Boston baseball fans have a home. In Boston, it is called Fenway Park. This ballpark, built in 1912, is the home of the Boston Red Sox, one of American League’s original eight charter members. The Boston Red Sox have won the World Series nine times. 4 of these championships came in the 21st century (2004, 2007, 2013, 2018). Fenway has hosted World Series 11 times. This team, founded in 1901, has a proud baseball history. They had players like hall of farmers, Babe Ruth (traded to Yankees, “curse of bambino”), Ted Williams, and David Ortiz. The biggest rival for Red Sox is those New York Yankees.
When I visited Fenway Park on June 24, 2017, I was impressed by how much Fenway is right in the city. I am used to ballparks being outside the neighborhood. Due to its age and constrained location in Boston’s Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood, those in Boston love their ballpark.
This is the oldest active ballpark in MLB. The park has unique attributes. The park has the “Green Monster” in left field (37, 167 ft wall, scoreboard manually updated during game, picture of green monster is above), “the Triangle”(quirky part of center field), and “Pesky’s pole” (foul pole in right field). It is the 5th smallest MLB ballpark by seating capacity: 37, 755 seats. Fenway has been renovated multiple times in its history, but it remains a Cathedral of Baseball. It is also on the National Register of Historic Places.
Being there to watch a game, you feel close to the action. The short right field fence (302 ft), narrow foul ground (smallest of any active MLB park), and closer than normal outfield fences make this a hitter’s park. I enjoyed the game at Fenway.
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