All-Star Break

I took my two sons to the last Red Sox game before the All-Star break. Josh Beckett pitched a complete-game shutout and there were no home runs, so for this non-Red Sox fan, the game was pretty dull. Oh, the things we do for our kids.


We had pretty good seats, except for that darn beam.



Owen kept a sharp eye on who was playing.


And singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" is always fun.


Brothers in arms, united against their Yankees-fan Dad.

The best part of the game for me was when they brought three young kids, as part of some promotion, into the announcers' booth and had them introduce the Red Sox batters. The girl who introduced Kevin Youkilis said, "Now batting, number 20, Kevin Use-less!"

That got a big laugh from the crowd, and a pleading gesture from Youk.