Today is finally opening day for most of the teams in baseball, and the first pitches have been thrown. The Hidden Track Baseball Preview rolls on, and today we discuss the Boston Red Sox with the leader of the Ryan Montbleau Band.
We reached Ryan in the studio, where he is recording a new album with his five-piece band. Montbleau, a native of Peabody, Massachusetts, was initiated into Red Sox Nation upon birth. In this interview, Ryan shares his thoughts about two things that are close to his heart: his beloved Sawx and his music.
Scott Bernstein: How closely are you able to follow the Red Sox when you are on the road?
Ryan Montbleau: Not as close as I would like. I can’t follow them as closely as I used to. I think that’s one of the good things about baseball. It’s such a long season and there are so many games that I can kind of catch up every couple of days or whenever I can and still keep a general sense of what’s going on.
SB: Do you go to games often when you are home?
RM: Yeah, whenever I can, but not as much now. I grew up pretty spoiled on games. My dad had season tickets to Fenway from the time I was 9 until the time I was 24. I used to go to tons and tons of games. I’d go to games by myself and have an extra seat because I couldn’t even give away tickets. I went to a lot of games back then, but now I’m lucky if I go to a couple of games a year.
SB: Does your father still have the tickets?
RM: No…my father gave them up right before the 2003 season [collective groan]. The ticket prices were skyrocketing every year, and it just got to the point where he couldn’t afford it. He went to Florida, and I couldn’t afford to take over the tickets.
Read on for the rest of Ryan’s take on the 2007 Red Sawx and much more…
