Boston Red Sox historian Jerry Thornton has begged the Tartan Army not to leave their city after hailing the best atmosphere Fenway Park has seen for decades.
Thousands of Scotland fans took over the iconic baseball stadium to watch Boston Red Sox's game against Texas Rangers.
Struggling Boston crashed to another defeat, but Red Sox pundit and superfan Thornton reckoned their fans fell in love with the Tartan Army. He said: "You don't need me to remind you just how far the Boston Red Sox have sunk.
"Fenway Park has gone from 'America's Most Beloved Ballpark' to an overly expensive bore. Just another tourist trap locals avoid. But we can be grateful to the tourists who did go to Fenway.
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"The Tartan Army had us at hello. From the moment they set a kilted foot at Logan Airport with bagpipes, they won the cold hearts of everyone in Massachusetts, and they took it to entirely new heights on Sunday.
"There are times when guests wear out their welcome. But nobody in Massachusetts wants The Tartan Army to leave.
"If they just so happened to lose their passports, stick around and all open up pubs where the Tennent's flows like water and the singing and piping never stops, not one of us would complain."
