Opening Day 2009 has come and gone and did it ever feel like spring was in the air when day 1 got rained out by the April showers. I recently got a call from a gentleman I do some work with from Jacksonville, David, and he had always wanted to visit the fabled Fenway park. He offered to buy the tickets and we were set. Being a Boston resident and having been to the park many times, you really have no idea how spoiled you are until you go with someone for their first time. David and I met up and took the train into Boston on round 2 of Opening Day (luckily he was able to stick around the extra day) and got into the Bean around an hour before the gates were opened. I decided it'd be a good time to share the local talent and brought him over to downstairs at 'Game On!' to enjoy. Must have liked it since he fed me several beers off his tab. Around 2pm, with the gates being opened, we sauntered over to the park and went straight inside (after grabbing another beverage of course) and I first asked David, "Do you want to head to our spot or first see the best view in Boston?" His answer was obvious. I brought him up the walkway that come up right behind home plate and he just stared and quickly busted out his camera to take pictures of everything from the "Monstah" to the "Fenway Park" sign. He was amazed and hilariously his first statement was "It looks a lot bigger on tv." Most of them do. We ventured up to our SRO spot and strangely, 2 hours before opening pitch, my usual spot was full so we moved over a section. Next to me was a strange corral area and I knew they had never had that before. After hearing some murmers and seeing a lot of Red Sox peronnell in the area, we quickly concluded this would be where the players would descend onto the field from. All of a sudden, a loud roar came over our section as I see the faces of Mike Lowell, Big Papi, Manny Delcarmen, Jacoby Ellsbury, Ramon Ramirez, Hideki Okajima, JD Drew, and Takashi Saito approah the stable. From this point on was somewhat of a blur but I took many phone pictures and shook hands with Lowell and Ellsbury, who both have had horrible starts to the season. Pure coincidence, I swear. The game went on, my vision got blurrier and the Sox pulled out on top. But this opening day, my first at the park and his first in Boston, neither of us are likely to forget.