Everyone's got a favorite Fenway Park memory. What's yours?
Everyone has their own favorite memory of Fenway Park.
As Fenway prepares to celebrates its 100th anniversary on Friday, MassLive.com is inviting readers to post their favorite memory in the comments to this article.
The Red Sox kick off their celebration of Fenway on Friday by retracing steps trod 100 years ago. Now, as then, the game will start at 3:05 p.m., and the opponent will be the modern-day descendants of the first visiting team, the New York Highlanders. They’ve been better known since 1913 by their other name, the Yankees.
Both teams are scheduled to wear period throwback uniforms from back in the days when the ball was dead and your great grandparents were alive.
There’s also a pre-game ceremony in which every Red Sox player has been invited to attend. Stars from every era are scheduled to attend.
A once-in-a-millennium event such as this one is a natural time for reflection of past memories.
Perhaps you were there in 1960 when Ted William’s bid adieu with a home run in his last at bat, or for the “Pandemonium on the field” in 1967, or in 1983 for “Yak Day” when Carl Yastrzemski took a lap around the park and shook everyone’s hand.
Perhaps your favorite moment include the more recent heroics of the World Series championship 2004 and 2007 seasons.
Perhaps your favorite memory was something more personal, like the first time you went to Fenway with your father or going there for the first time with your kid.
Everyone’s got a favorite Fenway memory. What’s yours?