Fenway Park, 2007 Season
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asterisks * indicate unidentified players
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opening day
4.10.07: Mariners
photos taken from right-field grandstand
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opening day green monster
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Jason Varitek warming up
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opening day ceremonies
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counting strikeouts
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more strikeouts for Beckett
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fan honoring Carl Yastrzemski
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4.23.07: Toronto
behind the home-plate screen for this game, BP only
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Tito Francona: the weird turn pro
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Mike Timlin - note the camo
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Kevin Youkilis and Hideki Okajima
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Scott Downs
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Roy Halladay, hurrying and regrettably blurry
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John McDonald
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the monster
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Royce Clayton is amused
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so is Adam Lind
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John McDonald
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Alex Rios kept turning away from my camera
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Rios in the outfield
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Alex Rios - gotcha
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5.01.07: Oakland
wherein I learn how hard it is to shoot fast motion at night
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Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, Alex Cora - quit the dip, Dustin
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JD Drew thinks maybe he left the stove on
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Lenny DiNardo and Mike Piazza start wind sprints
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Mark Ellis starts infield work
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so does Bobby Crosby
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Bobby Kielty and Todd Walker would rather chat
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Esteban Loaiza looks thoughtful
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Mike Piazza looks cheerful
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Marco Scutaro signs autographs
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Nick Swisher and his hair
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Nick is such a rock star
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entertaining fans
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"I just signed over there for thirty minutes!"
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Huston Street passes an autograph over the dugout
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on top of the visitors' dugout
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Curt Schilling starts the game
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Dustin Pedroia makes contact
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Jason Varitek fouls right into Jason Kendall's glove
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Hideki Okajima comes in for the eighth
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Jonathan Papelbon comes in for the ninth
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Papelbon delivers a pitch
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5.02.07: Oakland
no BP
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Josh Beckett starts the game
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Josh Beckett
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Nick Swisher gets fooled on a changeup
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Mike Lowell ready for the pitch
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watching the swing
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5.03.07: Seattle
behind the screen for this game, BP only
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Kevin Youkilis wears clown shoes
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an odd couple: Hideki Okajima and Julian Tavarez
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Ben Broussard and Yuniesky Betancourt
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unidentified, Broussard, Betancourt: begging for a caption
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two unidentified Mariners and Richie Sexson watch a high foul
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"It went where?"
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6.14.07: Colorado
no BP and heavy foot traffic in front of my seat
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Josh Beckett starts the game
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more Beckett
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more Beckett
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Beckett kicks nearly out of the frame
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Julio Lugo, Beckett, pitching coach John Farrell, and Jason Varitek talk it over
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JD Drew makes contact (but doesn't get a hit)
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starting pitcher Jeff Francis is ready to go
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Francis looks like a Little Leaguer here, but he shut down the Sox
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6.15.07: San Francisco
a media circus, a dying flashcard, and a great game
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NESN's Tom Caron
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Giants pitchers running sprints*
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"Lookin' back on the track for a little green bag..."* ?
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Barry Bonds pops out
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Julian Tavarez
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more Tavarez
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