The family treated Maya to a baseball game outing at Fenway Park to belatedly celebrated her twentieth birthday. Kyle managed to get us great tickets at the last minute (see out view of the field below). Unfortunately, the Red Sox did little to make the game memorable as they lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1. Later we dined at the Yard House while watching the tail end of the France – Brazil World Cup match.

Also in attendance but seated in a different area were my cousins who received complimentary tickets from an inside connection as well as a nice welcome on one of the giant screens in the outfield.

Earlier in the day my soccer team won our semi-final championship match by a well earned margin of 3-1. Next Sunday we play in the finals for all the marbles. I will be competing in a 10-mile, 25 obstacle Tough Mudder on Saturday so it remains to be seen how much I will be able to contribute to that effort.