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Fenway Park
Fenway Park, opened in 1912, has played host
to the Boston Red Sox for the last 92 years. The park is shallow
down the lines, measuring 310 feet to left and 302 feet to right,
but opens up to 420 feet in deep right center field. The Green
Monster, located in left field, measures 37 feet high and had
seats installed atop it before the 2003 season. The monster also
features one of the last hand operated scoreboards in use in
the league.
Fenway has hosted three all-star games in its
existence, most recently in 1999. The bullpens are located beyond
the right field fencing shortening the distance 23 feet in a
move that was made in order to help Ted Williams hit more home
runs. In the middle of the century, Fenway Park hosted other
sporting attractions, just like many other ballparks of the times.
Pro and college football were held quite often, and in 1914,
the World Series was held at Fenway even though the Red Sox weren’t
a part of it. The Boston Braves has been using Fenway Park while
Braves Field was being renovated, and they played in Fenway as
the home team for that championship series.
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