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Opening Day at Fenway

Opening Day, 1937: Gov. Hurley throws out opening pitch as managers Joe Cronin (l) and Joe McCarthy watch.Opening Day, 1937: Gov. Charles Hurley throws out the first pitch, flanked by managers Joe Cronin of the Red Sox (l.) and Joe McCarthy of the Yankees.

Over the decades, news photographer Leslie Jones spent quite a bit of time at Fenway, including on Opening Day.

In 1963, the Red Sox opened the home season while the Prudential tower was still under construction (see it larger):

Opening Day at Fenway, 1963

Opening Day, 1956: Ted Williams, Manager Pinky Higgins and some other guy:

Opening Day, 1956: Ted Williams, Manager Pinky Higgins and some other guy.

More opening-day photos by Jones.

Photos from the BPL Leslie Jones collection posted under this Creative Commons license.

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Comm Ave traffic stretches from Kenmore past Packard's Corner already..

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... Opening day this year isn't happening on Marathon Monday? I can't for the life of me figure it out, and it's been throwing me off all day!

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Opening Day is NEVER on Marathon Monday.

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