Very bummed. The match conflicted with a previously scheduled trip to Maine, else I'd have gone with my Celtic hooped shirt on. Come on the Hoops!
________________________________ From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 10:43:37 AM Subject: Re: Soccer at Fenway The Tornadoes play in Fitton field where all the seats are 8 feet above the field. I like to sit three rows behind the first base dugout, and I like the Fitton field seats better than the Fenway seats in the same spot for the reasons John stated. Height is good. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> wrote: Ahh. A real keyboard. > >The monster seats look majestic for such a soccer game there. I was envious >as >soon as I walked through the tunnel. > >My seats were section 50 near home plate. >Section 60 was great. Close the pitch, but at the end. Still a wonderful view. > >From section 58 and around toward first base, the seats were not good. They >were far from the pitch, too low to see some action, especially if the ball >was >played closest to those seats because there was a barrier that had up that you >could not see through. The stadiums built for soccer have the first rows of >seats higher off the pitch so there is not such an obstruction. > >Just imagine being 50 yards from the sideline at nearly ground level or even >just a few feet off the ground with a 4 foot high barrier that’s only 10 feet >from the sideline along the whole sideline. >In other words, there’s a huge well of seats in and around home plate and down >to first base that had a hugely obstructed view AND were far from the center >of >the pitch. > >Ray’s seats were great. The seats we moved to were good (got lucky). And it >appeared as though the bleachers and anywhere above 15 feet high were good. > Lesson learned. In another 40 years, I’m going to make sure my kids and >grandkids don’t sit in the wrong place for a soccer game at Fenway. > ________________________________ >From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On >Behalf Of Beaudoin, John >Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:46 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Soccer at Fenway > >Good point > > ________________________________ >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Sent: Thu Jul 22 06:34:45 2010 >Subject: Re: Soccer at Fenway >I didn't see any divit's torn up in the outfield proper. There was one on the >sod near 1st base. > >I think we won't notice the difference, and it will be much less of a problem >than the Stones concert. >On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> >wrote: >The mound is easy. >Soils and compactors. >Just a matter of hours to near perfection I'll bet. > >Grass is difficult. >Bet we see a weird a weird hop or two from the ball in the outfield some time. >But... They do have over a wek to get it right. > > ________________________________ >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Sent: Thu Jul 22 06:17:58 2010 > >Subject: Re: Soccer at Fenway > >I think they just put it back and let the pitchers bitch about it like they >always do. > >I think they take the mound down each winter. >On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: >I still wonder how they take down and rebuild the mound and get it to be >exactly >how the pitchers like. >> >> >>Dan D >>Central NJ USA >> >> >> ________________________________ >>From:Ray Salemi <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >> >>Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 12:01:32 AM >>Subject: Soccer at Fenway >> >>It was a great game and a grand time. Fenway is a much better soccer venue >>than >>Gillette. The crowd was close to the field, there was lots of noise, and the >>park looked great. 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