My Day at Fenway Park a.k.a. Why I Hate Mother Nature

On April 12, 2007, I was in Boston, Massachusetts at historic Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, with my mom. The Red Sox were facing the Seattle Mariners. The game had a start time of 12:30 PM Eastern. The Red Sox, in honor of the Boston Celtics, would be wearing their Green Sox Jerseys which they only wore on St. Patrick's Day. Unfortunately, right before the game started, hail, snow, sleet, any precipitation you could imagine, started pouring down on the field & because there is no retractable roof at Fenway Park, they cancelled the ballgame & it was rescheduled for May 1st.  My mom was crying because she had been saving her $$$ for three years to get me to Boston to see a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. My mom then took a picture of me and her right next to the Red Sox bullpen. In the picture I looked so happy & my mom had tears pouring down her face. But, what would happen if there was a website that you could use to simulate a cancelled ballgame from the past, like this one? Well, I did a little bit of research and I found the lineups that were going to be used on April 12th, 2007 & I used a TOP SECRET historical simulation tool and here are the final results... 

Winner: Boston Red Sox 9-3

Seattle Mariners	Boston Red Sox
Player Outs BB 1B 2B 3B HR Ichiro Suzuki 3 1 — — — — Adrian Beltre 4 1 — — — — Jose Vidro 3 — 2 — — — Raul Ibanez 4 — 1 — — — Richie Sexson 1 1 2 — — 1 Jose Guillen 3 — 1 — — 1 Kenji Johjima 2 — 2 — — 1 Yuniesky Betancourt 3 — 2 — — — Jose Lopez 2 — 2 — — — Jarrod Washburn — — — — — —	Player Outs BB 1B 2B 3B HR Julio Lugo 3 2 1 — — — Kevin Youkilis 4 — 1 1 — — David Ortiz 1 2 1 1 — 1 Manny Ramirez 1 1 2 1 — — J.D. Drew 4 — 1 — — 1 Mike Lowell 4 1 — 1 — — Jason Varitek 3 — 1 — — 1 Coco Crisp 2 1 2 — — — Dustin Pedroia 3 — 1 1 — — Tim Wakefield — — — — — —