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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

First Time at Fenway

Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, is the oldest Major League ballpark. I made my first visit there on August 1. It's obvious why Red Sox fans love this old stadium and want to keep it forever. Entering on Yawkey Way, one immediately enters a festive atmosphere cerebrating the Red Sox. The stadium itself is small by today's standards and therefore intimate; a game feels like a big family gathering. The park is largely free of the distracting amplified noise that fills every free second in most other parks. The Red Sox took on the Tampa Bay Rays and handily defeated them, 11-7.

Fenway Park

The Peanuts Movie blimp

Fenway banners

Franc Talarico, Ted Williams Jimmy Fund Statue, 2004

In 1919, The Red Sox sold Babe Ruth's contract to the New York Yankees. Smart move.

Welcome to Yawkey Way

Balloon, anyone?

Autograph Alley. This is a great idea!

The Green Monster, looking like a Muppet

Red Sox gear

Yawkey Way from above

Inside Fenway Park

The Green Monster towers above left field. Note the vestigial ladder.

The ground crew prepares the infield

Let's take a walk over towards left field and see what else we can find.

History lesson

About the Green Monster seats

The prized Green Monster seats

Plaque about the Green Monster ladder

Left field foul pole

About those copper tanks

Copper tanks, hot water heaters memorialized. Personally, I think this is a bit much.

Back at our seats for the first pitch!

Note: Lately, this blog has been mostly about Boston and blimps.

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Monday, September 14, 2015

"It is Balloon:" Leaving the Museum of Fine Arts

There's a lot more to see in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, but we'll get back to some of that at a later date. For now, most readers of this blog will be happy to see a blimp floating above the art museum. Disappointingly, it isn't there to get the notice of legions of art lovers, but rather of the fans at the Red Sox game in nearby Fenway Park.

Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Appeal to the Great Spirit, 1909

What's that up in the sky?

"It is balloon!"--as no real Indian ever said.

"It is balloon!"

From "F Troop" Season 2, Episode 3

"Bye, Bye, Balloon" - September 22, 1966

Don Diamond as Crazy Cat

Frank de Cova as Chief Wild Eagle

Written by Austin and Ima Kalish

Directed by Seymour Robbie

Note: See my photos from the fine collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Sunday, May 26, 2013

The Goodyear Blimp

As a young boy, I was always excited to see the Goodyear blimp from my window as it floated towards and away from Flushing Airport. Even then, I felt extremely privileged to have such a superb vantage point. I also had the Manhattan skyline to enjoy and I knew that was quite special. The Flushing Airport was closed in 1984, but I had moved to the suburbs long before then.

This Kodachrome slide of the blimp is from the 1960's and shows an airfield in a warmer location with palm trees. The original image is from a listing on eBay. While I wasn't paying attention, it apparently became very easy to make digital images from slides. That's a good thing to know, right?