Baseball: Fenway tours

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We did two guided tours of Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts: the Fenway Public Tour, which focused on the history, and the Fenway Pre-game Tour, with access to the warning track on the field behind home plate. Both tours had us sit in historic seats and the Green Monster.

Approaching Boston downtown:

Boston

A selfie:

Selfie

Newer plastic seating in the foreground, historic wooden seating in the background:

Seating
Seating

Historic wooden seats… rather uncomfortable:

Historic wooden seats

Historic wooden seats:

Historic wooden seats
Fenway
Fenway

The Green Monster:

Green Monster
Green Monster
Green Monster

View from the Green Monster:

View from the Green Monster
View from the Green Monster

Music performances at Fenway:

Music performances at Fenway

Gardens at Fenway:

Gardens at Fenway
Fenway
Fenway
Fenway
Fenway
Sam Adams

The lone red seat in the right field bleachers (Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21) signifies the longest home run ever hit at Fenway, hit by Ted Williams on June 9, 1946, and was officially measured at 502 feet (153 m):

The lone red seat
Fenway

Examples of seating over time:

Seating over time

Exhibits:

Exhibits

Behind the Green Monster:

Behind the Green Monster

Fenway Park plaque:

Fenway Park

On the field during our second tour:

On the field
On the field
On the field
On the field
On the field
On the field

View from historic seats (again):

View from historic seats
View from historic seats

And the Green Monster:

Green Monster

View from the Green Monster:

View from Green Monster

Souvenir photo:

Souvenir photo

Interesting tours. In the next post, an actual game.