I was not alone..

in the Virtual Waiting Room, apparently. According to my buddy Chris Snow (watch out, buddy, I'm coming back this summer!) in the morning's Globe:

The Sox already have sold more than 2 million tickets, which is 55,000 more than they had sold at this time a year ago, which was a record pace. The total through the weekend: 2,135,540

Wow!! And now that they've filled those holes in center field and short stop, this team is looking like one that's going to be fun to watch!