Actually, this should have preceded the earlier piece.
WARNING: Family vacation photos ahead!
Spent a pleasant few days visiting Boston and the environs earlier this month. Among the highlights:
On Friday, Aug. 5, we took in the Yankees-Red Sox game. It was one of the few nice days, weather-wise, for the trip, so we lucked out there.
Before heading to Fenway, we stopped off at the Panoptic Gallery, located in the Hotel Commonwealth, which is just a few blocks from Yawkey Way.
One of the artists presenting was David Levinthal, who takes big pictures of tiny baseball figures. In a way, it’s kind of eerie, with the shadows and angles he uses.
Other themes included Ted Williams, as photographed by Arthur Griffin, and Ernest C. Wither’s photos of the Memphis Red Sox, a team in the old Negro Leagues. One of the shots featured Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby, whose family lives in my town and whsoe grandson attended school with my daughter, Rachel
From there we walked over to the ballpark. The area was already crowded with fans. Rachel, insisted on wearing her Derek Jeter jersey while I opted for a Red Sox cap (perfectly justified since I was born in Springfield). My wife, Faith, split the difference, wearing a Mets cap and a Potomac Nationals T-shirt (the enemy of my enemy is my friend).
Since we were so early, we had the chance to stroll around a bit, affording the opportunity to take a few pictures.
We also had the opportunity to get an up-close (but not personal) look at batting practice.
The rest of the photos were taken by Rachel. By the way, the Yankees beat the Sox, 3-2. Kevin Youkilis had a single in four at bats. I was gratified to see such good behavior between the two teams’ fans. Nothing more than good-natured ribbing from what I saw. And none of the “Let’s go (my team,” “(Your team) sucks” call-and-response I heard at a recent Yankees-Mets game. Maybe fans in Boston are a tad more civilized?

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