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The pole was named after Johnny Pesky, a non-power-hitting shortstop and long-time coach for the Red Sox, who hit some of his six home runs at Fenway Park around the pole but never off the pole. Pesky (playing 1942 to 1952, except for 1943 to 1945) was a contact hitter who hit just 17 home runs in his career (6 at Fenway Park). [ 81 ]
Pesky (right) and Bobby Doerr (left) at Fenway's 100th Anniversary. On his 87th birthday, September 27, 2006, the Red Sox honored Pesky by officially naming the right-field foul pole "Pesky's Pole", although it had already been unofficially known as such. On September 23, 2008, the Red Sox announced that they would retire the number 6 Pesky ...
Fenway's right field foul pole, which is just 302 feet (92 m) from the plate, is named Pesky's Pole for former Red Sox shortstop Johnny Pesky. Mel Parnell named the pole after Pesky in 1948 when he won a game with a home run just inside the right-field pole.
JetBlue Park at Fenway South is a baseball park in Fort Myers, Florida. [1] Opened in March 2012, it is primarily the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox , replacing earlier separated facilities at City of Palms Park and Boston's former (1993–2011) minor league complex, also located in downtown Fort Myers. [ 1 ]
Fenway's right field foul pole, which is just 302 feet (92 m) from the plate, is named Pesky's Pole for former Red Sox shortstop Johnny Pesky. Mel Parnell named the pole after Pesky in 1948 when he won a game with a home run just inside the right-field pole.
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Rafael Devers hit a two-run homer, Jarren Duran added a solo shot and the Boston Red Sox ended the San Diego Padres' five-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory on Sunday. The Red Sox, who were ...
Parnell once remarked that a southpaw's biggest challenge at Fenway Park was the limited foul territory, not the wall. [1] It’s commonly said [according to whom?] that following a victory in Fenway during which Johnny Pesky hit a game-winning home run near the right-field foul pole, Parnell named it "Pesky's Pole." However, research shows ...