The Fenway Park Experience

One of the best parts of going to a Red Sox home game is the venue that they play in. Fenway Park has stood for over one-hundred years and has served as the home place for the Boston Red Sox. Fenway Park is one of the best experiences a fan could ever have; there is so much more to do than just watch the game. The biggest rivalry in baseball is the Red Sox and the New York Yankees; this big matchup always gets the big stage on national tv whenever they are playing. I was able to make the trip to Fenway Park in late September of 2021 with the playoffs right around the corner. Both fan bases travel very well causing the look of Fenway Park quite diverse; with not only red jerseys, there are a lot of black and white pinstripe jerseys. 

 I have only been to Fenway Park for three Red Sox games, but every experience has been amazing. The second you see the big CITGO you know Fenway is close; Fenway Park outside and inside is so different from any other ballpark. Walking into the old rustic look and seeing how well-kept the whole place is. Short ceilings, narrow walkways, and super crowded concourses make up the fun experiences of walking past each section and seeing iconic photos and memories on the walls. On the field The Pesky Pole is what determines what a home run is in right field; the right field line in Fenway is only 302 feet. The Green Monster is a 37 foot tall wall in left field.  Deep center field connects both left and right fields in a triangle shape 420 feet away from home plate. All of the sides of the outfields are so unique and are a great sight to see when you go to find your seat section. 

Going to Fenway Park is always a great experience, but seeing a Red Sox-Yankees game in late September is hard to beat. After paying sixty dollars for parking, the iconic ballpark is across the street with lines of people waiting to get inside. Seeing all of the Red Sox and Yankees fans is super cool and makes the feeling of the game that much better; my family and I have seats right down the first base side. Shortly after the start of the game in the bottom of the third inning, the Red Sox got the scoring started, and Kevin Plawecki hit a line drive home run just barely fair over the Green Monster. The feeling of the crowd is so remarkable with how loud they become. Red Sox starting pitcher Nick Pivetta goes five strong innings with seven strikeouts and only allowing one run. A couple of high-tension innings go by until the Red Sox bullpen has a meltdown in the top of the eighth inning. A powerful drive by Giancarlo Stanton gets the Yankees a Grand Slam causing the whole ballpark to erupt with all of the Yankees fans going crazy. Last chance for the Red Sox to strike and Bobby Dalbec gave the Red Sox life with a solo Homerun, sadly it was not enough because the Red Sox fell to the Yankees by the score of 5-3. The experience is what matters and seeing the biggest rivalry in baseball square off is one of the best things ever. I will never forget this game even if the Red Sox lost. I hope to see more games with this type of feeling; it makes the game so much more enjoyable to watch with the crowd getting into the game. 

Watching a live baseball game at Fenway Park is one of the best experiences a fan can ever imagine during a sports event. The roar of the crowd is special; the fans support their favorite team if they are winning or losing with such compassion during all nine innings. The layout, seats, outfield, and a thirty-seven-foot tall wall makes Fenway Park the most historic ballpark in the history of the MLB. The Red Sox have been able to call Fenway Park home for over a hundred years and there is no recent future without this ballpark. The Red Sox have been the most accomplished team in the last twenty years in the league, the hope is to be back on the main stage very soon. Sports mean a lot to almost everyone and the biggest of fans should all visit Fenway Park in their lifetime. 

“Fenway Park” by Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.