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78-601: The institute was once an infirmary for pediatric dental care in Boston. The Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children was founded in 1914 by Dr. Thomas Alexander Forsyth and John Hamilton Forsyth in memory of their brothers, George Henry Forsyth and James Bennett Forsyth. It had been located for over a century in the Fenway–Kenmore area of Boston, at 140 The Fenway (Fenway Street), next to the Museum of Fine Arts . The museum acquired

156-518: A batter hits a ball into the balls, strikes, and out lights, it is also ruled a ground rule double. The inside walls of the Green Monster are covered with players' signatures from over the years. Despite the name, the Green Monster was not painted green until 1947; before that, it was covered with advertisements . The Monster designation is relatively new; for most of its history, it was simply called "the wall." In 2003, terrace-style seating

234-567: A center-field fence at least 400 feet (120 m) from home plate. (This rule had the unintended consequence of leading to the "Cookie-Cutter Stadium" era, which ended when Camden Yards opened in 1992.) Regarding the narrow foul territory, Will writes: The narrow foul territory in Fenway Park probably adds 5 to 7 points onto batting averages . Since World War II, the Red Sox have had 18 batting champions (through 1989)... Five to 7 points are

312-706: A commemorative plaque placed at its base. The seat directly on the foul side of Pesky's Pole in the front row is Section 94, Row E, Seat 5 and is usually sold as a lone ticket. In a ceremony before the Red Sox' 2005 game against the Cincinnati Reds , the pole on the left field foul line atop the Green Monster was named the Fisk Foul Pole , or Pudge's Pole , in honor of Carlton Fisk . Fisk provided one of baseball's most enduring moments in Game 6 of

390-486: A consolation game. Boston College , Harvard University , Northeastern University , and the University of Massachusetts Amherst compete in the four-team tournament. Since at least 1997 Neil Diamond 's " Sweet Caroline " has been played at Fenway Park during Red Sox games, in the middle of the eighth inning since 2002. On opening night of the 2010 season at Fenway Park, the song was performed by Diamond himself in

468-519: A household in the neighborhood was $ 25,356. 37.3% of the population was below the poverty line , while the unemployment rate was 11.4%. East Fenway has a large student population due to its proximity to area colleges and universities, while West Fenway, formerly known as a student haven, has seen rising interest from young professionals and families. The Kenmore Square area is mainly commercial with many residential units now owned by Boston University and used as on-campus housing for students. According to

546-447: A lot, given that there may be only a 15- or 20-point spread between a good hitting team and a poor hitting team. Will states that some observers might feel that these unique aspects of Fenway give the Red Sox an advantage over their opponents, given that the Red Sox hitters play 81 games at the home stadium while each opponent plays no more than seven games as visiting teams but Will does not share this view. Fenway Park's bullpen wall

624-433: A no-decision that day. The term, though it had been in use since the 1950s, became far more common when Parnell became a Red Sox broadcaster in 1965. Mark Bellhorn hit what proved to be the game-winning home run off of Julián Tavárez in game 1 of the 2004 World Series off that pole's screen. On September 27, 2006, Pesky's 87th birthday, the Red Sox officially dedicated the right field foul pole as "Pesky's Pole", with

702-567: A number of MBTA buses connecting it to the city proper and the surrounding neighborhoods and communities. As for roadways, Fenway and Park Drive circulate around the Fens. Boylston Street is a major east–west route, as are Beacon Street ( MA 2 ) and Commonwealth Avenue ( U.S. 20 ), which intersect at Kenmore Square . Brookline Avenue begins in Kenmore Square at this intersection and proceeds southwest. Huntington Avenue ( MA 9 )

780-478: A second building. West Fenway features streets named after Scottish cities and towns present in Robert Burns' literary works; Peterborough, Kilmarnock, Queensberry. This was a result of influence by the (Robert) Burns Memorial Association of Boston influencing the city of Boston when a decision was made to simplify the original neighborhood plan by Frederick Law Olmsted's office. As originally planned in 1894,

858-580: Is a baseball stadium located in Boston , Massachusetts, less than one mile from Kenmore Square . Since 1912, it has been the ballpark of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) Boston Red Sox . While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934, and underwent major renovations and modifications in the 21st century. It is the oldest active ballpark in MLB. Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood ,

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936-668: Is across Huntington Avenue near The First Church of Christ, Scientist headquarters, a major tourist attraction. East Fenway (generally south of the Massachusetts Turnpike) is separated from West Fenway by the Muddy River, which flows through the Back Bay Fens and into the Charles River north of Kenmore. The Longwood Medical Area is sometimes included as a part of Fenway, and is located across

1014-405: Is located along Lansdowne Street and Jersey Street in the Kenmore Square area of Boston. The area includes many buildings of similar height and architecture and thus it blends in with its surroundings. When pitcher Roger Clemens arrived in Boston for the first time in 1984, he took a taxi from Logan Airport and was sure the driver had misunderstood his directions when he announced their arrival at

1092-717: Is located immediately south of the Turnpike from Kenmore Square. Parts of Boston University , Northeastern University , the Berklee College of Music , and the Boston Conservatory of Music are located in Fenway–Kenmore, and many students reside in the neighborhood. Over the last 20 years almost every residential building in Kenmore has been purchased by Boston University and turned into dorms, especially in

1170-500: Is much lower than most other outfield walls; outfielders are known to end up flying over this wall when chasing balls hit that direction, such as with Torii Hunter when chasing a David Ortiz game-tying grand slam that direction in game 2 of the 2013 ALCS . The Green Monster is the nickname of the 37.167 feet (11.329 m) left field wall in the park. It is located 310 to 315 feet (94 to 96 m) from home plate; this short distance often benefits right-handed hitters. Part of

1248-613: Is named after the Fenway , the main thoroughfare laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted . Fenway–Kenmore's population was 40,898 as of the 2010 Boston Redevelopment Authority Census, while its land area was defined to be 1.24 square miles (3.2 km ). On the east, Fenway–Kenmore is separated from the Back Bay neighborhood by Charlesgate West, the Massachusetts Turnpike, Dalton Avenue and Belvidere Street. The South End

1326-406: Is no distance posted on the wall. Despite the short wall, home runs in this area are relatively rare, as the fence curves away from the foul pole sharply. The pole was named after Johnny Pesky , a light-hitting shortstop and long-time coach for the Red Sox, who hit some of his six home runs at Fenway Park around the pole but never off the pole. Pesky (playing 1942 to 1952, except for 1943 to 1945)

1404-615: Is on the southern border, while Massachusetts Avenue forms the eastern border, and is a major north–south route. Storrow Drive is the only freeway directly serving the neighborhood, and its Charlesgate exit complex provides access to the entire neighborhood, with ramps connecting to Kenmore Square, Boylston Street, and Park Drive. Although the Massachusetts Turnpike cuts through the neighborhood, there are no access points to it except westbound only at Massachusetts Avenue and Newbury Street. Fenway Park Fenway Park

1482-456: The 1975 World Series against the Reds. Facing Reds right-hander Pat Darcy in the 12th inning with the score tied at 6, Fisk hit a long fly ball down the left field line. It appeared to be heading foul, but Fisk, after initially appearing unsure of whether or not to continue running to first base, famously jumped and waved his arms to the right as if to somehow direct the ball fair. It ricocheted off

1560-572: The Back Bay Fens , Fenway and Park Drive , are named after various parks which are part of the Emerald Necklace park system. Other streets in Fenway are named after institutions or civic minded patrons within the neighborhood: Palace Road (formerly Worthington Street), Forsyth Way (formerly Rogers Avenue), Evans Way, Forsyth Street, Hemenway Street (formerly Parker Avenue), Agassiz Road (named after Ida Agassiz), Higginson Circle (named after

1638-477: The First Amendment protecting magazines and that Rutstein's employees were operating on the streets without a permit. Despite a lot of attention in the news, Rutstein said the charges were not pursued and no further legal action was taken. In 2012, one of Rutstein's long time employees Sly Egidio quit Boston Baseball to start "The Yawkey Way Report" named after Yawkey Way . By that time, Boston Baseball

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1716-724: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . The neighborhood is ringed by the MBTA Orange Line Ruggles subway station and the following MBTA Green Line light rail stops: Lansdowne station on the Framingham/Worcester Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail is located near Fenway Park and Kenmore Square and is served by all trains on the line. Fenway–Kenmore is also served by

1794-417: The "600 Club", were added above the home plate grandstand replacing the existing press box. The press box was then added to the top of the 600 Club. The 1988 addition has been thought to have changed the air currents in the park to the detriment of hitters. In 2002, the organization renamed the club seats the ".406 Club" (in honor of Ted Williams ' batting average in 1941). Between the 2005 and 2006 seasons

1872-555: The 2012–2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the largest ancestry groups in ZIP Codes 02115 and 02215 are: It is the home of Fenway Park , the famous Boston Citgo sign , Kenmore Square , The Art Institute of Boston , The Forsyth Institute , Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences , Northeastern University , the New England Conservatory , portions of Boston University (including

1950-541: The Audubon Circle area between Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue. The Fenway–Kenmore area was formed by land annexed from neighboring Brookline in the 1870s as part of the Brookline-Boston annexation debate of 1873 as well as from land filled in conjunction with the creation of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted parks in the 1890s. When planned, it was thought that the buildings built upon

2028-652: The Back Bay Fens from the West Fenway area. To the south of the neighborhood is the Mission Hill area, which is sometimes considered to be part of Roxbury , which continues as the border extends along Ward, Parker, and Ruggles Streets, and the Southwest Corridor . The Kenmore neighborhood is located north and west of Fenway, roughly separated by the Massachusetts Turnpike . Kenmore includes

2106-681: The Fenway Realty Company, the promotional value of the naming at the time has been cited as well. Like many classic ballparks, Fenway Park was constructed on an asymmetrical block, with consequent asymmetry in its field dimensions. The park was designed by architect James E. McLaughlin , and the General Contractor was the Charles Logue Building Company . The first game was played April 20, 1912, with mayor John F. Fitzgerald throwing out

2184-450: The Fenway parkway would house high-wealth residents and that the whole area would be a high-class neighborhood. As property values rose, however, it was educational institutions that sprung up along the Fenway's route. By 1907, there were twenty-two educationally focused organizations, including nine college and universities which had made their homes on the Fenway. Residential buildings that were built needed their frontages to be approved by

2262-467: The Green Monster, which would have cleared the park had it missed. The park's official estimate placed the home run one foot short of Williams' record at 501 feet (152.7 m). An April 2019 home run by Rowdy Tellez of the Toronto Blue Jays was initially reported as 505 feet (154 m), but later found to be significantly shorter, approximately 433 feet (132 m). Pesky's Pole is

2340-668: The Mass Pike alongside the Beacon Street Bridge, comprising 525 units in one 17 floor tower and one 20 floor tower. Concerning infrastructure, in 2007 the MBTA renovated the Fenway Green Line stop and in 2014 renovated the nearby Yawkey commuter rail station . Finally, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston recently completed a $ 425 million expansion, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum completed construction of

2418-570: The Myles Standish Residence Hall), portions of the Harvard Medical School , Harvard School of Dental Medicine , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , Berklee College of Music , The Boston Conservatory , Massachusetts College of Art , Wentworth Institute of Technology , Simmons College , Wheelock College , Emmanuel College , New England School of Photography , Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral,

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2496-632: The Park Board so that a "poor looking building [did not] depreciate the value of the whole neighborhood". Additionally, the Board had discretion on whether it felt a proposed building was suitable for frontage along the park and parkway. The hope of these building restrictions was that there would be an improvement in the look of the Fenway compared to neighboring streets. In the last few years, development in Fenway has picked up, particularly from developer Samuels and Associates. Recent developments include

2574-477: The Sox. The Boston Globe has described Smith as "the architect credited with saving Fenway Park." At completion of the renovations, it was reported that Fenway Park remains usable until as late as 2062. Fenway's capacity differs between day and night games because, during day games, the seats in center field (Section 35) are covered with a black tarp in order to provide a batter's eye . Fenway's lowest attendance

2652-419: The ballpark. The park's address was originally 24 Jersey Street . In 1977, the section of Jersey Street nearest the park was renamed Yawkey Way in honor of longtime Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey , and the park's address was 4 Yawkey Way until 2018, when the street's name was reverted to Jersey Street in light of current Red Sox ownership distancing itself from Yawkey due to his history of racism (the Red Sox were

2730-422: The base of the wall, so that Duffy's Cliff no longer existed. The base of the left field wall is several feet below the grade level of Lansdowne Street, accounting for the occasional rat that might spook the scoreboard operators. There has been debate as to the true left field distance, which was once posted as 315 feet (96 m). A reporter from The Boston Globe was able to sneak into Fenway Park and measure

2808-422: The center field flag pole (and thus under "The Triangle" of today). As a result, a left fielder had to play part of the territory running uphill (and back down). Boston's first star left fielder, Duffy Lewis , mastered the skill so well that the area became known as "Duffy's Cliff". The incline served two purposes: it was a support for a high wall and it was built to compensate for the difference in grades between

2886-408: The distance title. In the 2007 book The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs , researcher Bill Jenkinson found evidence that on May 25, 1926, Babe Ruth hit one in the pre-1934 bleacher configuration which landed five rows from the top in right field. This would have placed it at an estimated 545 feet (166 m) from home plate. On June 23, 2001, Manny Ramirez hit one that struck a light tower above

2964-410: The distance. When the paper's evidence was presented to the club in 1995, the distance was remeasured by the Red Sox and restated at 310 feet (94 m). The companion 96-meter (315 ft) sign remained unchanged until 1998, when it was corrected to 94.5 meters (310 ft). In 1983, private suites were added to the roof behind home plate. In 1988, 610 stadium club seats enclosed in glass and named

3042-483: The end of the Boston Irish heritage trail . Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park "a shrine ". It is a pending Boston Landmark , which will regulate any further changes to the park. The ballpark is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world and a symbol of Boston. In 1911, while the Red Sox were still playing on Huntington Avenue Grounds , owner John I. Taylor purchased

3120-624: The existing .406 club was rebuilt as part of the continuing ballpark expansion efforts. The second deck now features two open-air levels: the bottom level is the new " Dell EMC Club" featuring 406 seats and concierge services and the upper level, the State Street Pavilion, has 374 seats and a dedicated standing room area. The added seats are wider than the previous seats. Outside Gate 5 is The Teammates statue, by Antonio Tobias Mendez, which depicts Red Sox players Bobby Doerr , Dom DiMaggio , Ted Williams , and Johnny Pesky . It

3198-481: The existing ballpark were to be preserved (mainly the original Green Monster and the third base side of the park) as part of the overall new layout. Most of the current stadium was to be demolished to make room for new development, with one section remaining to house a baseball museum and public park. The proposal was highly controversial; it projected that the park had less than 15 years of usable life, would require hundreds of millions of dollars of public investment, and

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3276-400: The field and Lansdowne Street on the other side of that wall. The wall also served as a spectator-friendly seating area during the dead ball era when overflow crowds, in front of the later Green Monster , would sit on the incline behind ropes. As part of the 1934 remodeling of the ballpark, the bleachers, and the wall itself, Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey arranged to flatten the ground along

3354-647: The first pitch and Boston defeating the New York Highlanders , 7–6 in 11 innings. Newspaper coverage of the opening was overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Titanic sinking five days earlier. In June 1919, a rally supporting Irish Independence turned out nearly 50,000 supporters to see the President of the Irish Republic, Éamon de Valera , and was allegedly the largest crowd ever in

3432-509: The first thing fans see when they approach the stadium on game-day. The Red Sox' one-time cross-town rivals, the Boston Braves , used Fenway Park for the 1914 World Series and the 1915 season until Braves Field was completed; ironically, the Red Sox would then use Braves Field – which had a much higher seating capacity – for their own World Series games in 1915 and 1916 . Since 1990 (except in 2005 when, because of field work, it

3510-413: The foul pole, winning the game for the Red Sox and sending the series to a seventh and deciding game the next night, which Cincinnati won. Like Johnny Pesky's No. 6, Carlton had his No. 27 player number retired by the team. From 1912 to 1933, there was a 10-foot (3.0 m) high incline in front of the then 25-foot (7.6 m)-high left field wall at Fenway Park, extending from the left-field foul pole to

3588-727: The founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra), Evans Way (named after the donor of the Evans Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts), Tetlow Street (named after the headmaster of Girls Latin School at its former location), Symphony Road (formerly Batavia Road), St. Stephens Street (St. Stephen's Church became St. Ann's, which is now known as Northeastern University's Fenway Center), Opera Place (the Boston Opera House

3666-431: The head. A confounded Boucher was later quoted as saying: How far away must one sit to be safe in this park? I didn't even get the ball. They say it bounced a dozen rows higher, but after it hit my head, I was no longer interested. I couldn't see the ball. Nobody could. The sun was right in our eyes. All we could do was duck. I'm glad I did not stand up. There have been other home runs hit at Fenway that have contended for

3744-618: The institute's Fenway property prior to Forsyth's move to Cambridge in 2010. The new Forsyth headquarters in Cambridge was designed by the architectural firm ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc. The Forsyth Institute is affiliated with the Harvard School of Dental Medicine , and also collaborates with many other institutions worldwide. In 2016, the Forsyth Entrepreneurial Science Center

3822-448: The land bordered by Brookline Avenue, Jersey Street , Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street and developed it into a larger baseball stadium known as Fenway Park. Taylor claimed the name Fenway Park came from its location in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, which was partially created late in the nineteenth century by filling in marshland or " fens ", to create the Back Bay Fens urban park. However, given that Taylor's family also owned

3900-538: The last team in Major League Baseball to integrate). The address is now 4 Jersey Street. Some of the changes include: On May 15, 1999, then-Red Sox CEO John Harrington announced plans for a new Fenway Park to be built near the existing structure. It was to have seated 44,130 and would have been a modernized replica of the current Fenway Park, with the same field dimensions except for a shorter right field and reduced foul territory. Some sections of

3978-448: The left end of the bleachers in center field, posted as 388 feet (118 m). The end of the bleachers form a right angle with the Green Monster and the flagpole stands within that little triangle. That is not the true power alley, but deep left-center. The true power alley distance is not posted. The foul line intersects with the Green Monster at nearly a right angle, so the power alley could be estimated at 336 feet (102 m), assuming

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4056-731: The middle of the eighth inning. Beginning in 2006, the Red Sox have hosted the " Futures at Fenway " event, where two of their minor-league affiliates play a regular-season doubleheader as the "home" teams. Before the Futures day started, the most recent minor-league game held at Fenway had been the Eastern League All-Star Game in 1977. From 1970 to 1987, the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) played its annual all-star game at various major league stadiums. The games were interleague contests between

4134-438: The name for the pole on the right field foul line, which stands 302 feet (92 m) from home plate, the shortest outfield distance (left or right field) in Major League Baseball. Like the measurement of the left-field line at Fenway Park, this has been disputed. Aerial shots show it to be noticeably shorter than the (actual) 302 foot line in right field, and Pesky has been quoted as estimating it to be "around 295 feet". There

4212-495: The new home of Fenway Health . Planned developments include a 24-story mixed use development at the confluence of Boylston Street and Brookline Avenue, likely including retail, dining, and luxury hotel/apartments. Other plans include the renovation of the Howard Johnson motel on Boylston Street, to be rehabbed as an upscale hotel. Additionally, developer John Rosenthal is planning to build a complex named One Kenmore over

4290-409: The original ballpark construction of 1912, the wall is made of wood, but was covered in tin and concrete in 1934, when the scoreboard was added. The wall was covered in hard plastic in 1976. The scoreboard is manually updated throughout the game. If a ball in play goes through a hole in the scoreboard while the scorers are replacing numbers, the batter is awarded a ground rule double . Similarly, if

4368-563: The park has many quirky features, including "The Triangle", Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field. It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of nine that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators. Fenway has hosted the World Series 11 times, with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Boston Braves winning one. Besides baseball games, it has also been

4446-453: The park. Clemens recalled telling the driver "No, Fenway Park, it's a baseball stadium ... this is a warehouse." Only when the driver told Clemens to look up and he saw the light towers did he realize he was in the right place. Fenway Park is one of the two remaining jewel box ballparks still in use in Major League Baseball, the other being Wrigley Field ; both have a significant number of obstructed view seats, due to pillars supporting

4524-1056: The part of Boston University campus east of the Boston University Bridge , where it meets the Allston neighborhood, although due to the size of the university, it is sometimes considered to be its own neighborhood. Southwest of the Boston University campus and west of the Longwood Medical Area is the town of Brookline . Throughout the neighborhood are brownstone townhouses, brick walk-ups, and five- to six-story apartment buildings, typically constructed between 1880 and 1930. Small, independently-owned shops are scattered throughout. Major commercial developments are in Kenmore Square and along Brookline Avenue, Beacon Street, Boylston Street, and Huntington Avenue. The baseball stadium Fenway Park

4602-422: The pole after Pesky won a game for Parnell in 1948 with a home run down the short right field line, just around the pole. However, Pesky hit just one home run in a game pitched by Parnell, a two-run shot in the first inning of a game against Detroit played on June 11, 1950. The game was eventually won by the visiting Tigers in the 14th inning on a three-run shot by Tigers right fielder Vic Wertz and Parnell earned

4680-439: The power alley is 22.5° away from the foul line as measured from home plate. "Williamsburg" was the name, invented by sportswriters, for the bullpen area built in front of the right-center field bleachers in 1940. It was built there primarily for the benefit of Ted Williams , to enable him and other left-handed batters to hit more home runs , since it was 23 feet (7.0 m) closer than the bleacher wall. The lone red seat in

4758-471: The record previously held by Jacobs Field in Cleveland . On June 17, 2009, the park celebrated its 500th consecutive Red Sox sellout. According to WBZ-TV, the team joined three NBA teams which achieved 500 consecutive home sellouts. The sellout streak ended on April 10, 2013 (with an attendance of 30,862) after the Red Sox sold out 794 regular season games and an additional 26 postseason games. The park

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4836-523: The renovation of the Landmark Center ; the 2003 addition of Hotel Commonwealth on the site of the Rathskeller bar; and the 576-unit, 17-floor Trilogy apartment building on Brookline Avenue and Boylston Street. 1330 Boylston, a second high-rise apartment building, was completed in 2008 and contains 210 apartments, 85,000 square feet (7,900 m ) of office space contained within 10 floors and

4914-692: The research arm of the American Dental Association to form the ADA Forsyth Institute, retaining its existing headquarters and CEO. Fenway%E2%80%93Kenmore Fenway–Kenmore is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston , Massachusetts . It is considered one neighborhood for administrative purposes, but it is composed of numerous distinct sections (East Fenway/Symphony, West Fenway, Audubon Circle, Kenmore Square) that are almost always referred to as "Fenway", "the Fenway", "Kenmore Square", or "Kenmore". Fenway

4992-446: The right field bleachers (Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21) signifies the longest home run ever hit at Fenway. The home run, hit by Ted Williams on June 9, 1946, was officially measured at 502 feet (153 m), well beyond "Williamsburg". According to Hit Tracker Online, the ball, if unobstructed, would have flown 520 to 535 feet (158 to 163 m). The ball landed on Joseph A. Boucher, penetrating his large straw hat and hitting him in

5070-605: The site of many other sporting and cultural events including professional football games for the Boston Redskins , Boston Yanks , and the Boston Patriots ; concerts; soccer and hockey games (such as the 2010 NHL Winter Classic ); and political and religious campaigns. On March 7, 2012 (Fenway's centennial year), the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places . It is a landmark at

5148-499: The street naming system was to continue the system originating in the Back Bay of naming streets in alphabetical order. Where the Back Bay proper ends at Hereford Street, the Fenway was to continue Ipswich, Jersey, Kenyon (Kilmarnock), Lansdowne, Mornington, Nottingham, Onslow, Peterborough, Queensberry, Roseberry, Salisbury, Thurlow, Uxbridge, Vivian, Westmeath (Wellesley), (with X omitted), York, and Zetland. The parkways surrounding

5226-503: The upper deck. These are sold as such, and are a reminder of the architectural limitations of older ballparks. George Will asserts in his book Men at Work that Fenway Park is a "hitters' ballpark", with its short right-field fence (302 feet), narrow foul ground (the smallest of any current major league park), and generally closer-than-normal outfield fences. By Rule 1.04, Note(a), all parks built after 1958 have been required to have foul lines at least 325 feet (99 m) long and

5304-523: Was 1.69 people, while the average family size was 2.61 and non-family 1.51. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 71% White , 7% Black or African American , 14% Asian , 4% from other races , and 3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8% of the population. 21.3% of the population was foreign born. The neighborhood population consisted of 4% under the age of 18, 63% from 18 to 24, 23% from 25 to 44, 6% from 45 to 64, and 5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median income for

5382-402: Was a contact hitter who hit just 17 home runs in his career (6 at Fenway Park). It's not known how many of these six actually landed near the pole. The Red Sox give credit to pitcher (and later, Sox broadcaster) Mel Parnell for coining the name. The most notable for Pesky is a two-run homer in the eighth inning of the 1946 Opening Day game to win the game. According to Pesky, Mel Parnell named

5460-474: Was added on top of the wall. "The Triangle" is a region of center field where the walls form a triangle whose far corner is 420 feet (130 m) from home plate. That deep right-center point is conventionally given as the center field distance. The true center is unmarked, 390 feet (120 m) from home plate, to the left of "the Triangle" when viewed from home plate. There was once a smaller "Triangle" at

5538-725: Was demolished in 1958), and Speare Place (formerly a continuation of St. Stephens Street which itself was formerly Falmouth Street). According to the census of 2000 and the City of Boston, there were 36,191 people, 12,872 households, and 5,428 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density was 29,186.3 people per square mile (11,268.9/km²). Of the neighborhood's housing structures, 1% were single-family dwellings while 15% had 3–9 units, 16% had 10–19 units, 41% had 20–49 units, and 27% had 50 or more units; there were 13,229 units in total. 91% percent of units were occupied by tenants while 9% were owner-occupied. The average household size

5616-524: Was held in a minor league ballpark, and 2020, as the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ), Fenway Park has also hosted the final round of a Boston-area intercollegiate baseball tournament called the Baseball Beanpot, an equivalent to the more well-known hockey Beanpot tourney . The teams play the first rounds in minor league stadiums before moving on to Fenway for the final and

5694-400: Was later revealed to be part of a scheme by current ownership to increase the marketable value of the team as they were ready to sell. Several groups (such as "Save Fenway Park") formed in an attempt to block the move. A significant renovation of Fenway Park stretched over a 10-year period beginning around 2002 headed by Janet Marie Smith , then Vice President of Planning and Development for

5772-473: Was opened at its headquarters at 245 First Street. The shared-space startup business incubator was initially planned to occupy about 5,000 square feet (460 m) within Forsyth’s 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m) headquarters space. The Institute continues to provide pediatric dental care, setting up temporary ForsythKids clinics across Massachusetts. In October 2023, Forsyth announced it would be merging with

5850-594: Was recorded on October 1, 1964 , when a game against the Cleveland Indians drew only 306 paid spectators. On May 15, 2003, the Red Sox game against the Texas Rangers sold out, beginning a sellout streak that lasted until 2013. On September 8, 2008, when the Red Sox hosted the Tampa Bay Rays , Fenway Park broke the all-time Major League record for consecutive sellouts with 456, surpassing

5928-463: Was selling for $ 3 per program, $ 2 cheaper than the in-park programs selling for $ 5. The Yawkey Way Report cost $ 1 and Egidio stationed his hawkers close to Boston Baseball's hawkers, starting a "hawker war." The Yawkey Way Report also came with baseball cards, ponchos and tote bags, which caused Rutstein to file his own complaints with Boston city code enforcement. Despite the rivalry, both programs continue to be hawked outside of Fenway Park and are often

6006-399: Was sold for $ 1, half the cost of the programs inside the park. To sell the program, Rutstein's employees would stand outside the park wearing bright red shirts and greet fans by holding a program up and shouting "Program, Scorecard, One Dollar!". By 1992, the Red Sox organization filed complaints with the city code enforcement arguing that the scorecard inside the magazine was not covered under

6084-432: Was unveiled in 2010. There is also a solo statue of Williams, unveiled in 2004, depicting him placing his cap on the head of a young boy. In 1990, Mike Rutstein started handing out the first issue of Boston Baseball Magazine (originally called Baseball Underground ) outside of the park. He was frustrated with the quality of the program being sold inside the park, which also came out once every two months. The program

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