Maine-Scouts Day at Fenway

Scout Day at Fenway Park

Boston, MA – Former Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti once said about Fenway Park, “As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid at Giza, the nation’s capital, the czar’s Winter Palace, and the Louvre — except, of course, that it is better than all those inconsequential places.” Legends of the game such as Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez and David “Big Papi” Ortiz have all left their mark on the storied ballpark. On Saturday, April 14, Scouts from the Winslow area and Hartland area had the chance to touch the Green Monster and to see Fenway Park the way those icons saw- from the field. This happened during the annual Scout Day at Fenway.

“Walking out on the field was pretty cool,” admitted Troop 403 Scoutmaster Danielle Morse of St. Albans. “Our trip was great. We had six Scouts go. The boys had a great time and thought it was cool to be able to touch the Green Monster from the field.”

Scouts from our local area joined those from across New England to cheer on the BoSox, have hot dogs and peanuts and cracker jack, and take part in the Scout Parade on the field where they walked in the footsteps of Manny Ramirez, Mookie Betts, and Jim Rice.

Sabrina Garfield, Cubmaster of Winslow Pack 445, noted that it was fun to watch the game and see the players live and even more fun because the Sox beat the Angels 5 to 4. “It was very exciting,” Garfield said. “It was all of my Cubs’ first game- mine too!” The Sox had a 9-win and 7-game loss coming out of their Scout Day victory which included Masataka Yoshida’s first homer of the season.

This year’s Scout Day was a winning way to start a busy Spring and Summer Scouting season and the Scouts thought it was a home run event.

Troop 403- Scouts from the St. Albans area make up Troop 403 and attended the Red Sox game during Scout Day including Oliver Cray (in the Pike hat), Austin Cray, Emmett Cray, Kamden Morse (in back), Lucas Thompson (in front) of Corinna, and Dylan Angel (in back) of Newport. The Crays and Kamden Morse live in St. Albans. All of the Scouts pictured are First Class rank except Oliver who is a Star Scout.

Pack 445- Scouts from the Winslow area also took part in the Scout Day festivities. Front Row: Winslow Wolf Cub Ryder Johnston, Lion Lorelei Pullen, Tiger Elliot French

Back row: Vassalboro Arrow of Light William Vincent and Winslow Bear Freddie Pullen

Monster Mascot- Freddie and his sister Lorelei Pullen of Winslow pose with Wally the Big Green Monster himself- mascot of Fenway Park.

Parade on the Field- How many people ever get the chance to march out onto the field at Fenway Park? Well, among those who have are Emmett Cray, Lucas Thompson, and Troop 403 leaders Danielle Morse, and Jake Savoy (in the back) and they got a selfie of the experience.