Crimson Sox
The Inexperienced Monster has undergone many adjustments all through the 111-year historical past of Fenway Park.
NESN’s Crimson Sox broadcasting crew took in Thursday’s sport towards the Reds in a really totally different locale from their normal perch within the press field.
As a substitute of the published sales space, Dave O’Brien, Tim Wakefield, and Kevin Youkilis referred to as Thursday’s sport from the seats atop the Inexperienced Monster.
The explanation for the swap? It was a celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Inexperienced Monster seats, which debuted throughout the 2003 season.
The Inexperienced Monster has undergone many adjustments all through the 111-year historical past of Fenway Park.
After a fireplace destroyed a lot of the wall that wedged itself between the left-field seats and Lansdowne Avenue, a bigger concrete-and-tin monolith took its place in 1934 — setting the muse of the quirky little bit of baseball structure that has grow to be synonymous with the Crimson Sox.
As soon as strewn with commercials, the 37-foot wall was ultimately painted inexperienced in 1947 to match the identical shade palette as the remainder of the stadium. The outer shell of the wall was coated in arduous plastic in 1976, giving it the look it maintains 47 years later.
The Inexperienced Monster underwent one among its extra radical transformations throughout the 2002 offseason, with main renovations eradicating the netting on high of the wall and changing it with near 300 seats.
Now, if solely they might convey again these Coke bottles as soon as once more….
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