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Let’s begin again, begin the begin

Whoops.  Been a while since I checked in here, hasn’t it?  I had the best of intentions for regular updates, but some family health issues derailed me from posting… but not from shooting!

The website itself is close to up to date as far as shots I’ve edited, though individual dates aren’t completed (i.e. when I personally am granted nine-day weeks, while the rest of you keep getting seven, I will catch up). There’s a What’s New page to collect the photos where I’m not ready for full pages yet!

In the meantime, let me try to get back in the groove with a two-month summary of sorts!

Made the trip to Citi Field in New York to see the Mets host the Sox. Unfortunately Citi’s camera policies as stated (if perhaps not as practiced, as it turns out) were very restrictive, so I had to make do with Son of Babycam, my little Lumix.


Pedroia apparently trash-talked his way around the bases, to the amusement of Jose Reyes.

April 7 brought our long-awaited Opening Day!


Johnny Pesky made an elegant Opening Day entrance…


… Dustin Pedroia, maybe a little less so.


But some old lions made an entrance of their own!

Had my first emergency ticket purchase for April 17, when Hunter Jones got the call to the big leagues. Got some nice shots that night, even if Hunter never left the bullpen.


(he did get to stand in the outfield!)


And here I go with the opposition again: Brian Roberts…


… and Luke Scott.


Dustin Pedroia levitates. (Watch Dustin on base–he bounces on his lead. Side-side-side-UP!)


Brad Penny ponders.


Nick Green smolders. (He’d earned it–he’d just tied the game.)

Next came a trip to Pawtucket on April 18.


Clay Buchholz.


Fernando Cabrera. (If you need to pick out Cabrera, look for the tall, alarmingly handsome righty who looks like a movie heartthrob preparing to play a minor league pitcher.)

Back to Fenway on April 20!


Justin Masterson nearly took out Ryan Freel with a pickoff throw.


Chris Carter keeps his eye on the ball.


And I got to be there for Hunter’s debut after all!

I’ll continue the tale tomorrow!

Something’s not right

And no, I don’t mean the recent struggles of the Red Sox!

Sure, September down-to-the-wire pennant races are exciting… in theory.  In reality, they’re excruciating ulcer-provoking exercises in slow-motion surgical dissection of your hearts.  And I would say that even if we hadn’t just lost a heartbreaker and a heartstomper in Tampa Bay. 

So let’s take a look instead at a lighthearted rite of fall: rookie hazing!

I’d never had a chance to stake out the Red Sox before, and I suspect Cla Meredith

Josh Barfield

and Paul McAnulty

would be happy if I could say the same about the Padres!  (those from September 2006.)

But this year I was prepared to stake out the buses for the Red Sox as they headed out for their last road trip!  I expected, of course, to learn just a little more about our rookies–whether they could carry off spaghetti straps, for example.  But who knew I would learn so much about High School Musical?

Pitcher Chris Smith.  Really, if you went shopping for a dress for Chris I don’t think you could do better.  Fit perfectly and showed off his legs to perfection!

That’s Jeff Bailey back behind Chris.  Not sure the cheerleader outfit is what I would have chosen, but I always did like Jeff a little scruffy, so the hair works!

Blonde ringlets and hairy cleavage.  Does it get better?

I had high hopes for Justin Masterson–surely, surely he’d be in a wig, yes?–and have to confess some disappointment with his outfit.  I was greatly heartened when he expressed a similar sentiment–that the guys in skirts were having all the fun–to Dan Roche!

George Kottaras managed to hide behind security, but fortunately he couldn’t hide his face and his new chest at the same time!

Jonathan Van Every.  When we first met Jonathan back at the PawSox Hot Stove Party, I can’t say I was aware of hiw much I’d enjoy seeing him in a skirt.  Another tidbit from Dan Roche:  JV himself realized he’d look better in the ponytail!  I’m sure he’d have found better shoes if he’d been able, too.

Devern Hansack (and Dave Pauley, who had the same outfit) pretty much lucked out. On the other hand, Devern’s done this three times, so I think he earned the right to wear shorts!

Not so easy walking around with those things, huh, JV?

Jed Lowrie.  It’s amazing to me how different he looks in this wig!

Speaking of wigs… Chris Carter makes a rather striking dark-rooted blonde!

Check out my LiveJournal post if you want to know who’s who in the world of High School Musical, thanks to my readers! And check out WBZ for video! (You might need to poke around a bit, but there are at least three clips.)