Dirty Water is in Chicago, where he reports on a black couple he met at last night's Red Sox/White Sox game:

... They are from Randolph and ardent Red Sox (and especially Coco) fans. I asked if they get to Fenway often and their reply stunned me. They don't go to Fenway *NOT* because they can't get or afford tickets but because they fear for their safety because of their race. ...

Boston Police report arresting a pair of alleged knuckleheads from Waltham in Section 31 at Fenway Park last night:

Officers spoke to witnesses who stated that they observed two fans throwing beer at another group of fans. Witnesses further stated that the fans responsible for throwing the beer, then, attempted to escape capture by changing their shirts in hopes of blending into the crowd. That plan, however, proved unsuccessful when numerous fans positively identified and pointed out the suspects.

Innocent until proven covered in beer.

Or as Lewis Forman puts it: I Can Haz Droppingz at Finwayz?

Red: Yet another argument for drinking beer at Fenway:

... it helps wash away the taste of stagnant weenie water. ...

Tear down Fenway Park?

NESN HD camera operator and independent documentary producer, Tom Guilmette, works the left field camera up by the new Coca-Cola deck in Fenway Park.

He brought his PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX camcorder to work, mounted it on an automated telescope tripod and created this outstanding One Day at Fenway time lapse film from over 7 hours of an evening in Fenway Park (condensed down to one-and-a-half minutes with a frame recorded every 10 seconds of real time).

Some people not enamored of his refusing to sing The Song live during a game:

... So Neil Diamond gets to play Fenway Park and all they get out of him is a video performance of Sweet Caroline? I'd say for the privilege of playing Fenway Park, Neil Diamond should have to sing Sweet Caroline at least once a month and during any home playoff games for the next five years. ...

Anybody see Ladyhawk divebomb some lucky fan with a rat at Fenway yesterday? One keen-eyed TV watcher reports:

... Just before the Air Force fly-over, the hawk cruises over Fenway with what is obviously a large dead rat in its talons. I think the planes scared it and it was hard to see from the TV view, but the hawk came out of its swoop sans rat. Hence someone got said rat in his or her lap/beverage of choice in the stands. There was a mention of it on WBUR this morning so I know I was not hallucinating. ...

Earlier:
Hawk returns to Fenway, attacks girl.
A-Rod Jr. not first Fenway hawk victim.

Camping out overnight in the cold and rain outside Fenway hoping to try to snag some Opening Day tickets or waking up to have the police make you leave? Elizabeth Pontes takes the photos.

Joy of Sox relays an account from somebody who'd been leading a tour at Fenway Park two days ago:

... At first I wasn't sure what it was, but I looked and saw the hawk flying away. I put my hand up to the back of my head and when I pulled it away - a pool of blood in my hand. ...

Earlier:
Hawk returns to Fenway, attacks girl.

Hawk nest removed from Fenway Park after school girl scratched on tour:

... The hawk had been perched on a railing and swooped at the girl with its talons extended. She was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. ...