IT'S NO 10-CENT BEER NIGHT (via The Mother Judd)

Home-food advantage: Some at Fenway can dial, get service in their seats (David Abel and Jared Stearns, 7/19/2003, Boston Globe)

Got the munchies at Fenway Park, but too lazy to get your own hot dog? Now, technology has made life easier for fans, at least those in some of the park's priciest seats.

No longer must the 400 privileged people with ''dugout seats'' along first and third base wait on lines or search out the Crackerjack guy. When the urge comes for a beer, nachos, or whatever's at the concession stand, all they have to do is flip out their cell phones, and in minutes, a server will appear with the chow.

''You don't have to worry about bumping into someone and wearing the salsa from your nachos,'' said Neil Exter of Lexington, at a recent game with his wife and son.

The ''in-seat service,'' increasingly a part of life at ballparks around the country, began this week at Fenway -- slowly. Only a few fans have used the service, which began at Thursday's game. The team sent fans with the dugout seats letters about the service, and advertised it on menus.

There has to be some way to ban cell phones from the planet. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 19, 2003 6:54 AM