Big Fish, Small Pond

On Wednesday I saw my first Sea Dogs game in quite some time. For those that DON'T know, the Sea Dogs are the AA minor league team of the Red Sox. Think of them as "Red Sox lite." It's a very difference experience of course. First there's the absence of big-name players, and of course about 32,000 fewer fans. There's also the "contests" typical of minor league ball between innings, things like "Catch the Lobsters" where two people attempt to catch as many rubber lobsters, thrown by 3 lacrosse players mind you, in a lobster trap to win a prize.

The hot dogs, were not so bad, not Fenway franks but for $2.50 each, the price makes up for the difference.



The picture on the top: The little coke bottle, the little Citgo sign and the Sea Dog version of the Fenway Green Monster. The picture on the bottom: Someone just hit a home run, so a lighthouse, decked out with sparkler streams, is rising above the center field wall...

In case you were wondering the Sea Dogs won, and are in first place in their league.