Opening Day at Fenway

Hey Dad --

As you know it's April and that means only one thing (other than being only three weeks away from my due date). Baseball season is back in full swing! Which in turn means I can finally get back to spending my afternoons at Fat Faced Fenners watching the Red Sox (ideally) beat whoever they're playing that day. And today, the home opener, they faced that thorn that knocked them out of the '08 playoffs - The Tampa Bay Rays.

As always it was a noteworthy game. Josh Beckett struck out 10 over seven innings and only gave up one run. Dustin Pedroia proved once again why he was named MVP last season and knocked one into the monster seats in his first at bat. And Jason Varitek, the Captain himself, proved why keeping him around for two more years was the right move - he hit a ball that stayed just fair around Pesky's Pole and widened the Sox's lead.

Sure there were a couple tense moments, like when Beckett had to throw close to 40 pitches to get out of the 3rd inning. Or when Hideki Okajima came in for the 8th and proceeded to hit and walk the first two batters he faced. But thankfully Justin Masterson replaced him and stopped the bleeding. Then for the final inning, my favorite pitcher, Jonathan Papelbon, stepped on the mound, faced three men, and got them all out.

Can't wait for round two tomorrow.

XO

Jenn