Fenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been home to the Boston Red Sox, the city's Urban League baseball team, and since 1953, the only Major League Baseball (MLB) league. This is the oldest baseball stadium in MLB. Due to the age and limited location of the Boston Fenway-Kenmore dense neighborhood, the park has been renovated or expanded many times, resulting in unique heterogeneous features including "The Triangle" (bottom), "Pesky's Pole", and Green Monster in the left field. It is the fourth smallest among MLB ballparks with seating capacity, the second smallest with total capacity, and one in eight that can not accommodate at least 40,000 spectators.
Fenway has held the World Series ten times, with the Red Sox winning five of them, and Boston Braves winning one. The first, in the inaugural park season, is the World Series 1912 and the latest is the World Series 2013. In addition to baseball games, this has been the venue of many other sporting and cultural events including professional soccer games for Boston Redskins, Boston Yanks and Boston Patriots ; concert; soccer and hockey games (such as 2010 NHL Winter Classic); and political and religious campaigns.
April 20, 2012 marks the centenary of Fenway Park. On March 7 that year, the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Former pitcher Bill Lee calls Fenway Park a "temple". This is a delayed Boston Landmark that will arrange further changes to the park. Today, the park is considered one of the most famous sports venues in the world.
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History
The Red Sox moved to Fenway Park from the old Huntington Avenue Grounds. In 1911, the owner of John I. Taylor bought a land bounded by Brookline Avenue, Jersey Street, Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street and developed it into a larger baseball stadium.
Taylor claims the name Fenway Park comes from its location in the Boston Fenway neighborhood, partly created at the end of the nineteenth century by filling wetlands or "fens", to create the Back Bay Fens urban park. However, given that the Taylor family also owns the Fenway Realty Company, the promotional value of the naming at the time has been cited as well. Like many classical ballparks, Fenway Park is built on asymmetric blocks, with asymmetric consequences in its field dimensions. General Contractor is Charles Logue Building Company.
The first game was played April 20, 1912, with mayor John F. Fitzgerald throwing the first pitch and Boston beating the New York Yankees 7-6 in 11 innings. Newspaper coverage of the opening was overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Titanic that sank a few days earlier.
Fenway Park has historically attracted low attendance, the lowest occurring at the end of the 1965 season with two matches having paid attendance below 500 spectators. Its presence has increased since the "Dream Impossible" 1967 Sox Red season, and on September 8, 2008, with a match versus Tampa Bay Rays, Fenway Park broke the all-time Major League record for consecutive sellouts with 456, exceeding the previous record held by Jacobs Field in Cleveland. On Wednesday, June 17th, 2009, the park celebrates the consecutive Red Sox 500th sale. According to WBZ-TV, the team is joined by three NBA teams that reach 500 home sales in a row. The consecutive sellout ends on April 11, 2013; in all the Red Sox sold out 794 regular season games and an additional 26 postseason games for this streak.
The park address was originally 24 Jersey Street. In 1977, the closest Jersey Street section to the park was named after the Yawkey Way in honor of the old Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, and the park's address is 4 Yawkey Way until 2018, when the street name goes back to Jersey Street. The address is now 4 Jersey Street.
Changes to Fenway Park
Some changes include:
- In 1934, a hand-operated scoreboard was added, with what was then considered a high-tech lamp to show the ball and strike. The scoreboard is still being updated by hand today from behind the wall. The National League score was abolished in 1976, but was restored in 2003 and still requires manual update from the field.
- In 1946, the upper deck seat was installed; Fenway Park is basically the first double decker garden in Boston since the South End Grounds in the 1880s.
- In 1947, bow lights were installed at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox is the third team of 16 major league teams that have lights in their home garden.
- In 1976, the distance metric was added to a conventionally stated distance because it was considered at that time that the United States would adopt a metric system. Today, only the Toronto Rogers Center records the metric distance. Fenway Park retained metric measurements until mid-season 2002, when they were re-painted. Also, Fenway's first message board was added on the central field bench.
- In 1988, a glass-protected seating area behind a home plate called The 600 Club was built. After Ted Williams's death in 2002, he changed his name to .406 Club in honor of the 1941 season where he earned an average of.406 averages. This section was renamed again in 2006 to EMC Club .
- In 1999, an additional press box was added on top of the roof box along the sides of the first and third base of the field.
- In 2000, a new video display of Daktronics, measuring 23 feet (7.0 m) tall by 30 feet (9.1 m) wide, was added in midfield.
- Before the 2003 season, seats were added to Green Monster.
- Prior to the 2004 season, seats were added to the right field roof, above the tribune, called the Budweiser Field Roof.
- Prior to the 2008 season, the Coke bottle, installed in 1997, was moved to restore the light tower to its original state. The temporary plush boxes installed for the 1999 All-Star Game have been removed and permanently added to the State Street Pavilion level. Chairs are also added in the bottom left line called Coca-Cola Party-Deck.
- Prior to the 2011 season, three new scoreboards off the right pitch were installed: a 38 x 100 foot scoreboard on the center right field, a 17-by-100-foot video screen in the middle of the field, 16-having a 30-foot video board on right field, along with a new video control room. Concourse Gate D has undergone a complete overhaul with new concession stands and an increase in pedestrian currents. The wooden tribune seats are all released to allow the completion of the waterproofing bowl of the seat and are fully refurbished after reassembling.
New Fenway Park
On May 15, 1999, then Red Sox CEO John Harrington announced plans for a new Fenway Park to be built near the existing structure. It should seat 44,130 and would be a modern replica of Fenway Park at the moment, with the same field dimension except for the shorter right field and reduced dirty area. Some parts of the existing baseball stadiums must be preserved (especially the original Green Monster and the third base side of the park) as part of the overall new layout. Most of the current stadiums will be destroyed to make room for new developments, with one part remaining for the home of the baseball museum and public park. The proposal was highly controversial; it projected that the park had less than 15 years of usable life, would need hundreds of millions of dollars of public investment, and then it was revealed to be part of the scheme by current ownership to increase the valuable value of the team as they were ready to sell. Some groups (such as "Save Fenway Park") were formed in an attempt to block the move. Discussions lasted for several years regarding the proposals of the new stadium. One plan involved building a "Sports Megaplex" in South Boston, where the new Fenway will be located next to the new stadium for the New England Patriots. The Patriots eventually built Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, their home in much of their history, ending Megaplex's proposal. The Red Sox and the city of Boston failed to reach an agreement to build a new stadium, and in 2005, the group of owners of the Red Sox announced that the team would stay at Fenway Park indefinitely. The stadium has been renovated, and will remain in use until the end of 2061.
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Features
The park is located along Lansdowne Street and Jersey Street in the Kenmore Square area of ​​Boston. This area includes many buildings with the same height and architecture so mixed with the environment. When pitcher Roger Clemens arrived in Boston for the first time in 1984, he took a taxi from Logan Airport and was sure the driver misunderstood the direction when he announced their arrival in the park. Clemens remembered telling the driver, "No, Fenway Park, the baseball stadium... it's a warehouse." Just when the driver told Clemens to look and he saw the light tower he realized he was in the right place.
Fenway Park is one of the two classic parks still in use in main league baseball (the other is Wrigley Field), and both have a large number of unobstructed seats, as the pillars support the upper deck. It is sold as such, and is a reminder of the limitations of older ballparks architecture.
George Will confirms in his book Men at Work that Fenway Park is "the gathering place of the bouncers", with his short right fence (302 feet), the narrowest (the smallest of the major leagues at the moment) ), and the outer fence of the fields is usually closer than normal. By Rule 1.04, Note (a), all parks built after 1958 are required to have at least 325 feet (99 m) of foul lines and a midfield fence of at least 400 feet (120 m) from the house plate. Regarding a small dirty area, Will writes:
The cramped dirty area at Fenway Park probably adds 5 to 7 points to the average blow. Since the Second World War, the Red Sox have 18 batting champions (up to 1989)... Five to 7 points are numerous, given that there may be only 15 or 20 points between a good and poor team. hit the team.
It would be argued that some observers may feel that Fenway's unique aspects give the Red Sox an advantage over their opponents, given that the Red Sox hitter played 81 matches at the home stadium while each opponent played no more than nine matches as the visitors but Will do not share this view.
Green Monster
The Green Monster is the nickname of the left field wall 37,167 feet (11,329 m) in the park. It lies 310 to 315 feet (94-96 m) from home plate; This short distance often benefits the right-handed hitters.
Part of the original rugged construction of 1912, the walls were made of wood, but covered in tin and concrete in 1934 when the scoreboard was added. The walls were coated with hard plastic in 1976. Scoreboards were updated manually throughout the game. Despite its name, Green Monster was not painted green until 1947; before it is covered with ads. The designation of Monster is relatively new; for most of its history it is simply called "the wall." In 2003, terrace-style seating was added over the walls.
"The Triangle"
"The Triangle" is the central region of the field where the wall forms a triangle whose angle is 420 feet (130 m) from the home plate. The inner center point is conventionally given as a midfield distance. The true center is not marked, 390 feet (120 m) from the home plate, to the left of "The Triangle" when viewed from home plate.
There is once a smaller "triangle" on the left end of the bench in the central field, posted as 388 feet (118 m). The end of the bench forms a right angle with the Green Monster and the flagpole standing inside the small triangle. It's not the real power gang, but in the center of the left. Distance gang forces are not actually posted. The foul line cuts off with Green Monster at almost the right angle, so the electric aisle can be estimated at 336 feet (102 m), assuming the power aisle is 22.5 Â ° away from the measured line of the home plate.
"Williamsburg"
"Williamsburg" is a name created by sports writers, for a bullpen area built in front of the right field bench in 1940. Built there mainly for the benefit of Ted Williams, to allow him and other left batters to hit more home runs, therefore 23 feet (7.0 m) closer than the bleach wall.
Red Lone Chair
The only red chair on the right field bench (Section 42, Row 37, Chairs 21) signifies the longest home run ever on Fenway. The home run, hit by Ted Williams on June 9, 1946, was officially measured at 502 feet (153 m) - well beyond "Williamsburg". According to Hit Tracker Online, the ball, if not blocked, will fly 520-535 feet (158 to 163 m).
The ball landed on Joseph A. Boucher, pierced his big straw hat and hit his head. The confused Boucher was later quoted as saying,
How far should someone sit safely in this park? I do not even get the ball. They say it bounces a dozen or so lines, but after that on my head I'm no longer interested. I can not see the ball. No one can. The sun is right in our eyes. All we can do is duck. I'm glad I did not stand up.
There are other home run hits on Fenway that compete for distance degrees. In the 2007 book, the researcher Bill Jenkinson found evidence that on May 25, 1926, Babe Ruth hit one in a pre-1934 bleach configuration that landed five rows from the top in the right plane. This will place it at about 545 feet (166 m) from home plate. On June 23, 2001, Manny Ramirez hit one of those who hit a light tower over a Green Monster, which was about to clear a missed garden. The park's official estimate puts the home run one foot shorter than Williams's record at 501 feet (152.7 m).
Foul polish
Pesky's Pole is the name for the pole on the right foul line of the field, which stands 302 feet (92 m) from the home plate, the shortest distance (left or right of the field) in Major League Baseball. Despite the short walls, the home runs in this area are relatively sparse, because the fence curved away from the sharp spoon. The pole was named after Johnny Pesky, a shortstop and an old coach for the Red Sox, who hit some of the six home runs at Fenway Park around the pole but never got out of the pole. Pesky and the Red Sox give credit to Mel Parnell's pitcher to unite his name. The most important for Pesky is a two-run homer in the eighth innings of the 1946 Opening Day game to win the game (in his career, Pesky hit 17 home runs). In the same way, Mark Bellhorn hit what proved to be a winning home run from JuliÃÆ'¡n TavÃÆ'¡rez, in Game 1 of the 2004 World Series of Polish screens.
On September 27, 2006, on the 87th anniversary of Pesky, the Red Sox organization officially devoted the right-field foul column as Pesky's Pole with a memorial placard placed at its base.
In a ceremony before the Red Sox 2005 game against the Cincinnati Reds, the pole in the left-hand field line above the Green Monster is named Fisk Foul Pole, or Pole Pudge, in honor of Carlton Fisk. Fisk provides one of the most enduring baseball moments in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series against The Reds. Facing Pat Darcy's right-handed reds in the 12th inning with the score tied at 6, Fisk hit a long fly ball in the left field line. It seems to be rotten, but Fisk, after initially appearing unsure whether to continue running into first base, famously jumps and waves his hand to the right as if somehow steers a fair ball. It bounced off the stinking pole, won the game for the Red Sox and sent the series to the seventh game and decided the next night, which Cincinnati won. Duffy's Cliff
From 1912 to 1933, there was a 10 foot (3.0 m) tall slope in front of a 25 foot (7.6 m) left-footed left-field wall to the left of Fenway Park, stretching from the pole below the left field to the central flagpole flag. As a result, a left fielder must play a part of the ran uphill area (and back down). Boston's first left-footer, Duffy Lewis, mastered his skills so well that the area was known as "Duffy's Cliff".
This slope serves two purposes: it is support for high walls and built to offset the difference in value between the field and Lansdowne Street on the other side of that wall. The wall also serves as an audience-friendly seating area during the era of the dead ball when crowds overflow, at the front of the Green Monster later, will sit on the slope behind the rope.
As part of the 1934 renovation of the baseball stadium, the benches, and the wall itself, Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey arranges to level the ground along the base of the wall, so Duffy's Cliff is not there anymore. The base of the left field wall a few meters below the level level of Lansdowne Street, accounting for occasional rats that might scare the scoreboard operator.
There is a debate about the actual left field distance, which was once posted as 315 feet. A reporter from The Boston Globe can sneak into Fenway Park and measure the distance. When paper evidence was presented to the club in 1995, the distance was measured again by the Red Sox and restated at 310 feet. The 96-meter marker remained unchanged until 1998, when it was corrected to 94.5 meters.
Dell EMC Club
In 1983, a private suite was added to the roof behind the home plate. In 1988, the 610 stadium's glass coated stadium chair and named "Club 600", was added on top of the home plate tribune to replace the existing press box. The press box is then added to the top 600 Clubs. The 1988 addition has allegedly altered air currents in the park to the detriment of hitters. In 2002, the organization renamed the club chair ".406 Club" (in honor of the average hit Ted Williams in 1941).
Between the 2005 and 2006 seasons the existing club of 406 was rebuilt as part of a sustained ballpark expansion effort. The second deck now has two open levels: the lower level is the new "EMC Club" featuring 406 seats and the top-floor concierge and service, State Street Pavilion, has 374 seats and a special stand-in area. Seats are added wider than the previous seat.
Garden use
Baseball
The Red Sox's one-time cross-town rival, Boston Braves used Fenway Park for the World Series 1914 and the 1915 season until Braves Field was completed; Ironically, the Red Sox will then use Braves Field - which has a much higher seating capacity - for their own World Series games in 1915 and 1916.
Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline" has been played on Fenway Park since at least 1997, and is in the middle of the eighth inning of every game since 2002. On the opening night of the 2010 season at Fenway Park, the song was done by Diamond himself.
Since 1990 (except in 2005 when, due to fieldwork, it was held in rough league), Fenway Park also hosted the final round of the Boston baseball tournament baseball tournament called Baseball Beanpot. The team played the first round at the small league stadium before moving on to Fenway for the final and entertainment match. Boston College, Harvard University, Northeastern University, and University of Massachusetts Amherst compete in four-team tournaments.
Started in 2006, the Red Sox have hosted the "Futures at Fenway" event, where two of their minor league affiliates play regular doubleheaders of the season as a "home" team. Before the day of the Futures began, the latest minor league match held at Fenway was the Eastern League All-Star Game in 1977.
The 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament is scheduled to be held at Fenway Park, but scheduling conflicts lead to the 2010 tournament scheduled at Fenway Park instead. For economic reasons, ACC elected to move the 2010 tournament from Fenway Park to NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro, North Carolina, but is still looking to host a tournament at Fenway Park in the future.
Fenway Park also hosted the Cape Cod Baseball League All Star Game in 2009 and 2010.
Boxing
On October 9, 1920, Fenway Park was the first open boxing venue in Boston. The card features four attacks. Despite Eddie Shevlin and Paul Doyle fighting feature battles, Daniel J. Saunders of the Boston Daily Globe described the heavyweight Battling McCreery and John Lester Johnson as "the only boxer to cause joy". McCreery, who Saunders said, "will fail in five rounds", was won by a judge's decision in ten rounds. After the fight, Johnson presses McCreery while McCreery tries to shake his hand. McCreery then dropped Johnson out of the ring and hit him overhead with his chair. The card attracted 5,000 spectators (half as expected) and brought $ 6,100 (a few thousand less than what promises to fighters).
In 1928, heavyweight champion New England Al Mello gave three cards at Fenway. He beat Billy Murphy in front of a 12,000 crowd on June 26, Charlie Donovan on August 31, and Murphy again on 13 September.
On July 2, 1930, World Class Weight Champion in the future James J. Braddock made his debut in the heavyweight. He beat Joe Monte in ten rounds.
On September 2, 1930, Babe Hunt defeated Ernie Schaaf in what the Boston Daily Globe called "dull battles" and "big disappointments". Undercard included lightweight champion heavyweight future George Nichols, who beat Harry Allen of Brockton, Massachusetts in ten rounds.
In 1932, Eddie Mack promoted ten cards at Fenway Park. The 2nd August Card featuring Lightweight World Class Champion Maxie Rosenbloom beat Joe Barlow of Roxbury and Taunton, Massachusetts' Henry Emond defeated The Cocoa Kid. On August 23, Dave Shade defeated Norman Conrad from Wilton, New Hampshire in front of 3,500 participants. The September 6 card was titled by junior mild world champion Kid Chocolate, who beat Steve Smith.
On June 25, 1936, former heavyweight world champion Jack Sharkey defeated Phil Brubaker in what would be his final career victory.
In 1937, Rip Valenti and Goodwin Athletic Club promoted five cards on Fenway. Three of them were named by New England Heavyweight Champion Al McCoy. On June 16 McCoy defeated Natie Brown in front of a crowd of 4,516. On July 29 he got rid of Jack McCarthy in the third round. On August 24 he and Tony Shucco fought for a draw. WBA featherweight champion of the future Sal Bartolo fought one of his first professional fights on May 24 undercard.
On June 25, 1945, Tami Mauriello knocked out Lou Nova at 2:47 pm. It is estimated that the 8,000 crowd was present.
On July 12, 1954, Tony DeMarco pushed George Araujo 58 seconds into the fifth round in front of 12,000 spectators.
The latest boxing event at Fenway took place on June 16, 1956. The undercard consisted of Eddie Andrews vs. George Chimenti, Bobby Courchesne vs. George Monroe for the New England Lightweight Championship, and Barry Allison vs. Don Williams for the New England Middleweight Championship. In the main event, Tony DeMarco defeated Vince Martinez with a decision. An estimated 15,000 are present - well below the expectations of promoter Sam Silverman.
Soccer
On October 17, 1925, Boston Soccer Club and Fall River Marksmen of American Soccer League played a goalless tie in front of 4,000 fans. Boston also hosts Providence Clamdiggers and Indiana Flooring at Fenway that season. On June 18, 1928, Boston played Rangers F.C. to a 2-2 tie in front of a crowd of 10,000. In 1929, Boston hosted two more games at Fenway Park; A 3-2 win over New Bedford Whalers on Aug. 10 and a 3-2 loss to Fall River on 17 August.
On May 30, 1931; 8,000 fans are on hand to see the American Soccer League champion New York Yankees defeat Celtic 4-3. The Yankees goalkeeper, Johnny Reder, will return to play for the Boston Red Sox. During 1968, the park was home to the now-defunct Boston Beacons of the NASL.
On July 21, 2010 Fenway hosted an exhibition match between European football clubs, Celtic F.C. and Sporting C.P. in an event called "Football at Fenway". The 32,162 crowd watched both teams play with a 1-1 draw. Celtic won 6-5 on penalties, winning the first Fenway Football Challenge Trophy. A recent match took place between Liverpool, English Premier League clubs owned by Fenway Sports Group and U.S. Roma, Italian Serie A club. The match on July 25, 2012 ended in a 2-1 win for AS Roma before a crowd of 37,169. AS Roma also won a rematch on July 23, 2014 with a score of 1-0.
International football match
Football
In 1926, the first American Football League Boston Bulldogs played on Fenway and Braves Field; Boston Shamrocks of the second AFL did the same in 1936 and 1937. Boston Redskins of the National Football League played at Fenway for four seasons, 1933 to 1936, after playing his first season in 1932 at Braves Field as Boston Braves. Boston Yanks played there in the 1940s; and the Boston Patriots American Football League called Fenway Park from 1963 to 1968 after moving there from Nickerson Field. At various times in the past, Dartmouth College, Boston College, Brown University, and the Boston University team have also played football matches at Fenway Park. Boston College and Notre Dame play matches at Fenway in 2015 as part of the Shamrock Notre Dame Series. Harvard Yale's annual match in November 2018 will be played on Fenway.
Hockey
The third annual NHL Winter Classic was held at Fenway on New Year's Day in 2010. Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 unexpectedly, securing the first home team victory in the history of the relatively short Winter Class NHL. The Classic Winter paved the way for Frozen Fenway's frozen ice series and hockey events at the baseball stadium. Frozen Fenway is an annual series of college and amateur games featuring ice hockey teams from local and regional high schools, colleges and universities, including Connecticut University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of New Hampshire, University of Maine, University of Vermont, University of Massachusetts Lowell, University Northeastern, Boston College, and Boston University, and held during the first part of the event. After the completion of the hockey series, the arena is open to the public for free ice skating.
Hurling and Gaelic Football
Fenway has hosted many Gaelic games for years. On June 6, 1937, the All-Ireland Football Champions of County Mayo defeated the Massachusetts team, 17 to 8, and on 8 November 1954, All-Ireland champion Hurling County Cork defeated the American line-up, 37 to 28. At newer times Fenway Park has hosted the Fenway Hurling Classic. In the first iteration in 2015, Galway beat Dublin 50 to 47 in a tough battle with 27,776 people attending. In the 2017 edition of the event, a three-match tournament was held. In the first semifinal, a rematch between the All-Ireland Champions Galway and Dublin ruled the game in the same way as the game held two years earlier when Galway won again, 55 to 37. In the second semi-final, Clare played Tipperary in a contest very close to Clare winning 50 to 45. In the final tournament match, Galway and Clare face off for the Champions Cup Players. Clare escaped with the title, winning the Fenway Hurling Classic final with a final score of 50 to 33.
Concert
Fenway has been home to several concerts that started in 1973 when Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles first played there. No further concerts were played there until 2003 when Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band played their Leg of The Rising Tour. Since 2003, there has been at least one concert each year at Fenway by artists such as Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band, Jimmy Buffett, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, The Police, Jason Aldean, Dave Matthews Band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Aerosmith, Phish, Roger Waters, Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, and Dead & amp; Company.
Ski and snowboard
Polartec Big Air At Fenway is the first major snowboarding and skiing competition to be held on 11-12 February 2016. This is an event that is part of the US Grand Prix Tour and the World Tour of the International Ski Federation. The famous winter athletes competing are Ty Walker, Sage Kotsenburg, and Joss Christensen. A big air jump built 140 feet, standing on the stadium lights.
Public address announcer
Frank Fallon was the first public address announcer (PA) for the Red Sox, and held the work from 1953 to 1957. Fred Cusick, better known for his career announcing the Boston Bruins hockey match, joined him in 1956 and also left after 1957. Jay McMaster took over in 1958, until his successor by Sherm Feller in 1967. Feller served as a broadcaster for 26 years until his death after the 1993 season. He is known for starting his game by welcoming fans with "Good day, lord and lady, son -laki and women Welcome to Fenway Park ", and end with" Thank you. " Leslie Sterling took the job for the 1994 season, becoming the second female PA broadcaster in the history of Major League Baseball. Ed Brickley took over in 1997, and was replaced by Carl Beane in 2003. Beane is considered an "icon" broadcaster, and served until his death in 2012, caused by a heart attack suffered while driving. Fenway uses a series of guest announcers to complete the 2012 season before hiring the current broadcaster: Henry Mahegan, Bob Lobel, and Dick Flavin.
Retired number
There are eleven retirement numbers above the right-handed tribune. All the numbers retired by the Red Sox are red in a white circle. Jackie Robinson 42, who is retired by Major League Baseball, is blue in a white circle. Both are further elaborated through font differences; Boston numbers have the same style as the Red Sox shirts, while the Robinson numbers are in the traditional "blocking" numbers found on Dodgers shirts.
Until the late 1990s, the initial figures depended on the right-field facade in the order in which they retired: 9-4-1-8. It was shown that the numbers, when read as the date (9/4/18), marked the first game night of the 1918 World Series, the last Red Sox championship to win before 2004. After the facade was repainted, the numbers were rearranged in numerical order. The numbers remain in numerical order until the 2012 season, when the numbers are rearranged to the order in which they were retired by the Red Sox.
The Red Sox policy on uniform retirement was once one of the most stringent in baseball - a player must be elected at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, play at least 10 years with the team, and retire as a Red Sox member The final requirement is waived for Carlton Fisk as he has completed playing career with the Chicago White Sox. However, Fisk assigned Red Sox front office work and effectively "completed" his baseball career with the Red Sox in this way. In 2008, the ownership loosened further requirements with the pension of Johnny Pesky number 6. Pesky has not been inducted into the Hall of Fame, but given his more than 50 years of service to the club, the management made an exception. Pesky will have 10 seasons, but he is credited with three seasons he served as Operations Officer in the US Navy during World War II. The last pensioned number is 34, charged by the Most Valuable Player in the 2013 World Series David Ortiz.
Basic rules
- The Foul Pole is outside the playing field.
- The ball over the scoreboard, either on a bounce or fly, is a double ground rule.
- The flying ball that hit the middle-left field wall to the right or on the line behind the flagpole is the home run.
- A ball of a flying ball or flagpole and bouncing off the bench is a home run.
- The same slice of the ball or right on the middle wall is the home run.
- The flying ball that hit the wall to the left of the line and bounced to the bullpen is the home run.
- The ball attached to the bullpen screen or bounced to the bullpen is a double ground rule.
- The splashed or thrown balls left behind or under canvas or in a tarpaulin are the basic double rules.
- The ball that hit the top of the scoreboard in the left field on the ladder under the top of the wall and bouncing out of the park is a double ground rule.
- A flying ball that landed above the red line above the Green Monster and bounced into the home field ridden home run.
- The flying ball that rails on the middle right-right triangle is the home run.
It is a misunderstanding among the fans that the flying ball that is stuck on the ladder above the scoreboard on the left field wall is the basic rule of three. Not mentioned in the Red Sox basic rule list.
Access and transportation
- Fenway Park can be reached by Kenmore Station on the Green Line of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in branches "B", "C" and "D", as well as Fenway Station in the "D" "branch. >
- Yawkey Station is serviced by all Framingham/Worcester Line MBTA commuter train cars. This line provides services from South Station or Back Bay and leads west of Boston. In 2014, the newly completed Yawkey station with full platforms, lifts, and access to Brookline Avenue and Beacon Street.
- Another option is to take the Orange Line train or commuter to Back Bay or Ruggle. Station is a 30-minute walk to Fenway.
- Although the Massachusetts Turnpike passes near Fenway Park, there is no direct connection. Drivers are directed to use local roads or Storrow Drive to access the park.
See also
- List of Major League Baseball stadiums
- List of Historic Historic Places of Historic Places in South Boston, Massachusetts
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References
External links
- Stadium site at redsox.com
- Fenway Park Seating Chart in Precision Seating
- Fenway Park info, including information about visiting
- Fenway Park facts, photos, stats, and trivia
- The history of Boston Ballpark. MLB.com .
- Fenway Park dynamic diagram in Clem's Baseball
- Google Maps Air View
- VisitingFan.com: Fenway Park Reviews
- Fenway Park Seating Chart
- 100 Years of Fenway Park Warning Page MLB.com
- Fenway Park at Journey Stadium
- Fenway Park in Sportlistings directory
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