BOSTON -- There's an aura to Fenway Park that enraptures all who visit.

Just ask Emmy-nominated creatives and Massachusetts natives Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak, who sat in the front row next to the home dugout wearing Red Sox gear during Tuesday night's 10-1 loss to the Marlins.

"I grew up with my dad just turning on Sox games, and then he'd disappear for four hours watching them, and it'd be daylight when he started, and it'd be dark when the game ended," Kaling said. "'Wow, this is some mesmerizing stuff.' Doing that, and we loved it. 'Sweet Caroline' and Fenway itself is so magical, so I've always loved it."

Novak played baseball as a kid, and he considered the start of a new season to be a holiday -- although it didn't quite give him a pass to skip school.

"I always looked forward to Opening Day," Novak said. "I always watched Opening Day on TV, and I would just watch in awe because I couldn't believe the grass was growing, the Red Sox were playing, and that meant I would be out of school soon."

Kaling and Novak's favorite baseball memory dates back to when the Red Sox broke the Curse of the Bambino, snapping an 86-year championship drought in 2004 by sweeping the Cardinals. 

While "The Office" wouldn't air until March 2005, filming of the first season had begun in Los Angeles. There was a vested interest in this World Series, because four people from St. Louis and Boston were part of the production, thus forming a friendly rivalry and leading to watch parties that fall.

"You don't want Phyllis Smith to be mad at you," Kaling quipped.

"We couldn't believe it," Novak recalled. "The second we left Boston, the Red Sox won the World Series, and we were watching it together. It felt like it was some message from above."

Novak's love of baseball tends to trickle into his work. His character on the "The Office" was named Ryan Howard, a tribute to the Phillies' first baseman since the American version of the show is supposed to take place in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

"I think of everything in terms of baseball," Novak said. "It's why I think her son should grow up playing baseball, because you think of life in terms of balls and strikes, and home runs, and bunts and everything. It's the wisest sport. So I think it influences all my writing. It even influences all my thinking. Such a poetic game."

So would Kaling allow her 2 1/2-year-old son Spencer to give America's pastime a go?

"Oh my God, I would love for him to play baseball, and he has a physique for a baseball player," Kaling said.

Novak jokingly compared his godson's build to that of Red Sox legend and Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk. As fate would have it, Fisk was in attendance Tuesday night, a tidbit that amazed the pair.

Consider that the magic of America's Most Beloved Ballpark.