Opening Day 2012: Fun Fenway Facts You May Not Know
In honor of Fenway Park's 101st season, we have put together some fun facts about baseball's crown jewel that you may not know.
In honor of Fenway Park’s 101st season kicking off today, Malden Patch thought we would honor that “lyric little bandbox,” as writer John Updike famously called it, that has become as much a part of Boston as dropped “Rs,” the Charles River and disgraced public officials, with some fun facts, courtesy of funtrivia.com and baseball-statistics.com. So without further ado, here are some things you may not know about Boston baseball’s holiest of holies: Check out this report of Fenway’s first game, penned b y Boston Globe scribe T.H. Murnane. We would love to hear our readers’ memories of Fenway over the years, and would love to share some of ours. Tell us your favorite Fenway Park moments in the comments below, and let’s get this discussion …
Spartan438
4:44 pm on Thursday, April 5, 2012
Angel - I am right there with you. I would rather watch a bunch of kids (Iglesias, Lavarnway, Middlebrooks) get better than some of their current players. The Red Sox need to continue to get younger. more ›