I always enter the park at the main gate on Yawkey Way. I can get a good feel for the ballpark as I make my way to my seats. I'll stop at the program vendor for my scorecard and pencil, then I stop 20 feet away for a pint of Guinness. I walk through the crowd, past the pictures on the wall...Jim Rice and everybody on the wall...as I make my way to my seats. It's a great little tradition that adds value to my experience at the ballpark.
- Submitted by Tobias, Darien, CT

Grab an iced tea and two bags of pistachio's. Then watch batting practice behind home plate, before moving out into the sun in right field, sections 1 or 2 are the best, as long as you remember your sunglasses.
- Submitted by Steve, Weymouth

Once last year in May I arrived right when the gates opened - there were more players taking BP than fans in the stands. It was really cool hearing the players talking, the crack of the bats and the thwack of balls in gloves. Highly recommended!
- Submitted by Joy, Boston

Bleachers seats are the best value in the park...though I would LOVE to sit in the Monster Seats! I try to get there as early as possible to soak in the atmosphere. I was lucky enough to get a batting practice ball back in 1987, so that was a bonus.
- Submitted by Dan, Sandwich

Eat two Fenway Franks (foot long dogs are stupid - horrible bun to dog ratio) and chug two beers during the first inning. Run to seats. Get lost. End up in wrong section. Sit down in empty seats anyway. Later, when kicked out of seats, go to find my own seats. Get lost again. Chug two more beers. Yell when Manny hits home run. Yell when Mark Bellhorn strikes out. Find seats. Kick out occupants. Go to bathroom at end of the inning. Miss Ortiz homer, miss Varitek's double, miss Pokey's double. Find seats again. Can't decide whether to fart or pray, so I do both. Blame it on the guy next to me. Fenway is just that kind of church.
- Submitted by Noah, Somerville

Hang out by the bullpen before the game to get Jason Varitek's autograph!
- Submitted by Karen, Nashua, NH

Section 35, first few rows are a great seat!
- Submitted by Brian, Dedham

Fenway Park is a national treasure and a cherished resource which, in other words, means it's a dump but we have no choice but to go there. For one thing, don't bring a child under the age of 8 unless they are educated about baseball. Nothing irritates the people around you more than hearing you explain "fair" "foul" and "safe" to a moping pre-elementary schooler who would rather be home watching teletubbies. Try explaining the infield fly rule or why they sell crappy beer and then we can all learn something! Next, don't suffer any abuse from out-of-town fans who take advantage of your tolerance and good heart from being a fan of perennial chokers. If they insist on announcing how their team won the world series once, 15 years ago, and you haven't seen your team with the championship in your lifetime, punch him or her in the face and tell them they really need to work on their people skills. Otherwise, stay out of the hot sun and enjoy the game!
- Submitted by Johnny P., Somerville

Get a Standing Room Only ticket and perch yourself at the back of Section 16 looking down between home and first. Plenty of room and you might even find a folding chair to catch a breather. The three hours will fly by!
- Submitted by Kieran, Cambridge

Get a Standing Room Only ticket and perch yourself at the back of Section 16 looking down between home and first. Plenty of room and you might even find a folding chair to catch a breather. The three hours will fly by!
- Submitted by Kieran, Cambridge

Unless the game is important (Yankees, Opening Day, Playoffs, etc), I say stay at the Cask 'N Flagon until the 2nd inning or so, kill beers, then go inside. And of course, always buy the maximum alotment of brews. PS: Why can't we have beer vendors walking around the stands?
- Submitted by Peter, Weymouth

My favorite place to sit so far has been the new field box seats (2nd row behind the Sox on-deck circle) and on the Monster primarily because you're not obstructed, have your own concessions (albeit limited) and virtually private bathroom. If you want certain other food, you still need to go down the third base line but it's easy.
- Submitted by Louis, Nashua, N.H.

I like to head in early to the new concessions out near the bleachers. It seems a lot easier to get beers out there and you can still enjoy the sunshine...I then head over to my seats on the 3rd baseline.
- Submitted by Brian, Somerville

Get as drunk as you can as quickly as possible...start Yankees suck chant.
- Submitted by Chuck, Norton

Buy two of the biggest most expensive beers I can find. Pound. Repeat. Find seats, usually in the middle of a row and then continue to bother everyone in my row when I need to get up for more libations every other inning! GO SOX!
- Submitted by MERF, Lowell

Yeah, I sit in the bleachers...by choice. It just is not a game without being in the bleachers. Sure, we don't have the fancy schmancy monster seats, or the roof deck with our own concession stand, but nothing beats the bleacher experience where everyone is part of the game!
- Submitted by Nancy, Hopkinton

I like it sit on the green monster when I can. If not, I am a fun of anywhere but the bleachers! And I like to go in before it gets to crowded at the ticket lines.
- Submitted by Andrea, Roslindale

Whatever you do, stay away from rows A or AA unless you know for sure that they are right on the field. Loge rows A or AA almost always are the rows with the aisle right in front of them. If you're idea of a good time is watching a constant stream of people disrupt your view of the game then by all means waste upwards of a $100 of your money. Section 30 box 160 row AA is actually in the aisle. I am not kidding. The sox get $65 per seat for seats that are impossible to sit in. Row A just behind them is almost as bad.
- Submitted by Sean, Chelsea

Try to sit close to an aisle and near a concession stand and bathroom. You do this from any section in the park and it is a winning combination.
- Submitted by Kenneth, Hudson, N.H.

If you're going for grandstand seats, it's best to sit down the 3rd base side. The sections are smaller so all seats are good, and you don't have obnoxious Yankees fans standing behind you. Otherwise, Sections 1-4 are alright, provided you're in a low row number, because they face the field. Anything between sections 5-11, you should ask for your money back.
- Submitted by Amy, Brookline

Always like getting the neck-bending tickets by Pesky's pole where you can always find some visiting fans to harass. I feel that the best tickets for the price are the $44 roof seats, unless it is a cold night.
- Submitted by Nate, Watertown

Whenever I go to a game with my buddies we like to play a game called "Mound Ball". Each person in the row ante's up a buck or two and the pot starts at the first person in the row. After the last out of the inning we watch where the ball ends up in relation to the mound (on a strike out the catcher will toss it out there or on another out the ump usually chucks it out there) if the ball ends up resting on the mound, the person holding the pot wins the money. Logically if the ball doesn't end up on the mound that inning, the pot gets passed to the next guy and we wait another half inning. Its a pretty fun game and a lot of the time you can get the people around you to play too.
- Submitted by Seth, Somerville

I always enter through Gate B on Ipswich St. because the lines there are shortest, and the gate opens up right on The Big Concourse.
- Submitted by Tom, Stratham, N.H.

It used to just be old faithful and stick with the Fenway franks but times have changed in Beantown and you're best bet is to go with the Saugus wings from the Kowloons stand. 1st base box seats are pretty sweet if you can get them.
- Submitted by Doug, Washington, D.C.

Concession runs with one out in the top of the inning. You fools wait so you don't miss a pitch. Good idea. Share it with the other 35,000 down there when the sox are up.
- Submitted by Chris, Southie

For the love of Mike, stop doing the *!$?%# wave! It was a fun novelty 10 years ago, but it’s just annoying now. And you, the people who think you are the greatest fans for trying to get it started every half inning, you're not impressing anyone. You're not even watching the game. Clue in.
- Submitted by Jason, Brookline

Monster seats or Field box seats are ideal but for the rest of us I recommend the center field bleachers, great view, easy to get in and out to the beer stand. There is even the chance to get a HR ball or a ball from Johnny Damon before the start of each inning.
- Submitted by Ken, Waltham

My wife and I enjoy arriving about 30 mins early so we can grab something to eat over at the new picnic tables inside gate B. If we get there even earlier, we enjoy a walk through the big Souvenier store on Yawkey Way.
- Submitted by Ernie, Methuen

Look out for the poles! Unless you're a regular, get the best seats you can down the third base line. Enjoy the visiting team, you can watch the Sox any night.
- Submitted by Matt, Townsend