pour me a beeah

As I grew up, I knew that as a building Fenway Park was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid at Giza, the nation's capitol, the czar's Winter Palace, and the Louvre--except, of course, that it is better than all those inconsequential places.
--Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti

I am now in possession of tickets to the Red Sox-Yankees game on Saturday, August 19, 2006. That's right, I am going to Fenway! I think I will make the trip an early birthday present to myself, since I turn another year older one week later. I'm also pretty sure that this excursion will require new paraphernalia from Sully's Tees.

On Wednesday, I got the email from resdox.com congratulating me for winning "the opportunity to purchase" up to four tickets for one Red Sox-Yankees home game. So today at noon EST, I logged onto the website, got stuck in a virtual waiting room for 30 minutes, and then was able score for the above date four seats of indeterminate location! (The tickets say "First Base Pavilion (SRP1B)" and "General Admission--NO SEAT," but there are also seat numbers, so I really don't know what to make of it. Here's the seating chart--can anybody fare any better than I did?) I also know that I don't care where I am in the park, and I will sit, stand, or hop on one foot the entire time if I have to!

This will be my first visit to Fenway, and I am so happy that my initiation into that magical ballpark will be during such an exciting game. I had tickets to a Red Sox-Orioles game in Boston over Labor Day last year, but I had to cancel my trip due to unforeseen circumstances (stolen car, no job, no money, etc.). So meggiefreshh and mrsjackbristow went and admired Tek's buttocks without me. Well, not this year!

Bahston, here I come!