More back to back baseball

Over the last two weeks, I’ve been to seven games so far (Sox are 5-2 when I’m in the park) and six of those games were back to back. Including tonight and last night.

I have to tell you all, I’m pooped.

The Sunday game versus the Yankees was just amazing to be at. Out of the three games, it wasn’t the ‘best’ one…I give Friday’s game that title…but how many times do you get to see your guys hit four consecutive home runs?

I’m going to plagiarize myself and post here what I wrote somewhere else on line last night:

Manny hits his homer and the guy next to me says "This is it, the seal has been broken". So then JD hits HIS homer and the guy says "See? We’ll be fine. Mike Lowell can hit a home run here". Meanwhile we’ve been screaming like idiots. Lowell hits his homer and my throat does that rip thing it does when I scream too much (and it hasn’t done that since 2004)and I turn to the guy and say "How sweet would a Tek home run here?" Mind you, I didn’t think for a minute he actually WOULD. I was sitting on the right field roof, just to the right (if you’re facing them) of the Tony C seats. When Tek hit his homer, I have no idea how my entire row didn’t just fall over the wall from how fast we jumped up and how many high fives we were throwing around. Hey, we also saw a Yankees fan get thrown out too…so that was a nice cherry on the sundae.

The mood in the park for the game up to that point was one I’m not familiar with during a Yankee game. I actually heard many people say things like "They were behind in the first two games too…this isn’t over.". No one around me was down-hearted during the course of the game when the Sox were down. It was remarkable.

I thought Matsuzaka’s first night in Fenway was the wildest I had seen there. This topped that. After Varitek hit that fourth home run…everyone in the place just lost it. I’m so grateful I was there to experience it. Don’t think for a minute that I don’t realize how fortunate I am that I live and work so close to Fenway that I’m able to make all these trips there. I do.

Papelbon coming in is always brings conflicting feelings in me. I KNOW how great he is, but I’m always waiting for the other shoe to drop, you know? Given how he’s been performing, I’m sure that will change soon. 🙂

Okay, I started writing this at midnight and it’s now 6:30am. (I literally fell asleep while typing!) I think it’s probably a good thing that I’m not going to Fenway tonight. This chickie needs a little rest!