Fenway Trip in 2 Weeks

Monday August 4 Game

I received my info packet for the renuion game today.  Eighty of us will be playing in one of 4- 90 minute games.  There are eight guys from the original Gulls returning for the reunion.  We'll be going to the Sox game versus the A's on Sunday afternoon and then the big team flies out, leaving the field to us old guys on Monday.

The rules of engagement for the field are somewhat unique: the infielders cannot go on the grass to field any balls- grounders or popups.  The groundskeepers are worried that we'll mess up the grass.  Fortunately, there are no similar restrictions against pounding a ball off the green monster, so it's all good.

Michael Haber said the champion Jackalls are all coming back for the game.  They play at 10; we play at 11:30.

I'm looking forward to seeing my teammates and David White, my locker mate who is from Atlanta.  We happened to run into one another at the airport in Ft. Lauderdale a couple of weeks ago.  He has done just as much physical prep work for the reunion as I have :)

Karen and I are staying at the Marriott Renaissance Waterfront on Congress Street.  I'm working in a visit with my Uncle John Bauman on Saturday.  He and his wife are life-long residents of the area.  It will be good to catch up with him because other than my sister, Robin, he is my only surviving relative on my Mom's side (including my Mom).

The Sox get back in the action on Friday at Anaheim.  It has been fun watching this see-saw season to date.  Following them has been better than ever this year because of the ties from camp.  You hear that Brad Mills, the bench coach, filled in for Terry Francona and you remember meeting him at City of Palms park.  You hear that Ortiz was taking extra batting practice off the tee at the PDC tunnels and you figure that you probably hit some of the baseballs he hit.  You KNOW you drank a beer from the same tap as the players.  It's just pretty cool.