Fenway Park: Nostalgia In Baseball

The historical Fenway Park has long made baseball fans feel a sense of nostalgia as they enter the famed venue that has seen the likes of Cy Young, Ted Williams, and Carl Yastrzemski grace the field with their greatness. Just like football has Lambeau Field and basketball has Madison Square Garden, baseball has Fenway Park, a place that oozes with historical significance of one of America’s favorite sports. I have had the privilege to witness a ballgame in this magnificent stadium and the experience was one I will remember for the rest of my lifetime. The atmosphere created by the organization generated a unique aura that combined historical attributes with modern elements perfectly. The Boston Red Sox are trying to provide their fans with

Fenway Park is filled with many tributes to some of the greatest moments and players closely related to the Boston Red Sox organization. Growing up, I would constantly read about some of the baseball greats. Eventually, I came across a baseball legend by the name of Ted Williams. Ted Williams is a significant baseball figure as he compiled a number of accomplishments throughout his nineteen year playing career and is often regarded as the best Red Sox ever. Located around Fenway Park are tributes to this historical baseball icon such as two statues that depict two interesting stories of the type of person Ted Williams was. The first showcases a statue of Ted Williams with a bat on his left shoulder while he gives his hat to a child suffering from cancer which showcases Williams’ constant support and dedication to young cancer patients from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund Clinic. The second statue is referred to as “The Teammates” because it showcases how Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr, and Johnny Pesky were teammates were a couple of season but friends for a lifetime as they maintained a close relationship after their playing careers and made efforts to see each other all the way to their dying days. Along with these statues, there

Fenway Park was built in 1912 during the “Golden Age of Ballparks.” It was built to hold about 9,000 people but as the Boston Red Sox grew more popular, the organization realized it needed to make a change. Instead of tearing down their original stadium like what most of the first MLB teams did, the team stayed true to its roots and decided to make the necessary renovations to the stadium to fit more people without tearing down its features that would become landmarks in the baseball world. Fenway Park has many distinct features that differ from other modern stadiums such as the Green Monster and the Pesky Pole. The Green Monster has become synonymous with Fenway Park simply because it is probably the most recognizable wall to any sports fan due to the fact that no other baseball stadium has a towering thirty-seven feet green wall casually placed in the outfield. Believe me, it seems even taller and intimidating in person. To the normal fan, Pesky Pole is simply another foul pole in another baseball park. However, this pole is not just no other foul pole as it is deemed the most famous foul pole in the league for its long history of being generous to home run hitters as its only three hundred and two feet away from home plate, the shortest in the MLB. Other small aspects such as the Citgo Sign in left field and the