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덤으로 fenway 역사입니다.
간혹가다 ted williams도 눈에 띄고요..
April 20, 1912: Boston defeats the New York
Highlanders (now the Yankees), 7-6 in 11
innings, in the first official Red Sox game
in Fenway. The game does not make the front
page, however, due to the sinking of the
Titanic the same day.
1915-1916: The Red Sox win back-to-back World
Series, but play their home games at Braves
Field, which has a larger capacity than
Fenway. The Red Sox win the Series again in
1918 and play their home games at Fenway that
year.
1919: After the 1919 season, Red Sox owner
Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees
for $125,000. What is forgotten, however, is
that Fenway Park was part of the deal. Frazee
also collected a $350,000 loan for a mortgage
on Fenway, meaning the Yankees owned the park
until 1933. Not until Thomas Yawkey purchased
the team in 1933 from Bob Quinn was the note
paid in full.
May 8, 1926: The bleachers along the
left-field wall burn down and are not
replaced, vastly increasing the amount of
foul territory behind third base.
April 28, 1929: The Red Sox play their first
Sunday home game, a 7-3 loss to Philadelphia,
at Commonwealth Park in Boston. Despite the
fact that Sunday baseball was approved in
Boston, the Sox are not allowed to play
Sunday games at Fenway because of its
proximity to a church.
1931: The Red Sox wear numbers on their
uniforms.
July 3, 1932: The Red Sox play their first
Sunday game at Fenway, a 13-2 loss to the
Yankees, thanks to a change in the law
restricting Sunday play at Fenway.
1934: New owner Yawkey spends a million
dollars renovating the park. A New Year's
fire at Fenway destroys most of the
renovations being made, but the project is
still completed. Yawkey replaces the wooden
bleachers with concrete, extends the
bleachers to the left-field wall, adds 6,000
grandstand seats, builds a press box (which
lasts until 1989) ... and constructs a
37-foot high wall in left field. Essentially,
this is the Fenway we know today.
April 17, 1934: The refurbished Fenway Park
opens with a 6-5, 11-inning loss to the
Washington Senators.
1936: A 23-foot tall screen is installed on
top of the 37-foot high left-field wall to
prevent broken windows on Lansdowne Street.
1940: New bullpens are constructed in front
of the right-field bleachers, replacing the
old bullpen areas in foul territory. The
right-field stands are now 23 feet closer to
home plate.
June 9, 1946: Ted Williams hits a 502-foot
home run to right field off Detroit
right-hander Fred Hutchinson. The ball lands
on top of the straw hat worn by Joseph A.
Boucher, who was sitting in section 42, row
37, seat 21. The seat is now painted red to
commemorate the mammoth blast.
July 9, 1946: Ted Williams collects four hits
(two singles, two home runs) and five RBI as
the AL defeats the NL, 13-0, in the first
All-Star-Game at Fenway Park. The game marks
the return of the All-Star Game after a
one-year hiatus due to war travel
restrictions.
June 13, 1947: The Red Sox defeat the White
Sox, 5-3, in the first night game at Fenway
Park. Also on this day, green paint replaced
the advertisements covering the left-field
wall, giving birth to the "Green Monster."
May 12, 1948: WBZ-TV airs the first televised
game from Fenway Park.
October 4, 1948: Cleveland beats the Red Sox,
8-3, in the first-ever single-game playoff in
American League history. The loss prevents
the Red Sox from joining the National
League's Boston Braves in a cross-town World
Series.
July 31, 1961: The second All-Star Game held
at Fenway ends in a 1-1 tie after nine
innings and a 30-minute rain delay.
1970: The center-field flag pole is removed
from the outfield.
October 21, 1975: Carlton Fisk ends the first
World Series night game at Fenway Park, which
lasted 4:01, by hitting a leadoff homer in
the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the Red
Sox a 7-6 victory. Boston had tied the game
on Bernie Carbo's three-run, pinch-hit home
run with two outs in the eighth inning.
October 2, 1978: Fenway hosts the second
one-game playoff in American League history,
a 5-4 Red Sox loss to the New York Yankees
and Bucky "#!*@*!" Dent.
1982-83: Private suites are built atop the
stands in right field and left field.
1987-88: A color videoboard is installed in
center field and the playing area is
resodded.
1989: The old press box is torn down to make
room for the 600 Club behind home plate, with
the new press box built above the 600 Club
section.
1992: The metal awning roof is constructed
over the left field and right field roof box
seats.
July 13, 1999: Fenway hosts the 70th Major
League All-Star Game, an event that included
the presentation of MLB's All-Century Team.
The highlight of the presentation was the
introduction of Ted Williams and the
gathering around Williams at the pitchers'
mound by the coaches and players on the
field.