By Blaidd Drwg
ESPN has a list of the 100 greatest Fenway Park moments to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the park. I have managed to only be at one of them #99, Springsteen plays Fenway. How disappointing is that? It isn’t even baseball related. It is memorable since it was one of the last times I went to Fenway before moving to Seattle.
The interesting one is #46 – Derek Lowe’s No-No. In 2002, I was still living in Boston and my company still had tickets that they actually let employees use, and that weekend, I was given the opportunity to go to the Saturday or Sunday game. I chose the Sunday game.
The Saturday game was a warm, Saturday afternoon affair between the Sox and Rays and it was the game that Derek Lowe started. I remember watching it and calling up one of my friends who was supposed to go with me the next day and getting a world of shit for my selection of games.
The real kicker though – the next day it was cold, windy and rainy, and the Sox and Rays did not even play the game. Oh, to have a do-over on that one!
I did not remember that #100 was against Wade “I need to go get laid” Miller. I love that the last sentence Wade said the night I met him rhymes with his first name.
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