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Fenway Park: 100 years of baseball

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    Red Sox, Yankees commemorate birthday of Boston ballpark

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It's a milestone for the oldest Major League Baseball stadium -- -- Boston's Fenway Park is 100.

Years old that's the plan that's what I like about them -- the family.

Feel loved it generations upon generations upon generations have brought their kids here for a long time.

And better way to celebrate the Centennial -- with a rematch complete with throwback uniforms.

And April 20 1912.

The Red Sox beat the New York highlanders the team that went on to become the Yankees seven to six in the eleventh inning.

You come up on the facade on yawkey way it's really looks very much the same as it did in 1912 fans still packed the parks narrow wooden seats around by Colin -- Is it really goes back to the early days of baseball -- mean -- new ballpark and have that field.

But -- you can actually saint Pete -- played here so Ted Williams played here.

-- decades onlookers from every walk of life cheered in the stands in 1944 president Franklin D.

Roosevelt gave his final campaign speech from Fenway.

In the sixties Catholic nuns have their day it's hard to believe the park was nearly lost with ownership in the sixties pushed for a new stadium.

But then in 1967 team start winning that was the impossible dream team.

Ballpark starting filled up and all -- sudden -- went from -- -- -- broken Donald park to a you know magical spot.

And that Kenny gave it kind of a state of execution.

And another stay was granted under new ownership the turn of the century over the last decade 285.

Million dollars have been -- operates here.

Preserving -- -- historic charm and creating space can be enjoyed for generations to come.

But in this -- didn't.

Anybody in Red Sox Nation to -- -- and no matter what's going on in the world that.

Very happy.

Play thousands seats were added including those coveted spots but the famous Green monster -- concourses -- high Def monitors installed act.

What is -- news.

Will it be here to go experts do it.

Can you imagine at Fenway Park -- Many Red Sox Nation hope their grandchildren will see in Boston Molly Line Fox News.

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