Game #1: Sox win! Sox win!

.... and we're off.



Game #1 started with style. After falling behind 3-1 early on, and getting the crowd restless on the heels of their 3-game losing streak, the (Red) Sox turned it on, producing both a triple and a home run with the bases loaded late in the game. The crowd went home happy, and the tour began with a flourish.














Meanwhile, for Mark's benefit, here's my promised picture of the signature Fenway food. Sure, it's actually sold outside the park, but the classic Fenway Italian sausage with peppers and onions is a traditional park of the Fenway experience.




Great fun. Off to NY tomorrow!

Mother Nature

It's T-minus one day before this 30-ballpark tour really kicks off, and I'm already getting worried about the weather.

One of the problems with trying to plan out a two-month journey around 30 team schedules and a whole lot of driving is that it doesn't leave much room for rain-delay-induced buffer. And, while the Red Sox and White Sox did in the end get a game in tonight, this picture on the right gives a bit of a sense as to the weather situation in Boston today.

The forecast says the rain'll be done by 1 PM tomorrow (Friday the 20th). I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Ottawa - Getting ready to leave

Since I'm in Ottawa for a few days before starting my trip, I figured I'd post a picture proving I wasn't in London anymore. This is what I came up with:


hmmm.... let's try that again:

That's better

The grand plan

Welcome to my grand attempt to blog my way through my great MLB ballpark tour of summer 2007. I'll get more background posted in this space shortly, but suffice it to say for now that after hearing enough people tell me that I ought to keep a blog during this trip, I've decided to give it a go.

Ideally, I'll be posting here regularly as I work my way across the country (or rather, countries), hitting up each of the 30 major league baseball ballparks along the way. For now, at least, here's a snapshot of the grand plan. This may get tweaked along the way, and is unfortunately not that rain-out proof, but it's a start.

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