Boston Red Sox

TOM YAWKEY'S OWNERSHIP WAS CHECKERED, BUT ALL AGREE: DURING THE LEAN YEARS HE RESCUED THE RED SOX

AT THE DAWN OF THE DECADE THE CONDITION OF BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND Fenway Park was bleak. The nation was sagging under the stresses of the Great Depression. Fenway was crumbling under poor ownership. Although less...

IN THE CENTURY SINCE IT WAS COMMISSIONED, FENWAY PARK HAS BECOME A PLACE OF HISTORY AND HEART, A PUBLIC SQUARE WHERE YESTERDAYS, TODAYS AND TOMORROWS ALL MEET

1912 IN the first World Series game at Fenway, on Oct. 9, the Red Sox pit southpaw Ray Collins against New York Giants ace righty Christy Mathewson. The game ends 6--6.

BASEBALL CONNECTS TO THE PAST LIKE NO OTHER SPORT, AND FEW PLACES PROVIDE a richer connection than the old ball field at 4 Yawkey Way in Boston. In some sense Fenway Park is baseball ... and baseball is Fenway Park.