Category Archives: Fenway Park Baseball

Opening Day and Extra Innings…..

Posted on April 6, 2012 by fenwaypark100

Yesterday’s opener turned into a classic pitching duel between Jon Lester and last years MVP and Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander. Neither was involved in the decision as the Red Sox tied the Tigers 2-2 in the top half of … Continue reading →

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN…..

Posted on April 5, 2012 by fenwaypark100

At precisely midnight last night, I was awakened by a huge clap of thunder which rolled on for a full three minutes before dissipating into the darkness of a new day. This day, opening day.  Today at 1:05 Jacoby Ellsbury will step … Continue reading →

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Opening Day LBJ, RMN, GRF, JEC, RWR, GHWB, WJC, GWB, BHO…..

Posted on April 4, 2012 by fenwaypark100

LBJ continued the Presidential pitch parade firing the opening pitch in 1964, ’65’ and ’67’. He became the first President to not pitch the Senators to an opening day win. The new expansion version of the Washington home team lost all three games … Continue reading →

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Opening Day Presidentially Speaking, FDR, HST, IKE and JFK…..

Posted on April 3, 2012 by fenwaypark100

Franklin Roosevelt tossed more opening day first pitches than any other President in history. FDR hurls the opening day pitch on April 18, 1938, a 12-8 Senators win over the Philadelphia A’s. From 1933-1941 he hurled an opening day toss … Continue reading →

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“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls can I direct your attention to the first base box where the President of the United States will throw out the first pitch.”…….What Sherm Feller might have said

Posted on April 2, 2012 by fenwaypark100

Barak Obama is the 44th president of the United States, well sort of. He is actually the 43rd human being to occupy the highest office in the land and that’s because Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th President, … Continue reading →

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“And when you talk of heroes, and I’ve had many since a lad”…..Raymond Sinibaldi

Posted on March 31, 2012 by fenwaypark100

Ninety two years ago today in a three-decker apartment on Cottage Street in East Boston, Remo Coradini Sinibaldi was born. He grew up as a “Dump Rat” which was the moniker the residents of Cottage Street put on themselves because of the area’s proximity … Continue reading →

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“The Mystic Chords of Memory”…..Abraham Lincoln

Posted on March 30, 2012 by fenwaypark100

I am an ephemera freak! There I admit it, I said it, it’s out there and I feel better already. Now you won’t find me on an episode of hoarders or anything but there are a few who might contend … Continue reading →

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“An opener is not like any other game. There’s that little extra excitement, a faster beating of the heart. You have that anxiety to get off to a good start, for yourself and for the team. You know that when you win the first one, you can’t lose ’em all.” Early Wynn

Posted on March 29, 2012 by fenwaypark100

You have got to be kidding me! I can’t stand it! It started in the year 2000 so I should be used to it should I not? Then why? Why am I so irritated? Why am I so aggravated? Why … Continue reading →

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A few more of the “Fellers” from Fenway Park’s 1912 Red Sox, the Guys Behind the Dish…..

Posted on March 28, 2012 by fenwaypark100

 I think that today,  it’s time you learned about some of the other “fellers” on the 1912 Red Sox team. We’ve looked at the big boys, and the stars, now we meet some of those guys who provided the link in the … Continue reading →

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All Those Springs Ago…..

Posted on March 27, 2012 by fenwaypark100

As spring training 2012 in the Red Sox new facility at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers Florida draws to a close; I thought it might be fun to take a look back at spring training in the early days of … Continue reading →

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