I promise to stay at least ninety feet from Fenway tonight

(Photo from Boston.com)

I hesitate to throw around the term "bad luck," but the Red Sox haven't scored a run in the last two games I have attended. Wednesday night (as we all know), Felix Hernandez stole the show and the Sox lost 3-0. Back on August 25th, 2006, we convinced fifty people to fly out to Seattle to catch a game with us and the Sox lost 6-0. What's up with that?

Some observations from Fenway Wednesday:

• Before the game, Daisuke Matsuzaka was introduced in Japanese - it was a nice moment.
  
• 36,000+ flash bulbs lit up for the first pitch of the Matsuzaka - Ichiro showdown.
  
• 67% of the Fenway crowd were wearing Dice-K headbands.
• Signs utilizing kanji (correct and incorrect translations) are "all the rage."
• Ichiro needed a hug.
• Felix Hernandez was impressive.
• Eating ice cream when it is 37 degrees is a bad idea.

Oh! We also saw an R2-D2 mailbox in front of Symphony Hall. (Very exciting!)
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