Monthly Archives: November 2011

” I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Never in a million years did you think you’d ever be up there with those guys.” Carlton Fisk

Posted on November 30, 2011 by fenwaypark100

He was born in Bellows Falls Vermont, raised in Charlestown New Hampshire, went to UNH and as a kid dreamed of playing for the Boston Celtics. A New Englander through and through, the Boston Red Sox, in 1967, made him their … Continue reading →

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“Reasons, there are no reasons, why some of us live and why some of us don’t” William Forrester

Posted on November 28, 2011 by fenwaypark100

The Boston College football team (begun in 1892) played its first game at Fenway Park in 1914 and in fact played their home games at Fenway for 13 different seasons, the first in 1928, the last being 1953-1956. Just like Boston University, they too found Fenway … Continue reading →

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“The finest prospect I have ever seen.” Notre Dame Head Coach Frank Leahy on Harry Agganis

Posted on November 26, 2011 by fenwaypark100

The Terriors of Boston University played their home games at Fenway Park for four seasons, (1949-1952). They found the confines of Fenway Park very friendly as in those four seasons they compiled a record of 14-7-1 in games played there. The … Continue reading →

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“We love Fenway Park because we love antiques, be they rocking chairs or ballparks. But we love it even more because the eccentricities of the place mirror our own. It is, like us, difficult and cranky. And this makes it a mighty hard place for a player to play in. Too bad. Players come and go, but Fenway Park may become an American Pyramid.” Clark Booth

Posted on November 24, 2011 by fenwaypark100

HAPPY THANKSGIVING….. Thanksgiving means football and one might ask what does football have to do with Fenway Park. Well, quite a lot actually! No less than five different professional football teams called Fenway Park their home; not to mention both … Continue reading →

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“As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid at Giza, the nation’s capitol, the czar’s Winter Palace, and the Louvre — except, of course, that it is better than all those inconsequential places.” Bart Giamatti

Posted on November 22, 2011 by fenwaypark100

The ground was broken for Fenway Park on September 25, 1911 just days after John I Taylor sold his share of the Red Sox to James McAleer. Taylor stayed on however to oversee the construction of his new ballpark. Through … Continue reading →

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“It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us.” Walt Whitman

Posted on November 20, 2011 by fenwaypark100

The 2012 baseball season will mark the 100th birthday of Fenway Park. When Fenway Park opened there was no federal income tax, the first radio station was 12 years away, the world had never known a world war, Babe Ruth … Continue reading →

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