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Fenway Park Is a Century Old

Matt Cantor — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:18:05 CDT

Baseball's "Sistine Chapel" turns 100 today, a century to the day after its first regular-season game. As the oldest major-league stadium, Fenway Park has seen the Boston Red Sox through a turbulent century, hosting heroes from Babe Ruth to Ted Williams to Hank Aaron, the Boston Globe notes. Today, you...

Fenway Park Becomes a Hockey Rink

M. Morris — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:47:30 CST

The crown jewel of American baseball became a hockey rink today as the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers took over Fenway Park for the NHL Winter Classic. Fans packed the stands and even perched atop the iconic left-field wall, wearing far more clothing than typical visitors to the almost-98-year-old park....

Kennedy Honored at Fenway

Will McCahill — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:15:00 CDT

His hometown Boston Red Sox honored the late Ted Kennedy tonight, the Globe reports, with an Air Force sergeant playing Taps before a pre-game moment of silence at Fenway Park. The team also played a video tribute midway through the first inning to the Massachusetts Democrat—who, the team owner...

Fenway Will Be NHL's Next Outdoor Venue

Will McCahill — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:49:00 CDT

Boston’s Fenway Park will host next season’s outdoor NHL game, the Globe reports today, with the Bruins facing either the Philadelphia Flyers or Washington Capitals on New Year’s Day in baseball's oldest stadium. The so-called Winter Classic most recently attracted 40,000 to Chicago’s Wrigley Field to see the Blackhawks...

NYT Ready to Sell BoSox Stake

Ambreen Ali — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:25:00 CST

With revenues plummeting and advertisers and readers fleeing, the cash-starved New York Times Co is looking to offload a once-sacrosanct asset—its 17.5% stake in the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park, the Wall Street Journal reports. Revenues at the Times Co arm that includes the Grey Lady and...

Red Sox Freeze Ticket Prices

Nick McMaster — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:15:01 CST

Times are tough, and the Boston Red Sox know it—in a nod to fans, the team froze ticket prices at Fenway yesterday for the first time in 14 years, the Globe reports. At an average $48.80, tickets are still some of baseball's most expensive, but "We do not...

Diamond Dilemma: Fenway's Sweet Caroline Fixation

Will McCahill — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:17:00 CDT

Where it began, he couldn’t begin to know, so Jonathan Elias of Boston’s WBZ-TV reached out to learn how Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline became an 8th-inning singalong tradition at the Red Sox’ Fenway Park. The not-as-cool-as-you-thought answer, per the ballpark’s DJ: “They started playing it over and over again and...

Ballpark Grass Is Artful Work

Harry Kimball — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:55:01 CDT

Amid the pageantry sure to accompany tomorrow’s opening of the Major League Baseball playoffs, the increasingly intricate patterns mown into stadium grass is sure to catch fans’ eyes. Red Sox groundskeeper David Mellor pioneered the technique as an assistant in Milwaukee in 1993, the New York Times reports, and disciples...

Lester Throws No-Hitter

Chip Bayers — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:10:58 CDT

Jon Lester can now add pitching a no-hitter to his already amazing list of accomplishments. The 24-year-old lefty, who survived cancer to pitch the clincher of Boston's 2007 World Series victory, shut down Kansas City 7-0 Monday night for the first no-hitter in the majors this season. "Really, words can't...