Sox obsession knows no bounds

Published Apr 08 2008, 01:19 PM by Ian Donnis

N4N had been wondering how early the line started forming for the limited number of day-of-the-game tickets available for today's Sox home opener.

The Boston Globe reports from Lansdowne Street:

Julian Crandall, 29, of Providence is a newcomer to Fenway stakeouts, but it is an experience he will surely repeat, he said.

"The way I look at it, there's 10 million people in New England who want to come. Anyone can do it, you just have to have the willpower," said Crandall, who was about 35th in line, along with four of his friends, a few of whom are familiar with the experience.

"We came the morning of last year, and we were at least 500 people back," said Crandall's friend Gina Reitano, the logo of her Sox hat blinking almost in time with the Citgo sign behind her. "We came for the whole experience this year."

Reitano, 39, Crandall, and their friends arrived at about 10:30 yesterday morning, Reitano said.

Sean Comau of Boston has camped out for Opening Day tickets the past five years. This year, he arrived at 6:30 a.m. yesterday, and was first in line.

When asked how he planned to pass the time, Comau, 24, said he would sleep a while.

"It's really rough [when you don't sleep] when you hit the fourth inning you get a little drowsy."

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