Just to keep you updated before I continue with the Red Sox report:
What did I do this weekend? I was SUPPOSED to go to Six Flags and Cape Cod.
The first? I didn't go because we were in the wrong place.
The second? It was RAINING like crazy. And Cape Cod is kind of a beach-type-place. You do the math.
So, coming to the subject, the Red Sox. I was also supposed to write a report on one of the things that I have done in New England, the Red Sox being the most recent one since Cape Cod didn't work out. So I'm going to post exactly the same thing as I handed in as my report.
Wednesday August 17th. That was the day that I finally, after being in Boston for 6 weeks, went to see the Red Sox. As we arrived that day at Fenway Park (too late, as always) we just followed the main stream of people. After getting in and finding our seats (which we discovered earlier weren't next to each other, but in front of one another. Not exactly what we wanted...) and being disappointed that we missed the whole national anthem shebang we just took pictures of the stadium as we weren't really interested in the game; we didn't really get it. Just to illustrate how bad it was, we didn't know when a baseball game ended so I asked it to the guy sitting next to me. Stefan couldn't even believe that I was doing that, but come on; you would've done the same. It ends after 9 innings by the way. One inning is when the Red Sox have pitched until there are three so-called "outs" from the opposite team (this time being the LA Angels) and the Red Sox have batted until they have 3 "outs".
Fenway Park: the inside.
Coca Cola and sundown. Magical :)
I have to idea what they were waiting for.
Fenway Park is America's oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use, with its opening date in 1912. Its age also makes it the US's oldest venue used by a professional sports team and also well known throughout the whole New England area as "America's Most Beloved Ballpark". This baseball park has undergone many renovations of which one of its results was the famous Green Monster. This "Green Monster" is basically a big green wall with a manual scoreboard in it and a popular target for right-handed hitters. A remarkable thing about the Red Sox games is that all of them have been sold out since 2003. More specifically: May 15, 2003. By selling out its 456th consecutive Red Sox game in 2008, this stadium broke a record in Major League Baseball. Actually, in the bleacher where we were sitting (# 42) there is a Lone Red Seat in the midst of all the green seats. That spot marks the longest home run ever hit at Fenway.
The Green Monster in all its glory.
Around the 7th inning the atmosphere in the whole stadium was pretty good. The Red Sox were winning (or at least I think they were, I still didn't understand the game exactly) and the fans were loving it. Every time a new player entered the field people would start screaming. A little bit before that they were showing messages people wanted to each other on the big board and one guy even proposed through there! That's definitely something I won't find in Holland. Around the 8th inning the song "Sweet Caroline" came on and the whole stadium was singing along with it. If I had to judge my experience there only by the game itself I would say that it was boring, especially if you only start getting the game at the last inning. But judging on the whole atmosphere of the place I have to say that it was such a fun experience. Something so American, it would almost be blasphemy to not experience it! Besides, who doesn't want a huge foam finger that takes all the space in your bag and will be to no use in the future whatsoever?
Me enjoying my foam finger to the fullest. I'm EXTATIC! Can't you notice? ;)
The proposal. So tacky. So tv-ish. So awesome :)
So you guys, hope you liked it...!
Miss you all! xoxo
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