[kmwgrace]

Any other Sox fans out there? I met my husband in a Red Sox chat room and we were engaged at Fenway on July 10, 2004. What’s your baseball story?

~ Kate... MTX!
CPA exam on hold while I homeschool my 6 year old!

[kandisjoy]

My favorite memory was… well pretty much every time I go out and watch a game and kick back a few beers. When I actually play, horrible things happen.

My least favorite memory was when I was playing softball (is that close enough to be in this thread?) and I got a concussion.

I really just can't be trusted around any game that involves throwing or catching. I even managed to get a bloody nose in touch football before. 🙁

FAR: 71, 77
BEC: 70, 82
AUD: 62, 78
REG: 71, 68, 85

CA Licensed 11/2011

[Anonymous]

Spectating – Going to the 2002 All-Star Game and Home Run Derby. Such a great experience and of course the game ended in a TIE.

Actual Playing – Hitting a home run in Little League. To dead center, no cheapy home run. Haha. Or when playing catcher throwing 5 runners stealing attempting to steal second in a row, and not having them attempt steals the rest of the game. Or helping our pitchers out and framing a pitch that may have been a couple inches outside to get a strikeout.

Good OT, how's Bobby V working out for you, he interviewed for the Milwaukee job a couple of years ago and it's looking like a very shrewd move not to have him around in Beer City. Kidding in good fun, of course.

[mla1169]

No special Fenway memories but this will be the first time ever I've gone to see the red sox twice in the same week WOOHOO!!!! (and yes, I realize we're not winning games but I am a fool for Fenway Park anyway!)

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

[kandisjoy]

Hey mla, you know the best part about you going to see the Red Sox twice in the same week? The fact that you won't be studying! 🙂 Oh it feels so good!

FAR: 71, 77
BEC: 70, 82
AUD: 62, 78
REG: 71, 68, 85

CA Licensed 11/2011

[kmwgrace]

@ASerdy I'm withholding judgment on Bobby V until we get a little deeper into the season. He needs some time to settle in. I think it was a big mistake to throw Francona under the bus – after all he led the team to 2 WS championships after a LONG drought. But what's done is done and hopefully Bobby will be a good fit. Maybe around the All Star break I'll have more of an opinion.

Speaking of all star games, I'm envious that you got to go to one although I agree, letting it end in a tie was LAME and it's what brought on the rule that whichever division wins the ASG gets home field advantage in the WS. I swear if I heard Joe Buck say “This time it COUNTS” one more time in 2003 I was going to find him and strangle him with his headset. lol.

~ Kate... MTX!
CPA exam on hold while I homeschool my 6 year old!

[Texas27]

When the Rangers beat the Red Sox on Tuesday 18-3 and then again the next night.

BEC - Feb 2012: 80
AUD - Feb 2012: 84
FAR - Apr 2012: 78
REG - May 2012: 90

Thanks Becker!

[kmwgrace]

Yeah they're not off to the greatest start. This may be what they call a “rebuilding year.”

~ Kate... MTX!
CPA exam on hold while I homeschool my 6 year old!

[Anonymous]

My fondest memory is paying $10 for a beer, $40 for parking, $80 a ticket for bleachers, pissing in a trough, the traffic, the massholes, the annoyance of Neil Diamond, the pink hats, etc, etc, etc…..

The Fenway I remember is long dead. The people who run it now are money grubbing scumbags.

It's virtually the same price to fly to Baltimore and see an O's/Sox game down there then to see it at Fenway if your a local. Doesn't that say it all???

[kmwgrace]

Dtom Fenway ticket prices are out of control I agree completely on that. I hate the unholy alliance with Ace tickets. Legal scalping is what that is.

~ Kate... MTX!
CPA exam on hold while I homeschool my 6 year old!

[mla1169]

Dthom I used to like u but that Neil Diamond crack was uncalled for lol.

I love my boss, he's always giving us tickets & parking.

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

[Anonymous]

Just giving you Boston fans some grief is all.

Everyone needs a break from studying once and a while, and baseball has always been a good release. I'm a part of the minority that enjoys a 1-0 pitchers dual, as opposed to 10-8 slugfest that leaves bullpens gassed for the next 2 weeks.

To those still studying, what section are you on? And what topic is giving you headaches? Governmental always gave me a case of the crazies.

[HumanPiranha]

my fondest memory of baseball is from about 10 years ago when the red sox nation was a bunch of aw shucks lovable losers and not a bunch of petulant braggarts that bogart media attention.

another fond memory came last night when i had to play a double header in 45 degree rain and drizzle for the adult league that i play in. nothing says “baseball is fun” like freezing in the mud.

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