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Fenway Park
Published or Updated May 13, 2019
Location: United States
Sport: Baseball
Level: Professional
Sport: Baseball
Level: Professional
Event Type: Venue
First Held: 1912
Next Up: 5/10/2019-5/19/2019
First Held: 1912
Next Up: 5/10/2019-5/19/2019
When and Where: from April to October in Boston, MA
Simply put, there is no other park like Fenway. Its dimensions, its quirks, its history, all make the park inimitable, irreplaceable, and utterly priceless. It is museum quality baseball history incarnate. It is a cathedral. It is a place of worship.
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Jul 05 2010 While You're There
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In 1975, Carlton Fisk hit one of the most famous home runs of all time to win Game 6 of the World Series. The Sox would go on to lost the series in Game 7 to the Cincinnati Reds.
In 1986, Roger Clemons struck out twenty batters to defeat the Seattle Mariners.
In Game 2 of the 2004 World Series, starting pitcher Curt Schilling, pitching with a torn tendon in his ankle, recorded the win, despite blood seeping through his now famous sock.
Fenway Park contains numerous unique features, including: The Green Monster, a 37 foot left field wall; the Triangle, where the center field walls form a triangle 420 ft. from home plate, and Pesky's Pole, the right field foul pole a mere 302 ft. from home.
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"Fenway is the essence of baseball"
Tom Seaver
