I saw my first game at Fenway Park 42 years ago today.
On Saturday, August 22, 1976, the Red Sox lost to the Oakland Athletics 7-6 in 11 innings. My father and I were two of the 27,526 fans in attendance. I was 12 years old.
Athletics - 000 204 000 01 - 7 15 0 Red Sox - 100 005 000 00 - 6 15 2
I have written about this game before. Earlier this year, I (finally) converted the color slides I took that day. Here are some of them, taken from a blue wooden seat in Section 17:
The Red Sox take the field!