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:

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

Concourse:

Exhibits:

Bobbleheads:

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:

Seat selfie:

Mascots:

Play ball:

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

Run scores:

Interesting hot dog vendor box:

And pretzel vendor:

Nasty weather on the way:

Unconvered the tarp:

Covering home plate and the mound:

Unrolling the tarp:

Game delayed:

LL Bean Keeping your Sox Dry:

Weights for the tarp:

Take cover:

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.