| Fenway Park is home of the Boston Red Sox and is the best ballpark in baseball! Fenway was built in 1912 and is the majors oldest stadium. Throughout the years it has gone thru many changes. Originally, there was Duffy's Cliff (named after leftfielder Duffy Lewis), a 10 foot incline leading up to the left field wall, which was present until 1933. | 
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| The bullpens were added after Ted Williams' rookie season, to help reduce the target for the slugging left-hander. Other significant changes include the removal of all ads from the left field wall in 1947 and the addition of two structures which helped change wind currents; the electronic scoreboard in center field (added in 1976) and the 600 Club/Press Box, added in the late 1980's.
The piece of Fenway that everyone knows about is the left field wall (aka, the Green Monster. The wall is 37 feet high and extends from the foul line in left field to left- |
| center, where it is 379 feet from home plate. The scoreboard, was originally installed in 1934 and then moved 20 feet to the right in 1976. On the scoreboard on two vertical stripes are the letters TAY and JRY, the initials of former owners Tom and Jean Yawkey. |
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The rightfield line is guarded by Pesky's Pole, named after former SS Johnny Pesky. The Pesky Pole is a mere 302 feet from home plate, but after that, the right field fence darts straight back to 380 feet. As you look at the right field facade, the retired numbers are listed here. They are currently listed in numerical order (1 Joe Cronin, 4 Bobby Doerr, 8 Carl Yastremzski, 9 Ted Williams, 27 Carlton Fisk, 42 Jackie Robinson) Before Major League Baseball retired Robinson's number, they were lisyed in the order they were retired: 9, 4, 1, 8. This also helped add to the "Curse of the Bambino" legend. September 4, 1918 (9/4/18) was game 1 of the last World Series won by the Red Sox. Another quirk of the park is the center field triangle, which is the deepest part of the park, 420 feet from home plate. The triangle is actually located in right center field, making this about 30 feet longer than straight away centerfield. Well, that is my introduction on Fenway Park for now. Maybe someday I will add some more info. |
