Baseball: Boston Red Sox vs Cincinnati Reds

After our two tours of Fenway Park, we attended part of a game of the Boston Red Sox vs the Cincinnati Reds.

Jenn’s game summary:

Took two different Fenway tours before the game—one more history-oriented, one where we got to go on the warning track and then watch batting practice from the Green Monster seats. It was pretty fun to watch the homers go over our heads or come very near us. Not a bad vantage for a game, but spendy! We changed our tickets from grandstand seats to loge box ones and got to see three innings before the game was postponed due to severe thunderstorms. A pity, because I was really digging the vibe. The Red Sox did win it the next day.

An interactive map of the ballpark:

Outside Fenway:

Outside Fenway

Free fans handed out on entry, which was appreciated; it was rather hot:

Free fans handed out on entry

Concourse:

Concourse

Exhibits:

Exhibits

Bobbleheads:

Bobbleheads

Concourse:

Concourse

View from our seats; our original seats were Grandstand 16, Row 4, Seats 5 & 6; after experiencing how uncomfortable those seats were, we changed them to Section Loge Box 133, Row DD, Seats 5 & 6:

View from our seats

Seat selfie:

Seat selfie

Mascots:

Mascots

Play ball:

Play ball

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

There is netting above the seats behind home plate (rather unusually). A ball landed on the netting, rolled down, and got stuck:

A ball got caught in the netting

Run scores:

Run scores

Interesting hot dog vendor box:

Interesting hot dog vendor box

And pretzel vendor:

And pretzel vendor

Baseball

Nasty weather on the way:

Nasty weather on the way

Unconvered the tarp:

Unconvered the tarp

Covering home plate and the mound:

Covering home plate and the mound

Unrolling the tarp:

Unrolling the tarp

Unrolling the tarp

Unrolling the tarp

Unrolling the tarp

Game delayed:

Game delayed

LL Bean Keeping your Sox Dry:

LL Bean Keeping your Sox Dry

Weights for the tarp:

Weighs for the tarp

Take cover:

Take cover

Tarp on the field:

Tarp on the field

We left, as we could tell the rain wouldn’t stop for hours. The game was eventually postponed.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.