The second of two games of the New York Yankees vs our Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium in New York.

We visited their Monument Park:

And their museum:

Some Benihana for dinner:

View from our seats in Section 124, Row 10, Seats 17 & 18:

Starting lineups:

Marking home plate:

Cal:

Keys to the game:

Seat selfie:

Mariners warming up:

Play ball:

A nearby fan caught a foul ball:

Run scores:

Exploring the ballpark:

More food:

Dancing grounds crew and train:

Run scores:

80’s in the 8th:

Tied game:

Alas, Yankees win again:

We attended a couple of games of the New York Yankees vs our Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Jenn’s game summary:

A very nice stadium. Even though it’s not the original one, they imbued it with some classic touches and filled it with old ghosts and memories. The game did not start well for the M’s, with Luke Evans giving up three runs in the first, which wound up being the number of runs they lost by. The Yankees starting pitcher, Schlittler, made his MLB debut and pitched five strong innings, striking out 7. The M’s went deep four times, including Cole Young’s first major league homer. It still wasn’t enough to overcome the early hole, alas. Pleasantly surprised by how friendly all the Yankees fans near us were—they seemed impressed by my scorekeeping.

An interactive map of the ballpark:

Our seats in Section 124, Row 1, Seats 7 & 8:

Exploring the ballpark:

Sundae:

Exploring again:

Dancing grounds crew:

Rain:

Play in review:

Scores… the Mariners with lots of runs, but Yankees had more:

After the game:

After our two tours of Fenway Park, we attended part of a game of the Boston Red Sox vs the Cincinnati Reds.

Jenn’s game summary:

Took two different Fenway tours before the game—one more history-oriented, one where we got to go on the warning track and then watch batting practice from the Green Monster seats. It was pretty fun to watch the homers go over our heads or come very near us. Not a bad vantage for a game, but spendy! We changed our tickets from grandstand seats to loge box ones and got to see three innings before the game was postponed due to severe thunderstorms. A pity, because I was really digging the vibe. The Red Sox did win it the next day.

An interactive map of the ballpark:

Outside Fenway:

Free fans handed out on entry, which was appreciated; it was rather hot:

Concourse:

Exhibits:

Bobbleheads:

Concourse:

View from our seats; our original seats were Grandstand 16, Row 4, Seats 5 & 6; after experiencing how uncomfortable those seats were, we changed them to Section Loge Box 133, Row DD, Seats 5 & 6:

Seat selfie:

Mascots:

Play ball:

There is netting above the seats behind home plate (rather unusually). A ball landed on the netting, rolled down, and got stuck:

Run scores:

Interesting hot dog vendor box:

And pretzel vendor:

Nasty weather on the way:

Unconvered the tarp:

Covering home plate and the mound:

Unrolling the tarp:

Game delayed:

LL Bean Keeping your Sox Dry:

Weights for the tarp:

Take cover:

Tarp on the field:

We left, as we could tell the rain wouldn’t stop for hours. The game was eventually postponed.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.