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“Right field in Boston is a bitch, the sun field, and few play it well. Jackie Jensen was the best I saw at it.” — Ted Williams

Posted on December 8, 2011 by fenwaypark100

It is quite possible that the best all around athlete that Fenway Park has ever seen was none other than Jack Eugene Jensen!     Jensen played seven seasons with the Red Sox.   The Red Sox acquired the “Golden Boy” on December … Continue reading →

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“So this guy sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees, all he got was money, he didn’t get one player for him just money, can you imagine that?” Remo Sinibaldi to his son trying to explain the unexplainable.

Posted on December 4, 2011 by fenwaypark100

Everybody knows the story. He sold Babe Ruth, that’s right the guy sold Babe Ruth! He’s been vilified, denounced and reviled. He’s been “slandered, libeled, he heard words he never heard in the Bible.” But ya know, he sold Babe … Continue reading →

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“They called me crazy and I was.” Jimmy Piersall

Posted on December 2, 2011 by fenwaypark100

He was an 18 year old kid out of Waterbury Connecticut when James Anthony Piersall signed with the Red Sox in 1948. Two years later he made his major league debut at Fenway Park, pinch running for Ted Williams in a … Continue reading →

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” 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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“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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