My 3 Favourite B's

Tuesday May 11th - Wednesday May 12th, 2010

That's Boston, Baseball and Beer!!!!

It didn't take me long, but I made it back to Boston...and of course Fenway Park. Just a few short days after moving back to Albany, the Blue Jays swung into Boston for a series. The only possible thing I could do was head there for a couple games. I only had 2 days off so it turned out that I didn't get much done except a pedicure, some dancing and of course some baseball.

It was kind of a last minute trip and it turned out finding a hotel in Boston was a lot harder than it has been in the past. All the hotels I would normally stay at (and some I would never even look at) were either booked or looking for $500 USD a night. Finally I took a look at a map and realized that if I searched hotels in Brookline....which is a really nice little community on the far side of Fenway (versus the Boston side of Fenway) but still not much more than a 15 minute walk from the stadium, I found one.

The street from Brookline to Fenway. Like lots of places in the Boston area........a really nice little neighbourhood.

Glad I booked when I did though because it wasn't very long before they were all booked as well. There were many people in the lobby while I was waiting to check in who were calling hotel after hotel after hotel trying to find a room for the night without much success. It is moments like that when I am so glad I like to plan in advance.

Anyway, the weather was not as nice as I like it to be for baseball but I am always just happy to watch a game.....even if I have to wear mitts because the beer makes my hands cold.

Wednesday Night: Not a great game. 6-1 Red Sox win. Too many errors, not great pitching. Overall not great. But the view was perfect, the beer was cold and the hot dogs were yummy so I'm not going to complain.....too much.

Wednesday afternoon rolled around....and that weather was not much improved, but the game was better. It was a very close 3-2 win for the Blue Jays.....and the rain held off so it was a win-win. Also I managed to watch part of the game from some very nice close seats...until I got kicked out by the ticket holders that is.

Randy Ruiz during warm-up on Wednesday. He left the team shortly after this game to go make more money in Japan.

Travis Snider and Brett Cecil.

The view from my hijacked seats. In case you weren't sure, this is first row behind the Jays' dugout.

Catcher Jose Molina. He won the World Series with the Yankees last year and there is a chance that I have held his 2009 World Series ring.....which was not nearly as heavy as I thought it would be.

That's Jose Molina again. This is from the seat I actually paid for and eventually had to go back to. Still not bad....plus it is easier to call balls and strikes from here.

And that about sums up what is surely to be my last trip to Boston for a while. Hopefully I will be back again at some point in time but until then I have lots of other places to see.

Julie