Lansdowne Street panorama
Photomerge of Lansdowne Street from left field in Boston’s Fenway Park
Today begins the 2013 American League Division Series.
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Please stay off the grass!
“Please stay off the grass!” sign in Boston Public Garden
Make Way for Ducklings
“Make Way for Ducklings” statues in Boston’s Public Garden
One morning while we were in Boston I went for an early morning walk while everyone else was sleeping. I came upon these duck statues in the Public Garden and recalled seeing the book, “Make Way for Ducklings,” in our room. After returning to the room I read the book for the first time in many years and found many of the items mentioned in the book to have been things I saw on my morning walk.
Going, going, gone! Goodbye 2012.
Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a home run (way!) over Fenway Park’s Green Monster and the fans sitting on the Green Monster react.
Fenway Park turned 100 years old in 2012. I visited it for the first time.
In 2013 I’ll be watching most of my baseball games in Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium, home of the Kia Tigers of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO or 한국 야구 위원회).
Happy Declaration of Independence Day
Samuel Adams grave stone in Granary Burial Ground (aka The Old Granary)
My view of American history has changed over the past month. First, I read David G. McCullough’s 1776 which seriously altered my take on the revolution. The year 1776 was actually a very dark period in American history (until the last week) as independence seemed very difficult to come by in July and nearly impossible by mid-December with numerous defeats and retreats.
Seeing the actual places in New York and Boston where some of the events of 1776 occurred after reading 1776 also gave me a new perspective.
July 4 is celebrated as Independence Day even though independence didn’t actually come until the war ended in 1783, and the legal separation from America’s point of view came on July 2. But the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4 so that is the day that stuck.
Today’s photo is of the tombstone of one of the signers of that document, Samuel Adams. His father started the brewery that many know the name Samuel Adams by today. However, the modern Samuel Adams beer of the Boston Beer Company didn’t get started until 1984, despite the commercials which make it look like it has been brewed since the 18th Century.
Fenway Park panorama
Wide angle view from Fenway Park, Loge Box 157, Row BB
Today’s photo is a photomerge of more than half a dozen photos taken from the seat I previously mentioned here. This would have been a great seat, had there not been people (fans, ushers, and vendors) walking in front of me constantly. There were very few pitches in which I could see both the pitcher and the batter and quite a few pitches in which I couldn’t see either.
It’s tough to tell, given the wide angle of the lens coupled with a photomerge in Photoshop of numerous pics, but David Ortiz is the batter against Ricky Romero. Big Papi hit his 399th career home run in this game as Romero was roughed up for just his second loss (eight victories) on the season.