Tim Shea, friend of the BLOHARDS and author of the fabulous Fenway Pole Finder, checked in recently with an update on his book publishing and the latest on Fenway Park renovations. Tim tells BLOHARDSBlog that Pole Finder (reviewed here) continues to sell well on Amazon.com and is seeing increased distribution at retail bookstores. He's currently putting the finishing touches on his second Fenway guide which is slated to be available before Opening Day 2007. BLOHARDSBlog will have more info on that book as it becomes available.
Here are some excerpts from notes Tim took while on a recent tour of Fenway to check on the latest ballpark renovations:
-- The main benefit of the construction going on behind the third base and left field grandstand is the new area for concessions and a women's bathroom. The Boston Globe article made a big deal about a new left field standing room deck in this area. In reality, they are adding about 4 feet of standing room depth, but a tremendous amount of open space for concessions. This area was always painfully narrow for getting around. If you think about what the concesssion area is like now behind the left field box seats on the street level, it will be similar to that, just one level up.