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Let's Play Ball! A Report From The Red Sox Home Opener

Credit Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.

Boston Red Sox Wes Ferrell and Bill Werber at Fenway Park.

By Virginia Prescott

The Red Sox faithful are holding their breath for a resurrection after a 26 game deficit behind the Yankees and a dismal .426 winning percentage last year. Yesterday, New Hampshire’s own Darren Garnick was in attendance at Fenway’s opening day, one face in a crowd of thousands hoping for a win under New Hampshire native – and new Red Sox skipper, Ben Cherington. Darren is a former business columnist and contributor to New Hampshire magazine and joins us today to discuss opening day, the Red Sox, and the New Hampshire fans who love them.

6:00 am

Fri April 5, 2013

The Charity of Wiffle Ball

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The Green Monster at Little Fenway

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Little Wrigley

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Dugouts at Little Fenway

By Rick Ganley

In Essex, Vermont there’s a scale replica of a famous baseball park. In fact, there are two. In 2000, Pat O’ Connor had the crazy idea to build a version of Boston’s famed Fenway Park in his backyard. The following year he began to hold Wiffle ball tournaments to raise money for various charities. Later, he built another field next door- Little Wrigley. Fast forward to 2013, and those two fields host dozens of charity tournaments each year, and have helped to raise more than 2 million dollars. And there’s talk of yet another field.

6:00 am

Thu March 28, 2013

Waking Up the Ball Park

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By Rick Ganley

Late season snow won't stop the New Hampshire Fisher Cats from 'working on the show'.

7:35 pm

Thu April 19, 2012

A Century Of Joy And Heartbreak At Fenway Park

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The flag covers the Green Monster as the national anthem is played before the game between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays on April 16 at Fenway Park in Boston.

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Fenways boasts "the oldest seats in baseball." Owners purposely decided not to sandblast the layers of paint, but rather to let these right field grandstand seats show their history and their age.

By Tovia Smith

Originally published on Fri April 20, 2012 12:09 pm

It's hard to pinpoint exactly what it is about Fenway Park. A century after it was built, fans still gush about this "lyric little bandbox," as John Updike called it. To guys like Ed Carpenter, Fenway is history and home, magic and mystique.

"I love this place," he says, tearing up. "I mean, it's not mortar and bricks and seats."

Carpenter first started coming to Fenway with his dad in 1949, when he was 6.

"We walked up this ramp right behind this home plate," he recalls. "I can still see everything was green, emerald green. It was love at first sight."

3:20 am

Mon April 16, 2012

Clemens Faces Trial (Again) Over Doping Testimony

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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens stops to sign a baseball as he leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2011, after a judge declared a mistrial in his perjury trial.

By Nina Totenberg

Originally published on Mon April 16, 2012 9:06 am

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Baseball star Roger Clemens goes on trial for a second time Monday on charges that he lied to a congressional committee about using steroids and human growth hormone. His trial on perjury and obstruction charges last summer ended abruptly when prosecutors mistakenly showed the jury evidence that the judge had ruled inadmissible.

Clemens won a record seven Cy Young awards during his storied pitching career, but prosecutors contend that he used steroids and human growth hormone to prolong that career.

11:10 am

Thu April 12, 2012

Fenway’s First Season

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By Virginia Prescott

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Fenway Park, the beloved field that John Updike famously called “a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark.” Any Red Sox fan can recite the triumphs and sorrows that played out at Fenway like Greek tragedies. Some years stand out to the faithful: the cursed 1918…the ’75 World Series…’86…2004…

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