Inside Fenway Park

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Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts is both the home of the Boston Red Sox and America's oldest ballpark. In fact, in 2012, Fenway Park will turn 100 years old. Although the Red Sox play 81 home games every season, and although Fenway park holds nearly 40,000 fans, the last time the team did not sell out a game was way back in 2003. This means that it can be difficult to get tickets to a game at Fenway, and you usually will need to either plan in advance or somehow get very lucky if you want to enjoy the Fenway Park experience; if you do make it to a game at Fenway, here are three historic places inside the park you will surely want to visit.

1) The red seat: There is one seat in right field, among rows and rows of green seats, that is painted completely red. This seat marks the spot of a Ted Williams home run hit on June 9, 1946. Ted Williams, who is one of the most legendary Red Sox players in team history, hit the ball 502 feet, and the man who was sitting in this seat was hit right in the head with it (no worries - the man was okay!). Over sixty years later, this is still the longest recorded home run in Fenway Park history, and is commemorated by the red seat.

2) Pesky's Pole: The right field foul pole at Fenway Park stands closer to home plate than any other foul pole in baseball, only 302 feet away. Shortly after the pole, however, the wall races away from home plate, creating one of the deepest right fields in Major League Baseball. Because of this odd configuration, balls that would be home runs in other ballparks often become outs at Fenway, and balls that might be outs at other ballparks wrap around this foul pole and become home runs. The pole itself is named for Johnny Pesky, a Red Sox legend from the 1940s who, although not known as a power hitter, had a tendency to wrap home runs around the pole. When you visit Pesky's Pole, you will discover the signatures of hundreds of fans, climbing up the pole.

3) The Green Monster: The Green Monster is the most well-known feature of Fenway. This wall in left field is 37 feet tall, which far surpasses all other Major League outfield walls in height. Unfortunately, you need tickets on top of the Green Monster to actually visit the seating area on top of it, but even a view from beside it is breathtaking.

If you find yourself in the fortunate position of getting to attend a game at Fenway Park, make sure you do more than just watch the game; get there early, see the sites, and enjoy the entire Fenway Park experience.