August 12, 2024 August 12th would be the day that we all looked forward to, this day was the day I just couldn't be sick for. I made decisions about a week before to rest well since I knew a Monday evening game would be a full day in the city and a late night. We made plans to hang out in Cambridge for a while seeing a museum and then in the afternoon we'd head our way over to Fenway. We parked in Boston Common parking garage for only $20 from 4pm to midnight. Nice. We took the subway from Boylston all the way to Kenmore Square. We came out and walked to Fenway. The feeling was high, the kids ready to go and I was ready for some Fenway franks and other stuff too. 5:07pm The Red Sox staff was approachable and informative. We found out our gate was Gate B. We went there and stood in line for a while even though we had tickets. We saw VIPs coming and going and stood in line near the Ted Williams, Pesky etc statue. We saw a group of older Midwesterners coming out of a bus with nametags. I asked a few questions and we had a great conversation. They were with a company called Jay Buckley's Baseball Tours. These people had been on a worldwind tour of baseball stadiums, games, tours and amazing games. They seemed to have had a ton of fun and seen tons of baseball. Who knew but tonight is Dominican Republic Night at Fenway Park! 5:49pm We finally came in an were kind of annoyed since we seemed to have missed batting practice for the Red Sox. We only saw the Texas Rangers doing batting practice. Did we miss something? Did they let us in too late? We seemed to have missed the Red Sox batting practice which was a big bummer. What a game. I always listen on the Radio. I have never paid for TV broadcasts. Only radio. Joe Castiglione is my hero! I was surprised the game had already started and if I wasn't paying attention, I could miss a ton. I'm used to the play by play. The food was expensive but since we hadn't been to Fenway since 2018, I decided we would just live it up. I got a couple Fenway franks, chicken tenders and fries and a couple drinks. 7:08pm I got a great photo of the sun getting lower and lower over the stadium walls. Later on during the game we went to Del's stand and got a lemonade icey and a watermelon icey. Those were TRULY amazing. I thought after drinking a little the taste would die out but it didn't. We all enjoyed the Del's Ice drink. Then I got a couple of popcorn buckets. The collectable FENWAY containers were awesome and the popcorn was great. I bought two but came home with 3 since I found one on the way out and snagged it. 8:30pm My youngest and I knew of a friend and his family who were there that night but we had no way of communicating with them and it was a fluke if we could find them. We both walked around in the crowd and SURE ENOUGH, we found them and got a great shot! We got our money's worth for the game since it was a tie game deep into the 9th inning. Texas Rangers scored at the top of the 10th making it 4-3 going into the bottom of the 10th. We got a couple on base and with 2 outs and bases loaded Rob Refsnyder stepped up to the plate. We hit a double and we walked it off. We were so excited and after coming down the steps we got a great group shot from a fan who helped us take the photo. It was pretty simple coming out of Gate B and we followed the crowd (first time in my life) to Kenmore Square Subway stop. We had our subway tickets ready and swiped through. The trains were FULL but we were patient and headed back to Boylston. We got the car in the parking garage and we left by 11:45pm. We were home by 1:30am and in bed by 2am. Fenway Park and Boston Red Sox thank you so much for helping my family, my brother and his family have a wonderful day and night watching the 2024 Boston Red Sox. I shelled out the big bucks on my way out and got myself a new replacement hat since my old hat was so nasty and old and broken. This new one should last me much longer now. We love the Red Sox and we love the fun of the game.