PHILADELPHIA — Dave Shaw did not know anything about baseball when he arrived 10 years ago in Philadelphia for the final stop in a cross-country vacation. A friend had an extra ticket to a Phillies-Pirates game in June 2012, so Shaw took a cab to South Philly before flying home to England.
“I was a typical Brit,” Shaw said. “ ‘Oh, it’s just rounders, right? There’s nothing to it.’ But I figured I would go along and check it out.”
He was stunned by the size of the ballpark, the smells that wafted from the concessions, and how you could freely walk around the stadium, unlike the soccer matches back home where you’re usually confined to your seating area. And then he found his way to his seats in right field.
