Play Ball!

It is that time of year when the weather starts getting a little warmer, the trees and tulips start blossoming, and almost everyday you can hear the words, "Play Ball". Yes, baseball is back! Granted, Opening Day was a while back, and I'm a little delayed in writing this post. The Red Sox home opener was actually April 8.

I actually went to part of the home opener. I watched the opening ceremonies as well as the first few innings. Later that day, Nick and I went to the Welcome Home Dinner hosted by the Red Sox Foundation. At the dinner, we mingled (along with some of my co-workers) with ownership and management. In fact, I actually had a conversation with the Terry Francona, the manager of the Red Sox.

Then, on Sunday the 10th, Nick and I, along with a couple of my co-workers went to the Red Sox/Yankees game (which the Red Sox did win, although we didn't stay till the end). The tickets were given to us by the Red Sox as a thank you for the work that we had done during this year's restoration phase. In addition to the tickets, the Red Sox also asked me to be part of ceremonies before the game on the field. They had representatives of the consultants and contractors that did the work during the off-season on the field and they read our names and had us on the brand new HD scoreboard screen (see the photos above, in the group photo I'm the short one in red). It was really awesome to be acknowledged by the Red Sox for the had work that you do.