http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/ Red Sox Fenway Thu, 04 May 2006 15:30:01 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. Sports General http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/archive/7.html Thu, 04 May 2006 23:26:50 GMT Game to be made up as opener of doubleheader on Aug. 18 The first showdown between the Red Sox and Yankees in 2006 turned out to be a one-and-done affair. Thanks to a forecast filled with showers, Tuesday's Sox-Yankees contest at Fenway Park was postponed roughly 35 minutes after the scheduled first pitch. The game will tentatively be made up on Aug. 18 at 1:05 p.m. ET as part of a day-night doubleheader. Fans who had tickets for Tuesday's game can use them for that first game on Aug. 18, which will now serve as the opener of a five-game series between the rivals at a point the pennant... (more) http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/comments?id=7 http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/archive/6.html Thu, 04 May 2006 23:24:40 GMT Club doesn't want to rush southpaw back from knee injury Red Sox manager Terry Francona can already sense that left-hander David Wells is itching to pitch again. Though that is an obvious sign that Wells, who has been battling right knee woes since late last season, is feeling better, Francona also knows that he must proceed with caution. In other words, the medical staff is prepared to hold Wells back a bit in an effort to prevent reinjury. "I'm not saying he's not close [to pitching]," said Francona, "but there's been a big variance of how he's felt. We need to try to make the best... (more) http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/comments?id=6 http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/archive/5.html Thu, 04 May 2006 23:23:43 GMT When Boston won it all in 2004, Keith Foulke was the man with the knack for closing the deal. Now, there's a new kid at Fenway Park who has shown through the first month of the season that he can give Red Sox fans a calming sense of relief. After posting a 10-for-10 save worksheet in April, Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon was named the American League Rookie of the Month on Tuesday. In 13 relief appearances, the 25-year-old Papelbon dominated with 14 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball while striking out 14 and walking just two. He finished the month as the Major League leader in saves and... (more) http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/comments?id=5 http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:57:00 GMT Why the name "Fenway"? Constructed for the 1912 season, the new ballpark was named by then Red Sox owner John I. Taylor because it was built in an area of Boston known as the Fens. As Taylor said, "It's in that section of Boston, isn't it? Then call it Fenway Park." Taylor, by the way, was also the person who changed the club's name from the Pilgrims to the Red Sox in 1907. What is the meaning of that seat painted red in the bleachers? The seat in the right field bleachers is painted red to mark the spot where the longest measurable home run ever hit inside Fenway Park landed.... (more) http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:52:46 GMT After two rain delays, Fenway Park finally hosted its first professional baseball game on April 20, 1912. (The first official game played in Fenway actually occurred on April 9 when the Sox beat Harvard University, 2-0.) The Red Sox defeated the New York Highlanders — later known as the Yankees — before 27,000 fans,7-6 in 11 innings. The event would have made front page news hadit not been for the sinking of the Titanic only a few days before. Even after the Sox made Fenway their home, they didn't always play their games there. Occasionally, the Red Sox scheduled their "big games" at... (more) http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2 http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:49:00 GMT Fenway Park remained unchanged until a May 8, 1926 fire destroyed bleachers along the left field line. John Quinn, the owner at the time, simply carted the charred remains out of the park; because of a lack of funds, he didn't bother to rebuild the bleachers. Left fielders didn't complain — they were able catch foul balls for outs behind the stands. Tom Yawkey, who bought the financially strapped club in 1933, began a major overhaul of the park. The revitalization project, however, came to a screeching halt on January 5, 1934 when a second fire ravaged the building for five hours. Few... (more) http://bostonredsoxmlb.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1