You may find this hard to believe, but sometimes being a rock'n'roll icon has its fringe benefits. Arriving in Boston with what we in the bizz call a "night off", some of us were treated to the majesty of a ball game at Fenway on a beautiful warm summer evening. Huge thanks to REM groovemaster Bill Rahmy, promoter Tim McKenna and Beth Krudys of the Sox organization for setting us up with magnificent seats in the Pavilion section, overlooking third base and home plate. In the Pavilion section you can also sit on your ass and order beer and food from gracious, cheery servers like Jennifer (see photo page). Jacoby "Beaver Nation" Ellsbury hit a foul ball really close to us, but, unlike at the Metrodome, all the seats were filled, so we didn't come home with a souvenir. I filled in lots of All Star ballots, being careful NOT to vote for any Yankees or Red Sox in order to counter-balance their overzealous fans. (C'mon people, Dustin Pedroia and even the great Jeter are hardly having All Star-caliber years. Look to the vote-starved Rangers for more deserving AL'ers in those positions.)
But I digress. The game moved swiftly and predictably towards its inevitable conclusion, a 9-2 Red Sox victory. Just a stunningly beautiful setting, perfect temperature, great company, all in all a most enjoyable time at the venerable park. Don't ever tear it down, ye who lust after modernity! After the convincing win, and the Celtics stunning comeback against the Lakers, and a fantastic Mission of Burma show at the Paradise, it was most definitely High Times In Beantown. - Scott
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No kidding about the overzealous big-market fans on the all-star ballots. It's getting to be such an issue that I think MLB need to look into a weighting method to use.
It's a problem in the NL too. Despite being the best catcher by nearly any measurement, the Braves' Brian McCann is a distant 2nd to the Cubs' (big market!) Geovany Soto in balloting, while Chipper Jones has to hit .400 (or nearly so) to outperform the Mets' David Wright. It ain't right.
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