beloblog.com - 9/4/2008
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Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: yesterday's miracle victory over Baltimore, good contributions from the bottom of the order, gaining ground on Tampa Bay in the A.L. East, and the Red Sox' record-tying streak of consecutive sellouts at Fenway Park.
Here's what Sean said on how high attendance translates ...
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Tying the Sellout Streak
Keep Your Sox On - Red Sox Baseball Blog About Red Sox Baseball —
... , or that new players get juiced by their first experiences with a large home crowd , but now that Fenway's become the domain of scalpers (legal and otherwise), it's a bit of a pain for those of us coming in from out of town to get seats. Should I have to schedule a vacation just to see a game, or am I just getting complacent?
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