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Transcript: Profile: Fenway Park to be torn down to make way for a more modern stadium
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- NPR Morning Edition
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- May 27, 1999
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Profile: Fenway Park to be torn down to make way for a more modern
stadium
Host: BOB EDWARDS
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
BOB EDWARDS, host:
Bostonians have seen a model of the stadium that will replace Fenway
Park, the yard which has housed the Red Sox baseball team since 1912.
For the past 27 seasons, commentator Bill Littlefield has watched
the games at Fenway. He says the park's replacement is not worth
fighting.
BILL LITTLEFIELD:
Among the reasons to leave Fenway Park alone: It is small, as in
intimate. In some of the seats, you are close enough to hear the players
talk to each other. Babe Ruth hit home runs and pitched a couple
of teams to ...