Roger Angell, once again, has written a beautiful little essay, that not only reports on the scene, but captures the essence of the game.
In reality, it's not. People today don't go to the Red Sox to watch the game, they go to GO to Fenway Park. Times have changed.joyofsox said:It would be great if the Red Sox would take the lead in eliminating (or cutting down) all the noise and distractions at the park and allowing fans to concentrate on the game.
All of the extraneous additions seem like an admission - whether they realize it or not - that the game on the field is not enough to hold fans' attention.
Edit: Cafardo, of all people, has actually written some good stuff about this issue.
Well, I guess I'm just yelling at a cloud.PC Drunken Friar said:In reality, it's not. People today don't go to the Red Sox to watch the game, they go to GO to Fenway Park. Times have changed.
joyofsox said:It would be great if the Red Sox would take the lead in eliminating (or cutting down) all the noise and distractions at the park and allowing fans to concentrate on the game.
All of the extraneous additions seem like an admission - whether they realize it or not - that the game on the field is not enough to hold fans' attention.
Edit: Cafardo, of all people, has actually written some good stuff about this issue.
Lose Remerswaal said:Nearly the entire bleachers and much of the rest of the park would be very sad if there was no "Sweet Caroline".
I say eff 'em, but that's just the way it is.
Tharkin said:I do like when teams are clever with music or video clips. I noticed during the long review of the play where the Jay's catcher apparently wasn't blocking X from reaching the plate that they were playing "Time," which gave me a chuckle. At another game--and probably another ballpark, though I don't remember where--a manager came out to relieve the starter during a rough inning and the scoreboard played a scene from one of the Toy Story movies with Woody shouting "It's gone! My arm is completely gone!" That stuff cracks me up. Day-O? Annoying, unoriginal, and pointless.
Rochacha75 said:Roger Angell, once again, has written a beautiful little essay, that not only reports on the scene, but captures the essence of the game.
You watched and waited in semi-silence, ate a hot dog, drank a Moxie, watched some more, yelled when something happened, kept score, saw the shadows lengthen, then trooped home elated or disconsolate.