Guess Where I Went Today?

I'll give you a hint:

Any guesses yet?

Mary called me at 11:15 AM and said "There's an extra ticket, wanna go?" - Of course. "We have to be in Providence by noon." - Alrighty then. Mary got the tickets from her friend Angela at work. Angela got the tickets from Kim Zandy at Pro FM. We met up with the rest of the group in Providence at 11:59 AM. Phew..... We had a great lunch at Kurrents (next to the Hot Club), then hopped on the bus for the trip to Fenway. The bus ride was kinda hot & Kim made us work. She had a 4-pack of tix for behind home plate. In order to win them, we all had to make a cheer. The best cheer won the tix. We broke up into groups of two to make the cheer. Mary & I came up with a darned fine cheer but needless to say, we did not win the tix. Two pregnant ladies won them. I believe they won the sympathy vote. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Our seats were in a right field box, near the Pesky Pole. In the sun. Did I mention it was 90-ish? Did I mention it was hot? Dayum hot. We had a great time despite our dampness. The Sox ended up losing the game :( but any day at Fenway is great fun.

I'm sure Mary's favorite part of the day was when she said "Hey look, here comes a beachball" and when I turned to look the darned thing hit me right in the face!! The guy behind us slammed it onto the field. Time was called during the game to retrieve the ball - the one with my sweaty face-print on it. It was kind of like the Shroud of Turin, but a beachball. With sweat. And my face, not Jesus'. You get the picture.

As we were leaving the park we saw TC & Jim Rice doing the postgame show.

Anywho...After the game was over and we were in our designated spot waiting for the rest of the group, guess who we saw? I'll give you a hint:

KATIE GREENE!!! Can you believe it?!?!?! She didn't know we were at the game. She was just riding her bike home from work. We were standing there and both saw her and were like, "Is that....Holy crap!!" Katie chased the players' cars (on her bike) to see who was in them. We saw a shiny black Hummer. Katie went to investigate. Wily Mo! Eating an ice cream! Wily Mo! Then a little while after that we saw Shonda Shilling go by in her little white Mercedes - no need for Katie to give chase. Then Alex Cora came by with a ton of people (wife & kids) in his little white Mercedes SUV thing. There was one other car that went by but all of the windows were so tinted we couldn't see in. That was it. I think most of the other players were staying for the Picnic in the Park. But where did Shonda go? Wasn't this picnic her gig? Pfft.

All in all it was a fun day.

Thank you Mary for taking me! Thank you Andrea giving Mary TWO tickets! Thank you Kim for picking Andrea and giving her the extra tickets!