A Home Game on the West Coast

Red Sox Nation is alive and well out here on the West Coast. Most Red Sox fans in the West are transplants with roots in New England, for many Red Sox players it is the opposite. The team has had a history of great players from the West Coast like Ted Willims, Bobby Doerr, and Dom DiMaggio and today's team is no different. Pedroia is from Woodland, California, as we are all too well aware of, and there is a big contingent of players from the Pacific Northwest. Jon Lester is from Tacoma, Wa and from Jeff Bailey is from Longview, Wa. Jason Bay is from British Columbia and has a home in Seattle and Jacoby Ellsbury is from Madras, Or. There will be large number of players' family members in the stands for this series and when you add that to all of the transplanted Red Sox fans as well as those New Englanders who planned a weekend vacation in Seattle, you have a favorable crowd.