Fenway Park
Free skating at Fenway Park for Boston residents
By adamg - 12/12/11 - 9:48 pmOn Saturday, the city will give away 3,600 tickets to skate on the field on Jan. 1 and Jan. 16.
JD Drew has his number retired by the Red Sox
By Kaz - 11/7/11 - 9:09 amA Sox fan sent in this photo of Fenway Park on Friday to the Globe. Hanging among the other retired numbers on the outside of the ballpark was good ol' #7.
Of course, Carlton "Pudge" Fisk (#27) might have something to say about all of this.
Boston helps John Henry with his bottom line
By adamg - 11/7/11 - 7:16 amThe Globe reports on the great deal the Sox got from Boston for using city streets
Drunken behavior at Fenway lands Red Sox before licensing board
By adamg - 10/25/11 - 4:47 pmA glassy-eyed, alcohol-infused Sox fan who had to be wrestled to the ground at a game in July after knocking a woman down raised the hackles of Boston Licensing Board Chairwoman Nicole Murati Ferrer today.
"What concerns me right now is the level of intoxication of this patron," she told Fenway officials at a hearing on a police citation for having a "disorderly, intoxicated patron arrested on the premises" at a July 27 game.
Sox officials said the issue was more one of general belligerence than drunkenness - the guy just seemed to have a lot of pent up anger and had been yelling for several innings.
Nation's crime rate soars
By adamg - 9/17/11 - 6:59 pmRed Sox Nation, that is. Boston Police report arresting a Plymouth woman on charges she stole another woman's purse at last night's Red Sox game.
According to police, witnesses saw Margaret A. Donahue, 40, use her foot to move the purse of another woman seated out in the right-field area, then reach down, pick it up and walk away:
The purse along with its contents was recovered and the suspect placed under arrest. Once placed under arrest, the suspect began to struggle with officers and made numerous phone calls to 911 requesting the presence of additional officers alleging misconduct by officers.
Innocent, etc.
But what about the Wave?
By adamg - 9/7/11 - 12:21 pm
Mitchell B. shows how Fenway is preparing for the Dropkick Murphys concert tomorrow.
From an earlier Yankees visit to Fenway Park
By adamg - 9/2/11 - 8:37 am
Jimmie Foxx of the Red Sox stands in a Fenway dugout with Yankees Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig and Bill Dickey in this 1937 photo by Leslie Jones, in the BPL's Boston baseball collection.
Posted under this Creative Commons license.
AT&T makes it easier for customers to ignore the game at Fenway
By adamg - 7/28/11 - 8:57 pmAT&T says it's dramatically boosted its wireless broadband capacity in the vicinity of Fenway Park, meaning customers are less likely to strike out while trying to make phone calls or getting online during games.
The company says it did this by adding a distributed antenna system to the area around the park.
"We want our customers to have a great network experience whatever they're doing - whether that's making a call, checking e-mail, downloading apps or surfing the Internet," Steve Krom, vice president and general manager of AT&T New England, said in a statement.
A company spokesman was unable to say exactly how much extra Pink Hat capacity the company added.
Sox hit home run with mixed drinks at Fenway
By adamg - 7/27/11 - 9:17 amThe Boston Licensing Board this morning gave Fenway Park a permanent green light to sell mixed drinks in the grandstand during Sox games.
The vote came after managers from the Sox and concession holder Aramark told the board they had had no problems with underage or overserved drinkers under the license first approved in April for grandstand sales of mixed drinks.
Maybe the Bruins Bear should do PSAs for the Red Sox
By adamg - 7/23/11 - 4:48 pmBoston Police report a Vermont woman who jumped into the Red Sox bullpen last night looking for a Sox pitcher to hug her instead found only the long arm of the fist-bumping detail cop, who arrested her on a charge of disturbing a public assembly.
