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It’s still okay, even though the Fenway faithful found themselves singing “New York, New York” during the seventh-inning stretch mere weeks ago. It’s still okay, despite the Yanks’ miraculous comeback against the Chokeland A’s Monday night, despite the way they “won one for the city” and the way their triumph temporarily displaced the anthrax scare on the front pages of New York City tabloids. It’s still okay, despite the way the Yankees have worn armbands...
...former teammate and the last person to pitch a perfect game, David Cone. With a one-run lead, Mussina took to the mound three outs away from the 15th perfect game in modern baseball history, the fourth in Yankee history, and the first in the 89-year history of Fenway Park...
...have been producing record attendance numbers despite having the highest ticket prices in baseball. In contrast, Olympic Stadium’s attendance is reaching record lows, and its V.I.P. seats behind home plate cost CAN$36, slightly cheaper than the US$25 obstructed-view outfield grandstand seats at Fenway Park. The favorable $1.50 Canadian-for-U.S. exchange rate enhances the visitors’ ability to acquire their respective hedonistic pleasures—families expose their children to French-Canadian tourism and culture, young couples wine and dine on the St. Lawrence waterfront and young males sample the infamous wares...
...Lifelong Sox fan that I am, I certainly considered Fenway. But the team is so good these days that every game's a nuthouse experience. I felt that the whole megasized Major League showtime deal might lead to sensory overload, and Caroline would come away only with memories of shouting and screaming. Fenway just didn't feel right to me. I took Caroline to the Swan Boats last year-four rides!-but didn't even try to score tickets for that night's Sox game...
...Plus, I really appreciate how the Fenway vendors let you keep the bottle cap when you buy a Coke. (At Shea, they take it from you, ostensibly hoping that you will spill the Coke or drink it faster and have to come back to buy another one.) As I am spending this summer in Cambridge, I plan to come back to Fenway for at least one more game, and maybe—just maybe—I will join in a couple of “Yankees suck!” choruses. Just don't ask me to explain them...