No, I’m not talking about Jed Lowrie or Jacoby Ellsbury (although I SHOULD be and will some other time!) I’m talking about the Lowell Spinners and the Pawtucket Red Sox playing at Fenway Park this Saturday.
It’s the third year in a row that the Red Sox have hosted the “Futures at Fenway” and I’ve been fortunate enough to have attended the first two and have tickets for this year’s games. According to the Red Sox site, there are still tickets available.
The tickets are truly inexpensive, you get two full games and all the perks of Fenway while enjoying the minor league mainstays like Frisbee catching dogs and people dressed up as toothbrushes cleaning the bases!
Having been to so many Spinners and PawSox games this season, I think I have a better feel for the players this year than in previous years, and that makes me even more excited to see these games on Saturday.
So if you have the time (and inclination) to spend a full day at Fenway, I highly recommend the Futures at Fenway double-header coming up this weekend.
And, speaking of the minors, I leave you with this interview clip from NESN. Fan favorite, Brian Daubach (I think his was the first player jersey I ever owned!) is the hitting coach for the Nashua Pride and NESN got him to talk about that and about the extensive time he spent in the minors. Man, I miss Dauber.