Apparently it's us...
Sep. 19th, 2003 12:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rsc...and not the seats.
Just as we were about to settle into our regular Fenway Park seats this evening, someone approached us and asked if we would mind trading for their (significantly better) seats, since they had friends or family in the seats immediately in front of ours. We were happy to oblige, especially since their seats were four rows further forward and two sections nearer home plate than ours.
So we went and sat in the other seats -- it's really amazing how much difference two sections make. I could happily sit in those seats on a regular basis.
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jwg to worry whether our charm would lose its magic by our not being in our usual seats. But no fear -- the Sox won, despite a somewhat nervous-making ninth. They are now 16-3 in games attended by us.
If (as seems increasingly likely -- sorry,susandennis!) the Sox make the postseason, I'm tempted not to let any of the folks who share our subscription buy any of the games. We're clearly better for the team than they are.
Just as we were about to settle into our regular Fenway Park seats this evening, someone approached us and asked if we would mind trading for their (significantly better) seats, since they had friends or family in the seats immediately in front of ours. We were happy to oblige, especially since their seats were four rows further forward and two sections nearer home plate than ours.
So we went and sat in the other seats -- it's really amazing how much difference two sections make. I could happily sit in those seats on a regular basis.
Then it occurred to
jwg to worry whether our charm would lose its magic by our not being in our usual seats. But no fear -- the Sox won, despite a somewhat nervous-making ninth. They are now 16-3 in games attended by us.If (as seems increasingly likely -- sorry,
susandennis!) the Sox make the postseason, I'm tempted not to let any of the folks who share our subscription buy any of the games. We're clearly better for the team than they are.
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Date: 2003-09-19 03:57 pm (UTC)The row number is painted on the riser of the step nearest the seats, and (as far as I can tell) nowhere else, so it's easy to get confused. A couple of years ago our seats were easy to spot because one of them had a replaced-and-not-yet-painted slat.
We were also surprised by the lack of singing of the National Anthem.
How close to game time did you arrive? As John says, the sound system is pretty terrible, and I would bet that the sound carries better to the other side of the Fens than to the concourse under the stands, or even to the street immediately outside the park.
Did you see the "ceremonial first pitch" or hear the kid lip-synch the shout of "Play Ball"?
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Date: 2003-09-19 04:14 pm (UTC)Perhaps we were in the concourse or going through security while it was playing. It is surprising that I can hear it more reliably at home than right in front of the park.