Boston Red Sox
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Asymmetric outfield. Center triangle is 420 ft; right field corner ('Pesky's Pole') is 302 ft.
Opened on April 20, 1912 — five days after the Titanic sank. The Red Sox beat the New York Highlanders (later the Yankees) 7-6 in 11 innings. Owner John Taylor named it for its location in the Fenway neighborhood.
Pitcher and slugger Babe Ruth led the Red Sox to a World Series title, their last for 86 years. The next year, Ruth was sold to the Yankees, beginning the 'Curse of the Bambino'.
Owner Tom Yawkey rebuilt the left field wall in concrete and tin after a fire. The manual scoreboard was installed at its base. The wall wouldn't be painted green until 1947.
On June 9, Ted Williams launched a 502-foot homer that landed in the bleachers and split the straw hat of fan Joseph Boucher. Decades later, the Red Sox painted Boucher's seat red — the only one in the park.
The Red Sox installed lights for night games — among the last MLB teams to do so. The same era saw the left field wall painted its iconic green, retiring the Monster's commercial advertisements.
Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown and led a worst-to-first Red Sox to the AL pennant. They lost the World Series in seven games to the Cardinals, but Fenway's standing-room crowds reignited a generation of fans.
Game 6 of the World Series. Bottom of the 12th. Fisk hit a fly ball down the left field line and bodied it fair with his arms — one of the most replayed moments in baseball history. The Reds won Game 7, but the moment lived.
Game 7 of the ALCS — extending the curse one more year. Pedro Martinez was left in too long, Grady Little was fired, and the Red Sox would finally break through the next October.
After 86 years, the Red Sox won the World Series. The path went through Fenway: down 3-0 to the Yankees in the ALCS, Dave Roberts stole second in Game 4, Big Papi walked it off twice, and the comeback became legend.
Fenway celebrated its centennial. Then-living players from across nine decades — Ted Williams' contemporaries to current stars — were invited back for a pregame ceremony. The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The 2018 Red Sox won 108 regular-season games — a franchise record — and rolled through the postseason for their fourth championship since 2004. Mookie Betts won AL MVP.