Interesting scene here at the ballpark on Opening Night. The team entered through Ashburn Alley and passed a tunnel of fans as they do every opener, however, there was a slight difference. Charlie Manuel remained on Ashburn Alley where he raised the 2008 championship flag.
Needless to say, the crowd was really into it.
They also showed a video montage of last year's highlights. Matt Stairs homer in the NLCS, Joe Blanton's homer in Game 3 of the World Series, and the final pitch of the World Series drew the loudest cheers.
The boos? Chipper Jones... who else? Though I'm not quite sure where the animosity toward Chipper comes from.
Either way, Derek Lowe also was booed really loud, too, which was also perplexing.
Maybe sometimes they boo just to boo.
Big cheers? Stairs, Cole Hamels, Brad Lidge, Davey Lopes, Charlie and, of course, the starters.
Anthem time.