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8 unusual facts about Fenway Park


2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

The tournament was originally scheduled to be contested at Fenway Park in Boston, home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox.

Dick Dodd

Dodd became a fan of the Boston Red Sox later in life, and learned that the team played the song "Dirty Water" at Fenway Park after that.

Florence Schelling

Schelling began in the first-ever outdoor women's college hockey game 8 January vs. the University of New Hamphshire at Fenway Park.

Howard Koh

In recognition of his national contributions to the field of early detection and prevention of melanoma, the Boston Red Sox designated him a “Medical All Star” (2003) which included the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park.

Kai Gronauer

In a game against the Portland Sea Dogs in August 2011, Gronauer hit a three-run home run at Fenway Park (home of the Boston Red Sox) over the Green Monster in the 11th inning.

Myles Standish Hall

Due to its proximity to Fenway Park the hotel was often patronized by visiting baseball clubs.

Stanley Park Stadium

In October 2012 new owners Fenway Sports Group announced their decision to redevelop and expand the current club stadium Anfield (in a similar way that they redeveloped Fenway Park for the Boston Red Sox) rather than proceed with the planned new stadium.

Time Turns Elastic

Phish recorded a version of “Time Turns Elastic” as the first single from their reunion album Joy released in September 2009 and debuted their version in concert on May 31, 2009 at Fenway Park in Boston.


1936 NFL Championship Game

The game took place on December 13, 1936, at Polo Grounds in New York City, making it the first NFL title game held on a neutral field.The Eastern Division champion Boston Redskins' owner George Preston Marshall moved the game out of Boston's Fenway Park to New York, as he had previously announced plans to move his team to Washington, D. C. the following year.

Dennis and Callahan

On June 2, 2005 Callahan upset some listeners during interviews with Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino and relief pitcher Mike Timlin discussing the upcoming visit of Carson Kressley and the cast from Queer Eye at Fenway Park.

Garrett Lucash

On August 1, 2007, he was featured on the first episode of the Red Sox themed dating show Sox Appeal, in which he went on three blind dates at Fenway Park during a Red Sox game against the San Francisco Giants.

Huntington Avenue Grounds

The Huntington Avenue Grounds was demolished after the Red Sox left at the beginning of the 1912 season to play at Fenway Park.


see also

Fluor Field at the West End

As is the tradition in Fenway Park, Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" is sung in the middle of the eighth inning.

Wally the Green Monster

Wally's Build-A-Bear Workshop isn't at Fenway Park, but at the Build-A-Bear store in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace.

Yawkey

Yawkey Way, a street running beside Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts