Thursday

Fenway Park : The Green Monster


The 37.2 ft wall that you see in this shot is the famous "Green Monster" in Fenway Park. It was not so high when it was initially built. But when the ownership went to Tom Yawkey and he was remodelling the ballpark, he saw that the wall was not high enough. One: the ball when hit by the players was going above the wall onto the street and they had to install a net to catch it. The ladder that is exists till today, was to help someone to pick the balls later :) Two: People were able to watch the game from their rooftops for free!

So, he decided to raise the wall to its current height. It was painted green in 1947. This particular green is patented and is accessible only by 2 persons in the world.

270 seats have been added on top of the Green Monster. These are the fastest selling tickets in the park. They are sold on lottery and who ever wins the lottery gets 4 tickets and he can split the four tickets and watch multiple games or watch one game with 3 others..

We went up there, the view is wonderful. Fans have had the chance to catch the ball or sometimes fans've broken their noses too because of a home run :(

The CITGO sign that you can see outside the park, is a major landmark in Boston Metro and can be seen from anywhere around.

6 comments:

Kamakshi said...

ur giving us a good tour of the park .. i dont even have to go there myself to see it :)

Anonymous said...

This makes me long for a baseball game--I haven't been to one in years!

Anonymous said...

Sure looks like a great place to take in a game.

Jennifer Swanepoel said...

Wow! I had no idea about all that. I'm still struck by the patterns in the grass from mowing...

Anonymous said...

Where are you?

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