Fenway Park 8-28-99

After the game at Yankee Stadium, we had to make the three hour trek to Boston. Getting out of NYC on a Friday night, especially since we really had no clue where we were going, was fun. And when I say "fun" I mean like root canal fun.

Anyway, so somehow we find our car and get out of the city and head to Boston. Somewhere along the way, I have no idea what state, we find another hotel in the middle of the night for six hours of sleep. They gave us this enormous suite...don't ask me why. The only other thing I remember about this night/morning is..."are you gonna get that, Sasquatch???"

"Sasquatch" would be Matt. And the thing he was supposed to get would be the alarm that was blaring at top volume. Everyone heard it, but Matt was closest to it...and was dead asleep. So, to jar him, and everyone out of their slumber, Keith yells at the top of his lungs "are you gonna get that, Sasquatch???"

At 7-feet tall, or somewhere close to it, Matt does sort of resemble a sasquatch. So, we all got a pretty nice chuckle out of that. And we still remember it to this day. Classic moment in ball trip history.

So, we get up and drive the rest of the way to Fenway. Somehow we found it. For Jason and I it was our second trip there. The first time was unreal. This time was no different except our seats were in the bleachers in the outfield so we got a whole new look at the field. First time we were on the first base side and looking right at the Green Monster. The bleachers don't allow access to the rest of the park, so we couldn't get a good look at the monster. But, the whole experience was still awesome. Fenway, like Wrigley, is MUCH smaller in person and much smaller than it looks on T.V.

Unfortunately, like the Yankee Stadium pics, the Fenway pics are in a box in the house somewhere. I will find them, someday, and scan them in and post.

Now, the fun part of our longer trips - the over night drive. UGH!! Instead of staying in Boston or even getting another hotel on the way back to Cincinnati, we decided to make the drive straight back. No problem, right? Well, first of all, traffic getting out of the Fenway Park area is BRUTAL. Once we wound our way around the city for two hours, we finally found our route. This was about 8:00 p.m. and we had a 13 hour drive ahead. We did it. No idea how. But, it was awful. The worst part about it was seeing the sun directly in our faces from about Columbus down to Cincinnati. Talk about a wake-up call. YUCK!!

Anyway, that is basically the breakdown of our very first ball trip to Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park. Again, hopefully pics are coming...one of these years.