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Article: Fenway facts.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- April 12, 2000
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Baseball is back in Fenway Park - and along with peanuts and cracker jack, you need some knowledge to impress your bleacher buddies. We guarantee these Fenway tidbits will make you an All-Star Red Sox trivia whiz. Thanks to Dick Bresciani in the Sox corporate offices for his help.
Why the name Fenway? Red Sox owner John I. Taylor, who built the new ballpark in 1912, chose the name Fenway because "It's in the Fenway (section of Boston), isn't it?"
What's the origin of the Green Monster? When Fenway was originally constructed for the 1912 season, it had to fit within the confines of Lansdowne Street and other local dirt roads. The short distance from home ...