Baseball Without Beer

Today is opening day at Fenway Park--the home openah, as the locals call it. The Sox are currently 0-6 so there is really no where to go but up. I became a Red Sox fan while in college, having been raised a Mets "fan." I say "fan" because I never sat through a whole Mets game ever, even live at Shea Stadium. But life in Boston will change a person. New Englanders are rabid sports fans like nothing I have ever seen before. It was impossible to resist the enthusiasm, the love, the dedication that they have for the Red Sox. So I joined right in. A big part of enjoying sporting events here in Boston is drinking beer, like a lot of it. When you see a game at Fenway they actually stop serving in the 7th inning because of the over-indulgers in the crowd. The bars surrounding Fenway, however, keep serving and serving and serving. But this season will be beer free for me which makes me wonder how interested I might still be in baseball. Is it fun to go to a bar to watch the game and drink water? Can one fully enjoy a delicious Fenway frank without an equally delicious Sam Adams to wash it down? Will I fall asleep at home while watching a double-header completely sober? I guess only time will tell.