March 8, 2008
Here I am in the Boston Red Sox virtual waiting room pining for an opportunity, by invitation only, to buy Right Field Roof Deck seats. One hour and 10 minutes has passed much like those long waits in the doctor’s office. Two games are now sold-out and most have only standing room remaining. Since I don’t know how many games have been made available for sale, I’m not sure how serious the rapidly diminishing seat situation is. But I must confess as a die-hard Sox fan I’ll wait out the situation and hope for the best. What if everything is sold out when I get in there? I refuse to entertain the thought that I am wasting my time.
I can’t help thinking about when my obsession, for it is that, with the Red Sox began. My father was a fan, especially of Ted Williams, so I came by this love naturally. From the time I was about six years old and went to my first game at Fenway, I was hooked. Later my favorite player was Jackie Jensen just to be different from all the Williams devotees. I remember the Wednesday Ladies Days and the $.50 bleacher seats. I do love the bleachers. Although my worst bleacher memory is of the Sox in 1978 being swept by the Yankees late in the season. Thereby blowing a huge lead. You know the rest, a one game Boston-New York playoff and Yaz pops to third for the final out. Sad to say these days, even for a lot more money you can not get bleacher seats. So, here I wait hoping for success some 90 minutes later and counting…
Here I am in the Boston Red Sox virtual waiting room pining for an opportunity, by invitation only, to buy Right Field Roof Deck seats. One hour and 10 minutes has passed much like those long waits in the doctor’s office. Two games are now sold-out and most have only standing room remaining. Since I don’t know how many games have been made available for sale, I’m not sure how serious the rapidly diminishing seat situation is. But I must confess as a die-hard Sox fan I’ll wait out the situation and hope for the best. What if everything is sold out when I get in there? I refuse to entertain the thought that I am wasting my time.
I can’t help thinking about when my obsession, for it is that, with the Red Sox began. My father was a fan, especially of Ted Williams, so I came by this love naturally. From the time I was about six years old and went to my first game at Fenway, I was hooked. Later my favorite player was Jackie Jensen just to be different from all the Williams devotees. I remember the Wednesday Ladies Days and the $.50 bleacher seats. I do love the bleachers. Although my worst bleacher memory is of the Sox in 1978 being swept by the Yankees late in the season. Thereby blowing a huge lead. You know the rest, a one game Boston-New York playoff and Yaz pops to third for the final out. Sad to say these days, even for a lot more money you can not get bleacher seats. So, here I wait hoping for success some 90 minutes later and counting…
PS Alas, after a wait of 2 hours and 15 minutes I was only able to get standing room 'seats'!
