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Fenway
Tonight's the second game of the World Series, so a few of us from work decided to take a walk around Fenway Park and see what was going on.
It was fun. The sky was gray, it was a little chilly, and I felt a few drops of rain at the start. But there were lots of people around, lots of activity.
We started out by peeking in a large room that had been created in the middle of our parking lot. It was for HD TVs - Sharp, I think. Inside it was pretty cool, with lots of HD big-screen TVs on the walls, and even a large section of floor which had six HD TVs built into it.
We headed over to the park proper.
Along one side there were probably a couple of hundred people, mostly teenagers, in tents lined up behind barricades to get tickets; some were sleeping, some were watching TV or on their laptops, some were eating. The smell of sausages in the air was delicious.
The echoing sounds of James Taylor practicing the national anthem followed us clearly for most of the walk. That is, either James was practicing or they were playing a tape of him to test the sound system; I'm not sure. A co-worker was sure that it was really him, and he's a pretty savvy guy, so it probably was. You know, he lives only a few miles from here - James Taylor, that is.
There were tons of vans and RVs parked in the back, with some huge satellite dishes set up; there were wires everywhere. We spotted one of the Rockies (I don't know which one) arriving at the player's entrance in the back.
As we were headed back to work we passed Mike Timlin walking down the street with (I guess) his family. I didn't recognize him, of course; my savvy co-worker did.
Anyway, it was a nice walk. I grabbed a free Red Sox poster for Sebastian.
It was fun. The sky was gray, it was a little chilly, and I felt a few drops of rain at the start. But there were lots of people around, lots of activity.
We started out by peeking in a large room that had been created in the middle of our parking lot. It was for HD TVs - Sharp, I think. Inside it was pretty cool, with lots of HD big-screen TVs on the walls, and even a large section of floor which had six HD TVs built into it.
We headed over to the park proper.
Along one side there were probably a couple of hundred people, mostly teenagers, in tents lined up behind barricades to get tickets; some were sleeping, some were watching TV or on their laptops, some were eating. The smell of sausages in the air was delicious.
The echoing sounds of James Taylor practicing the national anthem followed us clearly for most of the walk. That is, either James was practicing or they were playing a tape of him to test the sound system; I'm not sure. A co-worker was sure that it was really him, and he's a pretty savvy guy, so it probably was. You know, he lives only a few miles from here - James Taylor, that is.
There were tons of vans and RVs parked in the back, with some huge satellite dishes set up; there were wires everywhere. We spotted one of the Rockies (I don't know which one) arriving at the player's entrance in the back.
As we were headed back to work we passed Mike Timlin walking down the street with (I guess) his family. I didn't recognize him, of course; my savvy co-worker did.
Anyway, it was a nice walk. I grabbed a free Red Sox poster for Sebastian.