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Hot day. Got there early. The only player on the field was Lugo, taking grounders. Here he's out in the outfield after throwing a ball up to the Monster Seats, which was dropped.
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These kids must've won a contest where they get to have a catch with Jon Lester or something.
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The field from up in the Monster Seats. (You can see Lugo taking grounders.)
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Patches in center field from the recent concert.
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Eventually Lowrie came out and took some grounders, too. I just missed getting him really high, but you can tell he's off the ground here.
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The pitchers made their way out to right field. Here's Justin, passing Canvas Alley.
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After the rest of the RSN people were kicked out, I got to stay since I had a Monster SRO ticket. Was able to get some shots of empty Monster Seats. Since they keep RSN people to the right side, they have a little green barrier now, which you can barely see.
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More of the same.
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More of the same, but looking left.
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Looking straight down The Wall, you can see the VIDI of COVIDIEN at an extreme angle.
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Hanging out over the Monster to get this shot. Here's a piece of trivia for ya--see how there's the big garage door, and then two widows above it? Well, there used to just be one window there--compare to
this pic I took in May 2006. Or
this one I took at ALCS Game 7 in '07.
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John Smoltz.
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Marlon Byrd, moments after hitting a ball I caught. Read all about the three BP balls I got
here.
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Getting close to game time now. My mom finally showed up and we got some good seats. Got moved a few times, finally settling in in the front row, and seeing four innings from there. Finally, the last latecomers arrived, and we stood the rest of the time.
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It was the big Scholar Day thing, and these scholars got to drop the banner which revealed a new sign on the Monster.
Here's the NESN video of it. Go to the 45 second mark, and you'll see me in the second row, the only one in a blue shirt. My mom comes down the stairs and sits next to me, then you see me turn and take a picture of the scoreboard through the light tower.
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And here's that pic. We weren't in this shot--we're just off the screen to the right.
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Bard, Kottaras, and MDC caught the first (three) pitch(es).
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I couldn't fit this all in completely, but at far right you can see a woman in the front row taking Bay's picture, and at far left, Bay.
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Jason Bay below us.
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The Rangers' first base coach is Gary Pettis, a legend of "my day."
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Pedroia up. Kristen of
Red Sox Diehard told me that my name was on the scoreboard in this game. I guess they pick 10 random RSN members and "welcome" them, and I was one of them. Sweet!
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Looking left along the front row. I had a great angle on a double to deep left center off the wall.
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All of a sudden, the hawk came out of nowhere and swooped down and did a giant loop around the field. Everybody watched and cheered. Click to enlarge this pic and see how everyone's eyes are locked on the bird.
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Now it's coming back around. At this point, I started to film it, which you can watch
here.
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Kotsay hit a double right down the line, and later homered to cut the lead to one, but Dice was too crappy to overcome on this day, and we lost 6-3.
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Youk got hit by a pitch but was called back to the plate on account of "no attempt to move." He was pissed.
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One final shot of Dice on the mound in a bad game on an otherwise fun day.
# posted by Jere : 6/10/2009 11:42:00 AM
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