Sports Magazine

As a huge American baseball fan it was important that my recent trip to the United States and specifically Boston include a visit to Fenway Park. Most lists of Boston travel tips include going to the home of the Boston Red Sox even if you aren’t a baseball fan. The ambience of the place is amazing and you can literally feel the energy radiating from the stands. It is the oldest baseball stadium still in use by the major leagues. Bostonians are very passionate about Fenway Park and in recent years have blocked any ideas of moving the team to new digs. The quirks of the stadium are what give it its charm and haven’t slowed down ticket sales.

Boston Red Sox games have been sold out consistently since 1967 and achieved the record of 456 consecutive sellouts in June 2009. Getting tickets to a Red Sox game is nearly impossible but planning ahead of time or knowing someone willing to share their season tickets will get you in. Visitors can also take a Fenway Park tour on non-game days, which allows you to see the field up close. I did both because I wanted to see a game but also wanted to check out the lone red seat. The lone red seat is just as it sounds, the only red chair in the whole stadium. It is in the right field bleachers and marks the longest homerun ever hit in the history of Fenway Park. Seeing the Red Sox play in Fenway Park, in person, was definitely a highlight of my trip to Boston.

I also stopped in Miami on my way home but I really wasn’t too keen on visiting Miami’s Sun Life Stadium. Perhaps if the Miami Stadium, a.k.a. Bobby Maduro Stadium, was still standing I would have made the effort. Instead I had to look around for other Miami travel tips to keep me occupied. It wasn’t difficult to find things to do in Miami, I just didn’t indulge my love for American baseball.