Fenway Park

I must disclose that I have not been to every ballpark in America (yet, I am on number 7), but Fenway Park is by far the best baseball experience in my opinion. And for the record, I am not a Boston native or resident, so this is in no way a bias opinion.

When going to Fenway, ticket holders are the only people that are able to get through Yawkey Street. The street is shut down roughly about 1 1/2- 2 hours before game time. In this area outside the park you will find multiple food and drink vendor and Red Sox souvenir shops. FYI, if you plan on going to Beerworks before the game, do not enter through the south gates as you will not be allowed to re-enter the stadium once you leave through the gates. If you are looking for food, try a monster dog (even the name monster does not do it justice as it is a huge hot dog).

Once inside the ball park, enjoy the experience! And if you don't know the words to Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" don't fret, the words are on the jumbo screen so you can sing with everyone else.

So I went into Fenway Park with the same expectations as Yankee Stadium...now don't get me wrong...I'm more a Bo-sox fan than a Yankee Fan but this tour didn't live up to my expectations. We didn't get to go into the locker room like at Yankee nor down into the dug out...which was sad. And the one place I wanted to see and go on to was the Green Monster. But it didn't happen neither; it was shut down to prep for opening day...sigh....

It was a good tour. My tour guide was more fun than my Yankee tour guide and he told us more of the history of the team, the curse of the great bambino and history of the stadium.

So if you go up to Boston check out Fenway Park...you will have a lot of fun!

In describing Boston to people who have never been, the subject of sports inevitably comes up.  Boston is one of the most passionate sports towns in America, and four national championships since 2000 has done except fan the flames of our passion.  Boston is first off a baseball town, and the Red Sox are the city's premier team.  Even those Bostonians who have no interest in baseball can still name all the players on the starting line up.  Fenway is the oldest baseball park in America and one of the most unique.  It was built into the city block so it doesn't have a symetrical shape, rather rectangular.  Either way, if you have any curiosity about baseball, an afternoon in Fenway is a great spot to begin your education.  Knowing the rules is not that important, there'll be plenty of people happy to educate you.  Just cheer when everyone else does, have a Fenway Frank (hotdog), and a few beers.  There are several different places in the the stadium to watch a game: good seats near the infield, the bleachers, the Monster seats, and the right field terrace.  For your first time, I'd advise the bleachers, as they are the cheapest and knowing what's going on in the game has little to do with the enviroment.  If you like baseball, and have been to a park before, try for the Monster seats in left field.  The view from there is like no where else in professional baseball.  Finally, if you have the chance, the best games of the season are always vs. the New York Yankees.  The park often gets rather lively during Yankees series.  Unlike England though, there's very little violence at the games, just don't show up wearing a NY hat or shirt and you should be fine.