If you love or
hate the Boston Red Sox the one thing that you cannot hate is Fenway ballpark,
which is turning 100th this year. Fenway ballpark is the oldest ballpark in
Major League Baseball. Fenway ballpark opened up on April 20, 1912 with a game
against the New York Highlanders (Yankees) in which the Red Sox won 7 to 6 in
11 innings. Red Sox owner at the time John
I. Taylor decided to call the Fenway ballpark because it was in the Fenway
section of Boston. Taylor is also credited for changing the team name from the
Americans to the Red Sox.
Fenway has many
famous parts of the ballpark, the most famous is the Green Monster which is the
highest outfield in baseball. The wall was originally made of wood but it burnt
down during a fire at the ballpark in 1934. So how did the Green Monster get it’s name? Well it wasn’t until 1947 when the Red Sox decided
to paint the wall green over the advertisements. The next famous part of Fenway is Pesky Pole,
which is named after famous lefty Jonny Pesky. So you wonder how it became
Pesky Pole? It is because Jonny Pesky hit so many homeruns of the pole which is
only 302 feet from home plate. The interesting fact about the Pesky Pole is
that much of the truth is tied up in urban myth. Many people said that Red Sox Broadcaster Mel
Parnell is the person who is credited with giving the Pesky Pole its name.
However Fenway ballpark is also know for
the many great moments that have happened in the last 100 years. There are so many of them but here are few of
my favorite movements at Fenway Park. First is Ted Williams hitting a homer in his
last at bat at Fenway ballpark on September 28, 1960. Second is Carlton Fisk’s winning
home run of game six of the 1975 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. My next favorite is the dramatic comeback
that the Red Sox made in the 2004 ALCS against the New York Yankees. The final
favorite of mine is getting the 86 year curse of Babe Ruth to end, and living
to see the Boston Red Sox win a World Series.
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