Root, root, root for the home team

Ah, there's no better feeling than to enjoy a night at the old ballpark as your home team, the Kansas City Royals, play host to the Boston Red Sox.

Why, if you prick up your ears, you might even hear the fans around you putting up a good rousing cheer for the local boys.

Like this one.

That's right, they're chanting "Let's go Red Sox!" in our ballpark. Many Boston fans had apparently come into town for the three-game series, or at least for Thursday's game, which was Curt Schilling's first start after spending most of the season in relief.

But on this night, Schilling took a shelling and the Royals emerged victorious, 7-4, mere moments before the heavens parted and the town was given another good rinsing. As one of my seatmates observed, "David Glass (the Royals' owner) doesn't care, as long as people are buying tickets." More pictures at my Flickr page.