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this is the oldest major league baseball
stadium currently in use welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
continuing our series of the most
important buildings in sports with a
look at Fenway Park
construction of Fenway Park began in
1911 at 4 Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square
in Boston Massachusetts by the time the
ballpark opened on April 20th 1912 the
cost of the stadium had reached six
hundred and fifty thousand dollars or
about fifteen million in today’s dollars
Fenway has been the home ballpark of the
Boston Red Sox baseball club ever since
and has undergone hundreds of millions
of dollars in renovations since it
opened amazingly every Red Sox home game
at Fenway since May 15 2003 has been
sold out by passionate fans of the team
by 2008 Red Sox Nation helped sell out
Fenway for a 450 sixth consecutive Red
Sox game and this broke a major league
baseball record earlier in its life
Fenway accommodated one of baseball’s
biggest stars
Babe Ruth spent his embryonic years in
this Boston building and helped the Red
Sox secure World Series titles in 1915
1916 and 1918 however he was then sold
to the archrival New York Yankees and
this sparked the alleged curse of the
Bambino in 1934 a scoreboard was added
to the park and at the time it was
hailed as a technical marvel today the
score is still updated by hand from
behind the wall in the 1940s baseball’s
best hitter called Fenway home Ted
Williams 406 batting average in 1941
gave him the distinction of being the
last player to hit over 400 for a full
season the Ted Sox era gave birth to the
Williamsburg area of the park in fact
Fenway’s right-field bullpens were
practically built for Williams
left-handed swing Fenway features
another nod to Williams accomplishments
the lone red seat found in the
right-field bleachers marks his 502 foot
homerun blast and the furthest a ball
has ever been hit in that park over the
years Fenway
witness many more impressive
accomplishments for example in 1967 carl
yastrzemski earned the Triple Crown of
Major League Baseball when he hit 44
home runs
121 runs batted in and had a 326 batting
average the stadium’s age and location
have led to unique features that
included the triangle Pesky’s Pole and
last but not least the famous Green
Monster in left field
this left field wall was often targeted
by right-handed hitters and was famously
seen in Game six of the 1975 World
Series Carlton Fisk waved the ball fair
as it flew over the Green Monster and
this was the game-winning home run
eventually just prior to the 2003 season
the Green Monster was equipped with
seats just in time for what lay around
the corner despite all the great
memories Fenway mainly served as a
backdrop for years of heartbreak for Red
Sox Nations that is until 2004 when the
BoSox did the impossible and came back
from a three-game deficit against the
New York Yankees in the American League
Championship Series on their way to a
World Series win and an end to the curse
of the Bambino not only is Fenway Park
served as a home for the Boston Red Sox
it has also set the stage for a number
of other important events as well
professional sporting events in football
soccer and hockey have taken place at
Fenway and a number of high-profile
musical performances have used the venue
as a backdrop Fenway will surely
continue being one of the most important
buildings in sports even after its
centennial celebrations in 2012
[Music]
this is the oldest major league baseball
stadium currently in use welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
continuing our series of the most
important buildings in sports with a
look at Fenway Park
construction of Fenway Park began in
1911 at 4 Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square
in Boston Massachusetts by the time the
ballpark opened on April 20th 1912 the
cost of the stadium had reached six
hundred and fifty thousand dollars or
about fifteen million in today’s dollars
Fenway has been the home ballpark of the
Boston Red Sox baseball club ever since
and has undergone hundreds of millions
of dollars in renovations since it
opened amazingly every Red Sox home game
at Fenway since May 15 2003 has been
sold out by passionate fans of the team
by 2008 Red Sox Nation helped sell out
Fenway for a 450 sixth consecutive Red
Sox game and this broke a major league
baseball record earlier in its life
Fenway accommodated one of baseball’s
biggest stars
Babe Ruth spent his embryonic years in
this Boston building and helped the Red
Sox secure World Series titles in 1915
1916 and 1918 however he was then sold
to the archrival New York Yankees and
this sparked the alleged curse of the
Bambino in 1934 a scoreboard was added
to the park and at the time it was
hailed as a technical marvel today the
score is still updated by hand from
behind the wall in the 1940s baseball’s
best hitter called Fenway home Ted
Williams 406 batting average in 1941
gave him the distinction of being the
last player to hit over 400 for a full
season the Ted Sox era gave birth to the
Williamsburg area of the park in fact
Fenway’s right-field bullpens were
practically built for Williams
left-handed swing Fenway features
another nod to Williams accomplishments
the lone red seat found in the
right-field bleachers marks his 502 foot
homerun blast and the furthest a ball
has ever been hit in that park over the
years Fenway
witness many more impressive
accomplishments for example in 1967 carl
yastrzemski earned the Triple Crown of
Major League Baseball when he hit 44
home runs
121 runs batted in and had a 326 batting
average the stadium’s age and location
have led to unique features that
included the triangle Pesky’s Pole and
last but not least the famous Green
Monster in left field
this left field wall was often targeted
by right-handed hitters and was famously
seen in Game six of the 1975 World
Series Carlton Fisk waved the ball fair
as it flew over the Green Monster and
this was the game-winning home run
eventually just prior to the 2003 season
the Green Monster was equipped with
seats just in time for what lay around
the corner despite all the great
memories Fenway mainly served as a
backdrop for years of heartbreak for Red
Sox Nations that is until 2004 when the
BoSox did the impossible and came back
from a three-game deficit against the
New York Yankees in the American League
Championship Series on their way to a
World Series win and an end to the curse
of the Bambino not only is Fenway Park
served as a home for the Boston Red Sox
it has also set the stage for a number
of other important events as well
professional sporting events in football
soccer and hockey have taken place at
Fenway and a number of high-profile
musical performances have used the venue
as a backdrop Fenway will surely
continue being one of the most important
buildings in sports even after its
centennial celebrations in 2012
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