Monday, July 11, 2022 – Fenway Park
Joining in on the adventure was 813Preps staff writer Brandon Wright as we arrived in the early afternoon at Boston’s Logan Airport and before heading the 70 miles southeast to where we were staying on the cape, we decided to hit up some tourist spots in Beantown first. We visited Faneuil Hall Marketplace, where I had the first of SIX bowls of clam chowder on the trip.
Unfortunately, during our trip the Red Sox were on the road – coincidentally on the day of our arrival Boston was in St. Petersburg preparing to face the Tampa Bay Rays, but Brandon and I decided we’d take a drive around Fenway Park.
Brandon had visited Fenway recently and suggested we check out the Bleacher Bar on the back side of the stadium on Lansdown Street. The Bleacher is built into the underworking of Fenway and opens up with a gate along the back wall that looks out the historic field at ground level. In a complete stroke of luck, we arrived on “Fenway Day” a scouting day for the Cape Cod League with hundreds of players taking BP, shagging fly balls and running sprints in the outfield. From a distance we saw Harwich Mariners 3B Brock Wilken taking BP, just prior to the Hyannis Harbor Hawks taking their cuts – joined by 11-year-old Jaxson Beattie getting to take cuts at Fenway. Brandon and I found immediate seating in the tables right along the fence and within a few minutes saw a familiar face running sprints in the outfield – Newsome alum and current Stetson University pitcher Cole Stallings.
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- Newsome alum Cole Stallings, now a right-handed pitcher for Stetson, played this summer for the Orleans Firebirds.
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- Brandon Wright and I at the Bleacher Bar underneath Fenway Park.
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- Had a great conversation with 15-year MLB veteran catcher Brent Mayne, now a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Chowder count: 1
