June 17

We traveled to JFK airport (about 3 hours) to pick up Jane. We are all glad to see her. Our plan was to drop off the girls at the New York hotel and the boys head to Boston. We were three blocks from the N.Y hotel and it took us 40 minutes to get there. How can anybody drive day-after-day in Manhattan? I was stressed out after about 10 minutes of driving in the “Big Apple.” Our NY hotel was right off Broadway just a few blocks from Times Square…perfect location.

Here is something to remember…bring a lot of cash if you are going to travel the east coast. We have spent $50 on tolls and we are not done with east coast stadiums yet.

3 ½ hours driving to Boston. At the game, the Red Sox celebrated 500 consecutive regular season sellouts (how many have the Twins had…in their entire history?). The Red Sox fans seem to be the most passionate of all the teams we have seen so far…you gotta hear their rendition of Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline as they all sing it as it plays over the public address system…they really get into it and it seems to bring the crowd together. There wasn’t an empty seat in the house and standing room (where we were) was packed. We sat in the 8th row on the third base side the last two innings. If I wasn’t a Twins fan, I would be Red Sox fan.

They announced during the game that each ticket holder would get a commerative baseball with the number 500 on it as they left the park. When we left the park, they had run out of baseballs. I thought there was going to be a riot. Even I could have figured out how many baseballs to order…it was a sellout. Maybe we will get one if I write a letter when I get home 

We both agreed this stadium has the most mystique and interest in the league – and the best smells. A very fun place to watch a game and its fans. Boston had some timely hitting a pretty solid pitching to win 6-1.

Note to bucket list: Add a Yankees at Fenway game.

June 17

RUNNING RECORD WINS
Home Team – 2
Away Team – 3

American League – 2
National League – 3