The second of two games of the New York Yankees vs our Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium in New York.

We visited their Monument Park:

And their museum:

Some Benihana for dinner:

View from our seats in Section 124, Row 10, Seats 17 & 18:

Starting lineups:

Marking home plate:

Cal:

Keys to the game:

Seat selfie:

Mariners warming up:

Play ball:

A nearby fan caught a foul ball:

Run scores:

Exploring the ballpark:

More food:

Dancing grounds crew and train:

Run scores:

80’s in the 8th:

Tied game:

Alas, Yankees win again:

We attended a couple of games of the New York Yankees vs our Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Jenn’s game summary:

A very nice stadium. Even though it’s not the original one, they imbued it with some classic touches and filled it with old ghosts and memories. The game did not start well for the M’s, with Luke Evans giving up three runs in the first, which wound up being the number of runs they lost by. The Yankees starting pitcher, Schlittler, made his MLB debut and pitched five strong innings, striking out 7. The M’s went deep four times, including Cole Young’s first major league homer. It still wasn’t enough to overcome the early hole, alas. Pleasantly surprised by how friendly all the Yankees fans near us were—they seemed impressed by my scorekeeping.

An interactive map of the ballpark:

Our seats in Section 124, Row 1, Seats 7 & 8:

Exploring the ballpark:

Sundae:

Exploring again:

Dancing grounds crew:

Rain:

Play in review:

Scores… the Mariners with lots of runs, but Yankees had more:

After the game:

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.

We attended a game of the Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies, playing at the Blue Jay’s ballpark, Rogers Centre, the only MLB team in Canada.

Jenn’s game summary:

Our first domed stadium. They can open the roof, but it was closed due to drizzle and maybe wildfire smoke. A lovely park with excellent food and a vibrant atmosphere. The Blue Jays came out for four runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings each to make total cream cheese of the Phillies, who only scraped together one run. Bassitt recorded his 1100th career strikeout, and Bo Bichette hit his 8th home run of the year. It was a fun game with a bit of local color—they sang a song called “OK Blue Jays” before “Take Me Out To the Ballgame,” and everyone knew the words and gestures, creating a great community vibe.

An interactive map of the ballpark environs:

This ballpark was a little more difficult to get to, as we had to cross an international border into Canada:

Toronto:

CN Tower:

Toronto Blue Jays:

Team store:

Mary Brown’s Chicken:

Poutine (of course) and chicken tenders:

Selfie from our seats in Section 119, Row 12, Seats 13 & 14:

Closed dome:

Ace, the Blue Jays mascot:

Cheerleaders:

Play ball:

Hotel rooms overlooking the field:

A run scores:

Two more runs:

The mascot “helping” the grounds crew:

Exploring the ballpark:

Chungchun rice hot dogs:

Gamsung hot dog covered in potato, and half mozzarella hot dog:

Cheerleader:

Blue Jays win:

We attended a game of the Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox, playing at the Tigers ballpark, Comerica Park.

Jenn’s game summary:

The Tigers completed a 3-game sweep of the Red Sox on a pleasant evening in Detroit. Nice stadium with a couple of fun things (carousel with tigers instead of horses and a baseball-themed Ferris wheel). Tarik Skubal pitched very well and efficiently—11 strikeouts and only one walk. Amazing homerun robbery with assist (scoring: F9-8) by the Red Sox to steal a run from Kerry Carpenter that will be in the highlight reels for years. Exciting steal and advance on a throwing error for some 9th inning heroics by the Tigers and a walk-off single to end it—a fun game.

An interactive map of the ballpark:

Entrance, with lots of tigers:

Big tiger:

More tigers:

Team store:

Carousel:

Kielbasa and pierogis:

Fried Classics:

Elephant ear:

Baseball bat drink of Tiger Fuel:

Selfie from our seats:

View from our seats in Section 126, Row 27, Seats 1 & 2:

Play ball:

The mascot, Paws:

Run scores:

We liked how the sculptures captured the motion:

Ferris wheel:

Exploring the ballpark:

Nice stats display:

New pitcher:

Tigers win: