right behind the bullpen. Adam was wearing a light blue shirt, which really stuck out in the sea of red, so we saw ourselves on Sports Center! And on the Twins website. Sure we're little dots of color, but we know it's us!

Here's the video from the Twins website

After the game, we took the T back to our hotel to rest for a bit before our dinner res. As we learned throughout our visit, the T is pretty easy to get around on and very convenient. I wish MSP had a subway system!