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NEWS ABOUT: Fenway Park

Fenway Park stories: 14 news summaries

 Kennedy Honored at Fenway 


Aug 26, 09 8:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - His hometown Boston Red Sox honored the late Ted Kennedy tonight, the Globe reports, with an Air Force sergeant playing Taps before a pre-game moment of silence at Fenway Park. The team also played a video tribute midway through the first inning to the Massachusetts Democrat—who, the team owner... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Boston • Fenway Park • Ted Kennedy • Larry Lucchino • tribute • first pitch • Taps • moment of silence

(Newser) - Boston’s Fenway Park will host next season’s outdoor NHL game, the Globe reports today, with the Bruins facing either the Philadelphia Flyers or Washington Capitals on New Year’s Day in baseball's oldest stadium. The so-called Winter Classic most recently attracted 40,000 to Chicago’s Wrigley Field... More »

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NHL • Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • Washington Capitals • Philadelphia Flyers • Boston Bruins • Winter Classic

 NYT Ready to Sell BoSox Stake 

As newspapers tank, company offloads non-core assets

Dec 24, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - With revenues plummeting and advertisers and readers fleeing, the cash-starved New York Times Co is looking to offload a once-sacrosanct asset—its 17.5% stake in the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park, the Wall Street Journal reports. Revenues at the Times Co arm that includes the Grey Lady and... More »

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New York Times • Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • shares • credit crisis • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry

 Red Sox Freeze Ticket Prices 

Team concedes fans may have trouble paying Fenway premium

Nov 13, 08 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Times are tough, and the Boston Red Sox know it—in a nod to fans, the team froze ticket prices at Fenway yesterday for the first time in 14 years, the Globe reports. At an average $48.80, tickets are still some of baseball's most expensive, but "We do... More »

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sports • MLB • Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • price increases • price control

Diamond Dilemma: Fenway's Sweet Caroline Fixation

Tradition just kinda started at Boston ballpark, DJ says

Oct 5, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where it began, he couldn’t begin to know, so Jonathan Elias of Boston’s WBZ-TV reached out to learn how Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline became an 8th-inning singalong tradition at the Red Sox’ Fenway Park. The not-as-cool-as-you-thought answer, per the ballpark’s DJ: “They started playing it... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • baseball playoffs • Neil Diamond • Sweet Caroline

 Ballpark Grass Is Artful Work 

Red Sox groundskeeper pioneered growing trend in baseball aesthetics

Sep 30, 08 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amid the pageantry sure to accompany tomorrow’s opening of the Major League Baseball playoffs, the increasingly intricate patterns mown into stadium grass is sure to catch fans’ eyes. Red Sox groundskeeper David Mellor pioneered the technique as an assistant in Milwaukee in 1993, the New York Times reports, and... More »

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Philadelphia Phillies • Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • stadium • baseball • Citizens Bank Park • grass • David Mellor • lawn mower • outfield

 Lester Throws No-Hitter 

24-year-old Red Sox lefty and cancer survivor beats KC Royals

May 19, 08 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Lester can now add pitching a no-hitter to his already amazing list of accomplishments. The 24-year-old lefty, who survived cancer to pitch the clincher of Boston's 2007 World Series victory, shut down Kansas City 7-0 Monday night for the first no-hitter in the majors this season. "Really, words... More »

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cancer • Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • no-hitter • AL East • Jon Lester • American League

OPINION

 Best American Ballparks 

One scribe suggests places you'd most want to be taken out for a ballgame

Apr 28, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - In choosing the best place to watch a ballgame, Chris De Luca decided to keep the team and city out of the discussion. With that in mind, the Chicago Sun-Times presents his list:
  1. Fenway Park: the flawed classic.
  2. Safeco Field: the high-tech home of the Mariners.
  3. Yankee
... More »

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MLB • Fenway Park • Yankee Stadium • Dodger Stadium • PNC Park • Kauffman Stadium • AT&T Park

Yanks Exhume Sox Jersey
at New Stadium

Boston fan tried to hex New York's new home

Apr 13, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A construction worker on the Yankees' new stadium made a unique play to reverse the Curse, reports the New York Post. A Red Sox fan, Gino Castignoli buried a David Ortiz jersey behind home plate last summer, but two former colleagues located and exhumed the shirt today. Now the Sox-lover... More »

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sports • MLB • Boston Red Sox • David Ortiz • Fenway Park • New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • curse • fans • baseball

opinion

 It's Fenway's True Opening Day 

Red Sox season doesn't really start until the first Yankees game, and vice versa

Apr 11, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - This century has seen a drastic reversal of the Red Sox and Yankees' fortunes, but the draw of the teams' storied rivalry is still as strong as ever. Although small-market fans across the country will express derision or disinterest at the meeting of the powerhouses, chances are they will still... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • New York Yankees • rivalry • Kevin Youkilis • Jason Varitek • Joba Chamberlain • baseball

Red Sox Get Rings,
Then Drop Tigers to 0-7

Matsuzaka shuts down Detroit bats over 6 2/3 innings

Apr 8, 08 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - There was red-white-and-blue bunting hanging from the stands, a Green Monster-sized American flag on the left-field wall and an Air National Guard flyover punctuating "The Star-Spangled Banner." After opening with a three-country trip of nearly 16,000 miles, the Boston Red Sox returned to Fenway Park, received their... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • Daisuke Matsuzaka • Fenway Park • Detroit Tigers • American League

Resident Hawk Claws
Fenway Park Visitor

Ominously named Alexa Rodriguez mostly unharmed

Apr 4, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A red-tailed hawk swooped down and attacked a 13-year-old girl at Fenway Park yesterday, the Boston Globe reports. Though the hawk scratched her scalp and drew blood, the girl is okay. “She’s fine, a little shaken,” said her teacher. But what really drew attention to the... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • Alex Rodriguez • wildlife • baseball • hawk

History Links Fenway, Wrigley

Red Sox, Cubs look to the future while staying true to past

Oct 23, 07 10:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Boston’s Fenway Park, erected in 1912, and Chicago’s Wrigley Field, 1914, are baseball’s oldest ballparks and give their respective teams and fan base an identity, and the former holds lessons for the latter. “The one thing I noticed with both Fenway and the Cubs is the... More »

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MLB • Chicago Cubs • Boston Red Sox • Fenway Park • Wrigley Field • baseball

Manny Being Manny

Ben McGrath gets a bead on the affably subversive, obviously brilliant slugger

Apr 19, 07 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New Yorker's Ben McGrath finagled an astounding nine minutes with Manny Ramirez, the notoriously fractious and endlessly fascinating Red Sox slugger. In the interview the reclusive Ramirez embodies all the myths about him: He's deeply personal, funny, petulant, and cryptic—besides being, arguably, "the greatest hitter of his... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Manny Ramirez • David Ortiz • hitting • New Yorker magazine • Fenway Park

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