If you’re visiting Over the Monster this morning, it’s because you care about the Boston Red Sox. Every day, most of us read, write, and talk about a baseball team that is, at the very least, background noise for our summers. Whether at the game, on the television, or on the radio, the Red Sox are the soundtrack to my life. Shoutout, Kid Cudi.
I went to Fenway Park last night (not a humble brag), and I had serious concerns upon leaving. Not just about the team, but about what it sounded like in the stadium.
We all know act that opposing fans have been slowly increasing their presence at Fenway in recent years, but it’s not even summer vacation season yet, and it’s getting ugly.
When Kyle Schwarber hit his nightly home run, it genuinely sounded like a home game for the Phillies. I had a perfect view from behind the Phillies’ on-deck circle, seats that were certainly not the ones that I paid for, as it was plenty easy to move up thanks to the weather and the product on the field these days. As an Always Sunny episode unfolded around me, there was very little that Red Sox fans in attendance could yell back. I wasn’t even mad about the home run, as Schwarber is my favorite non-Red Sox player, and he should still be playing in Boston in my opinion. Dave Dombrowski should also still be the GM of this team. And there should be star power still residing on the Boston bench, as it did on the other side of the infield this week.
Unfortunately, we’re stuck with this team. As someone with very few hobbies, I want to be at the ballfield all summer. It’s just a matter of whether it’s this ballfield. Even when the team is ordinary, Fenway is usually a sellout during the summer months, but this year just feels different. People are pissed.
So, do you want to go to Fenway Park this summer? Will you go less often than you usually do? Talk about this or whatever else you want in thus space and, as always, be good to each other.
