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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 ]
The Elm Hill Park Historic District is a historic district encompassing a small residential area in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.It encompasses a residential development created in the early 20th century, including fine examples of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne wood-frame construction, as well as a series of brick Romanesque apartment houses.
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Duffy Lewis was famous for his ability to handle the Fenway outfield. View of Fenway Park from the top of the Green Monster. From 1912 to 1933, a 10-foot-high (3.0 m) mound formed an incline in front of the Green Monster, [4] extending from the left-field foul pole to the center field flag pole.
The Boston Citgo sign is a large, double-faced sign featuring the logo of the oil company Citgo that overlooks Kenmore Square in Boston. The sign was installed in 1940 and updated with Citgo's present logo in 1965. The sign has become a landmark of Boston through its appearance in the background of Boston Red Sox games at Fenway Park.
Carlton Fisk's 1975 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series on October 21, 1975, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 7–6, forcing a deciding seventh game, when Carlton Fisk hit a home run in the 12th inning home run to cap off what many consider to be the best World Series game ever play
Johnny Pesky's number 6 was retired by the Boston Red Sox in 2008. 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 ...
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