Fenway Tales

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, Wake up time: 8:45am 


I woke up early as Lyle and I had decided to go on the Fenway Park tour. We got to the Stadium and took the tour. Lyle wasn't thrilled but I found it very interesting, getting an in depth look at the park and also the tour guide told us some very good stories and facts...


Did you know? 


- The Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to their rivals The Yankees in 1918 and for 86 years, until 2004, they didn't win the World Series... and oddity no less.


- The Green Monster (the biggest wall in Fenway) is painted a special green and it is licensed to The Red Sox. If you want to paint your room the same colour, you have to buy the team. Got $724 million spare? Go buy them then! :) 


- On the side of Fenway, they have many numbers that are 'retired numbers.' This means no other player can have this number because the person associated with them was so famous.


- One of the numbers is blue, number 42. This is Jackie Robinson's number, the first African American to play Major League Baseball.


- The yellow pole that is the right field foul pole is nicknamed Pesky's Pole, named after Johnny Pesky. It's named because he kept hitting the pole and would have found it easier to hit home runs over the fence. 


That's all I remember, but not bad as the tour was ages ago. After the tour was over, Bev picked us up and we went to Uno's for a late lunch. I had a Chicago pizza and clam chowder. After lunch, we headed home and I had a nap. After I got up, I spoke to some friends from England and then watched more episodes of Upstairs/Downstairs! I was getting a little sick of it. 


We left for the Selker's (Eben's family) for dinner and a small party. I had dinner of chicken, rice and peas and fudge cake for desert. I met Eliza (Leah's friend) and we played some ping pong. After that, we watched some baseball on television and then left for home.


Once I got home, I unpacked the closet in my room as there was some stuff in there that I didn't need and I wanted to free up some space. We had some lemon cake in front of more Upstairs/Downstairs. Luckily, we were near the end of the first series...not that I wanted to watch any more! 


Thanks for listening.