Boston Red Sox

It’s still Wednesday

By Gary Dzen

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It’s still Wednesday.

Despite Daisuke Matsuzaka’s debut, a first pitch featuring two of Japan’s biggest stars, and a great pitching matchup (Felix Hernandez starts for Seattle), the streets around the ballpark don’t seem busier than for a typical Red Sox game.

  • Fans are taking advantage of the warm afternoon temperatures by dining outside at the restaurants and bars around the ballpark.
  • I counted roughly 30 cameras on the dirt in front of the Red Sox dugout as Matsuzaka warmed up in the outfield grass. About 250 members of the media mingled in that area as Daisuke was warming up. With Daisuke off the field, that number has dwindled to maybe 60, even with David Ortiz jogging around the bases.

    More observations from Fenway in a bit.

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