Red Sox-Yankees

Yesterday I was lucky enough to score some tickets to the first Red Sox-Yankees game of the year. My friend Hilary got the tickets from a business contact... Luckily (for me) her fiance had to work late so I got to go! The fans were all hyped up for this one. It was the first game in Boston for Johnny Damon. He was booed at first, then he tipped his helmet to fans in the crowd and got a mixture of boos and cheers. I think the fans still appreciate what he did for us for four great years, but now he is a Yankee and things are different now.

The sox won 7-4. David Ortiz sealed the deal with a three-run monster homerun to the bullpen which felt like it took like a minute to come down.

The Red Sox made a last minute trade yesterday. Tim Wakefield was pitching and Josh Bard, the backup catchter they were training to replace Mirabelli, was having a lot of trouble this year. I think he had 10 passed balls in the month of April. The sox made a trade to get Mirabelli back just in time for the game. He flew into Logan Airport and was picked up by a black SUV and a police escort. He changed in the car and got to the field by 7:13pm just in time to catch Wakefield's first knuckleball. Only in Boston would city police provide such a service!

Some great screen captures from the evening news (captured by some dude on SonsOfSamHorn):