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September 22, 2010.
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The Monster.
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Cops on the field.
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Near Canvas Alley.
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As I approached Drinkwater in the aisle, I tried to take a clandestine shot. I can't believe it came out this good!
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Great moonrise over Boston that night. And beautiful weather. High was almost 90 I think.
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And again.
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Papi batting in the outfield.
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Underneath, first base side.
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The trophies were on hand.
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In scary scenes in cartoons, the moon always has a few lines of clouds going right in front of it. What are the odds?? Happened on this night, though.
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Underneath, third base side.
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Pesky Pole from far away.
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Go onto the new stairway inside Gate A, and look left, and you can see down here, where fans are forbidden.
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Moon over Fenway High.
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Can you guess where this shot was taken from?
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Papi hit his 31st homer.
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And Reddick hit his first Fenway dong.
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Bard on the mound.
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Getting toward the end for Mikey Lowell. Saturday, October 2nd is "Thanks, Mike Night."
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Beltre hackin'.
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Former Sox catcher and favorite of my mom, Gary Allenson.
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Lars Anderson and John "I played in Jere's day so I'm obviously not the only guy with this nickname" Shelby.
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Puce Penis in front of the scoreboard.
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My boy! Nick Markakis is the baseball Wes Anderson. I discovered Anderson just as Bottle Rocket came out because I happened to see a story about it on CNN. He became a favorite of mine, and went on to be an amazing director. I first heard of Markakis his rookie year when I happened to hear Castiglione mention he'd grown up on Long Island as a Sox fan. He became a favorite of mine, and went on to be an amazing ballplayer. Something like that.
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Papelbon pitching to my boy.
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And the Red Sox win.
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Pap in front, Papi and Cameron clownin' in the back.
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Victor and Watney. I was hoping they'd do the rookie hazing thing that night, but since the road trip doesn't start until Friday, they all just drove home. In normal clothes. As far as I know.
# posted by Jere : 9/23/2010 11:24:00 PM
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