Contact Hitter

Three Generations of Red Sox fans went through this era seeing only three American League pennants. They saw no World Series championships.

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These batters get paid millions to whiff. We fans pay hundreds (or even thousands) to see them swing and miss on cable tv or at the ball park!

I walked up the ramp of the right field bleachers with his arm on my shoulder and my eyes couldn’t believe all I was taking in: the bright emerald green of the grass, the stadium light fixtures which, while not on for the afternoon game, still made the place look massive, the Green Monster and the nets above it in left field (which I still miss after the team put seats on top), and the players in their classic Red Sox white uniforms, red numbers, and blue hats with the iconic letter B on them. When you’re a young boy the players are gods and to see them in person after spending hours of seeing them play on tv, was surreal turned up to 11.   And to this day, home plate at Fenway Park feels to me like the Hub of New England.