sportingnews.com - 7/7/2009
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This article appears in the July 6 issue of Sporting News Magazine. If you are not receiving the magazine, subscribe today , or pick up a copy, available at most Barnes & Noble, Borders and Hudson News retail outlets. 1. Fenway Park, Boston. OPENED: 1912. SEATS: 36,108. Do we begin with the ...
bizofbaseball.com - 7/12/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
The story that leaked in May will become
official on Wednesday: the Boston Bruins will play in...
the next NHL Outdoor Winter Classic at Fenway Park on January 1. The scheduled 2PM ET press conference, where the announcement will be made, will be simulcast on NHL Network and NHL.com. While ...
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Fenway Puck: Official Announcement on Bruins in Outdoor ...
spartyandfriends.com - 7/7/2009
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spartyandfriends.com —
I’ve always believed that there are three stages
of “fanhood” with lifelong team affiliations – childhood, where...
you simply root for or against whatever team your parents support, regardless of how you feel about them. This stage usually lasts until you’re about 12 or 13 years old; you might ...
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Welcome Home Nomar
hardballtimes.com - 7/7/2009
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hardballtimes.com —
At least one major media outlet does this
every summer, but it's always fun. Today it's the...
Sporting News' turn. They break up 1 ( Fenway ), 2 ( PNC ), 3 ( Wrigley ), 4 ( Camden Yards ); and 5 ( AT&T; ) into separate pages and then lump 6-30 together . There isn't a lot of analysis here -- I ...
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Ranking the Ballparks
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Ranking the Ballparks
The Hardball Times —
At least one major media outlet does this every summer, but it's always fun. Today it's the Sporting News' turn. They break up 1 (Fenway), 2 ( ...
Fenway Park: Number 1 Ranked Ballpark!
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog —
This is no new news to all of us in Red Sox Nation, but Sporting News Magazine just ranked the 30 MLB Parks and the #1 ballpark was of course, Fenway Park. ...
According to the Sporting News
The Mighty Quinn Media Machine —
... in the Bronx didn't crack the Top 5, but did come in number 10. Citi Field came in 18th. And the parks you'd guess made up their bottom five: 26. Rogers Centre, Toronto 27. Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, Oakland 28. Land Shark Stadium (what?), Miami 29. Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis 30. Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg No love for the domes at all. Here is the complete article from the Sporting News, for your enjoyment. ...
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Fenway Park: Number 1 Ranked Ballpark!
fenwaywest.com 7/9/2009 — This is no new news to all of us in Red Sox Nation, but Sporting News Magazine just ranked the 30 MLB Parks and the #1 ballpark was of course, Fenway Park. The 3 reasons the author LOVES Fenway Park: 1. The Green Monster 2. The Ted Williams Seat 3. Pesky's Pole Here is what Jason Bay had to say ...
National Hockey League Is Coming To Fenway!
bosoxinjection.com 7/16/2009 —
Who doesn’t love going to Fenway Park to see a ball game? It’s the oldest ballpark in the majors, it’s chalk full of history and memories. Now I’ve been to a few other ballparks around the majors, and if you ask me the best hot-dogs in all of baseball are at Fenway ...
Winter Classic is Coming to Fenway
sportsofboston.com 7/16/2009 — Fenway Park has hosted some amazing events and now it appears that it has gotten even cooler.
Fenway has been chosen to be the host of next season ’s NHL Winter Classic , an outdoor hockey game which has become an annual tradition. Following Ralph Wilson Stadium, in Buffalo, and Wrigley ...
Do the Red Sox Get More Hits than Visitors Off the Green Monster?
baseballanalysts.com 6/26/2009 — Two months ago when Sky was looking at predicting home field advantage based on ballpark qualities he determined that a 'quirky' ballpark generally had a larger home field advantage than a non-quirky one. I thought that was a very interesting result and wanted to try to see it for a specific ...
Weekend Wrap Up: Fenway Edition
fenwaywest.com 7/13/2009 — I posted this over on my personal blog , but wanted to double post it over here as well since it is very much Red Sox related. Enjoy! Hey all out there in the internets....I'm a lucky duck and off work today. I was smart enough to request a day off to recover from my weekend. I had to work ...
Sellout celebration
boston.com 6/17/2009 — Tonight's game against the Marlins will be the Red Sox' 500th straight sellout at Fenway Park. To celebrate the milestone, the club will hold several special activities and giveaways to thank the fans. Every fan will receive two mementos, one...
Red Sox to Celebrate 500th Consecutive Sellout at Fenway Park
bizofbaseball.com 6/17/2009 — With a sellout in tonight’s game against the Florida Marlins, fans of Red Sox Nation will achieve 500 consecutive regular season sellout games at Fenway Park. The previous Major League record of 455, set by the Cleveland Indians between 1995-2001, was broken by the Red Sox on September 8, ...
Hockey at Fenway
hardballtimes.com 7/15/2009 — Pahk your Zahmboni in Hahvahd Yahd :
It's official: Boston's storied Fenway Park will host the 2009 Winter Classic. The NHL made the announcement at the 97-year-old ballpark on Wednesday. The hometown Boston Bruins will face the Philadelphia Flyers for the annual event on Jan. 1, 2010.
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Sources: BU and BC will play at Fenway Park on Jan. 8
bigbadblog.weei.com 6/27/2009 — MONTREAL — According to a pair of sources with knowledge of the Winter Classic event, storied rivals Boston University and Boston College have agreed to play each other in an outdoor college hockey game at Fenway Park on Jan. 8. The sources told ...
Nomar Back at Fenway
fenwaywest.com 7/6/2009 — Nomar Garciaparra will be back at Fenway Park tonight as a member of the Oakland A's. He hasn't played at Fenway in almost 5 years. Sox fans should give Nomar a warm welcome. He's never been the same player since leaving Boston, and has been plagued by injuries. Garciaparra told the Boston ...
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Bleacher Report - MLB 7/7/2009
Nomar Garciaparra. That name on itself almost makes me feel emotional. When Nomar left Boston at the trade deadline in 2004, the emotions in Boston were confused. For the first time, the Sox fans felt as if we were betrayed. A player that would ...
John Smoltz: Is It Time To Call It Quits? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 7/7/2009
On July 6, John Smoltz made his third appearance for the Red Sox and his first first at Fenway Park. He was beaten by the light hitting Oakland Athletics 6-0. He allowed 10 hits and five earned runs in six innings.
This marked the Red Sox ...
