Here are a few pictures from the first day of our trip in Boston at Fenway Park. This is a picture of the famed “Green Monster” out in left field.

Fenway is a pretty nice park for being as old as it is, but the experience was a little tainted because of some annoying Blue Jays fans. During the game, they were constantly standing up in front of us for no reason. They were just a very odd bunch of guys. The only other downside of the game was that the tickets were quite expensive. They cost us about $85 apiece.

On another note, I consider myself to be a pretty alert and aggressive driver (not angry), but I have never been in a city with more inconsiderate and fearless drivers than in Boston. They are one step short of crazy up there.

The fourth day of our trip consisted of sleeping in, driving to Pittsburgh, and watching the game. Once we arrived and parked, we were walking towards the stadium and I decided to ask someone if we were allowed to take our own drinks into the stadium since the prices inside are astronomical. He didn’t really know, but he followed us all the way to the stadium and kept telling us the same couple of things over and over again. He told that we had to do ourselves a favor and go to the upper deck and look out of the stadium. So here it is…

It is a pretty cool view since the stadium opens up to the whole city. We didn’t, however, see any of the boats, geese, or ducks that the guy kept raving about. A buddy of mine did get a ball that one of the players threw into the crowd though.

We also decided to try out a dish that is supposedly pretty unique to Pittsburgh. It’s a dumpling type of thing that’s stuffed with mashed potatoes and fried in butter and onions. It’s pretty average, but it was something to experience. The game wasn’t very memorable, but I’m glad that I got to see the ballpark.

I’m going to post few pictures and thoughts about the baseball trip that I recently returned from with a couple buddies from college. It’ll be in no particular order; as you can see I’m starting with Day 2.

On Sunday the 15th, we were at the Phillies ball park in Philadelphia. It was a really nice day with great weather, albeit a little humid. We actually were a “little” late to the game (arrived in the 5th inning) because we were driving down from Boston and our navigator took us all the way into New York instead of around it.

The St. Louis Cardinals were in town, and it was an exceptional game since the Cardinals won 10-0. There were also 8 home runs in the game which always makes for some excitement. It was also a historic game because it was the 10,000th loss in the Phillies franchise history.

After the game, we headed over to Pat’s on 9th and Passyunk where we had authentic Philly Cheesesteaks. Needless to say, it was the best cheesesteak sandwich I’ve ever had which surprisingly didn’t taste much at all like any of the others I’ve had. We didn’t really have time for much else in Philadelphia, but it was a good time and a fun ballpark.