Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Boston City Council resolution recognizes today as Fenway Park Day in recognition of the beloved park's 100th birthday this season.
At today's Boston City Council meeting, the council will declare today to be Fenway Park Day in the City of Boston. “In 100 years, I hope a celebration like this is happening again,” said Boston City Council President Stephen Murphy, referring to the 100th birthday celebration of Fenway Park on April 20. But the birthday celebrations are continuing all season long. The Boston City Council will do their part by declaring April 25, 2012, Fenway Park Day. Murphy will present members of the Fenway Park organization with an official resolution during the council's meeting today. “This gives the City and fans another chance to remember what Fenway Park means to them. If you’ve lived in Boston for any length of time, I guarantee that you have …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The Red Sox will release a total of 100 balloons with free tickets to their April 20th game from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in neighborhoods all around Boston today.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Joe Selvaggi says he's looking forward to his next marathon in a cooler place, "maybe the South Pole."
Even though Beacon Street resident Joe Selvaggi trained for the Boston Marathon for months, running upward of 60 miles a week since January, yesterday's heat made the race "miserable." Selvaggi, 46, is a year-long runner and Monday's race was his eighth marathon. On Friday, he said he felt like a "tightly wound spring. I would love nothing more than to go out and pound out 15 miles." Even so, by mile three in yesterday's race he said he knew he was in trouble. Selvaggi was one of dozens of runners from Beacon Hill. To see how a particular racer did, search by name or bib number here. Here's Selvaggi's story, in his words: You know that it will be a long day, brutal heat just makes it more miserable. I had a range of time goals which went…
Monday, April 16, 2012
Families and friends of athletes from around the world descend on Boston for the marathon, and plenty of them brought signs to cheer their runner on.
Plenty of folks were on hand to pour Gatorade, and race staff packed lunches for runners.
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Not everyone was dressed for maximum velocity at the Boston Marathon.
With temps rising to 85 degrees, runners did whatever they could to shake off the heat and keep on going.
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Medical tent awaits overheated marathoners.
Friday, April 13, 2012
In honor of Fenway Park's 101st season, we have put together some fun facts about baseball's crown jewel that you may not know.
In honor of Fenway Park’s 101st season kicking off today, we thought we would honor that “lyric little bandbox,” as writer John Updike famously called it, that has become as much a part of Boston as dropped “Rs,” the Charles River and disgraced public officials, with some fun facts, courtesy of funtrivia.com and baseball-statistics.com. Here are some things you may not know about Boston baseball’s holiest of holies: Check out this report of Fenway’s first game, penned b y Boston Globe scribe T.H. Murnane. We would love to hear our readers’ memories of Fenway over the years, and would love to share some of ours. Tell us your favorite Fenway Park moments in the comments below, and let’s get this discussion started!
