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20 April 1912 – On this day one hundred years ago, the Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park, defeating the New York Highlanders (later to be named the Yankees) 7-6 in 11 innings. It is often noted that the opening was overshadowed in Boston by a much bigger news story at the time: the recent sinking of the RMS Titanic, a British passenger ship, in the North Atlantic Ocean five days earlier.
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For New England baseball fans, there is one day that we look forward to every year. After toughing out a long winter in New England, one of the first signs of spring for us is neither the return of the robins nor the sound of lawn mowers starting up in yards in your neighborhood. It isn’t melting snow piles in the mall parking lots or the discarding of winter jackets. It’s Opening Day for the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
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For those of you ready to jump from the Tobin Bridge, I refer you to the post from the joy of sox (and be sure to bookmark this site).
Yes, losing all three games on Opening Weekend hurt. Five home runs off our number two starter hurt. An embarrassing shutout loss on national television hurt. Two blown saves in one game by the leading candidates for the closer role hurt.
With Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox set to square off against reigning AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers at 1:05 PM this afternoon at Comerica Park, manager Bobby Valentine has announced his Opening Day roster (asterisk denotes starters).
Pitchers (13)
Alfredo Aceves, Matt Albers, Scott Atchison, Daniel Bard, Josh Beckett, Michael Bowden, Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront, Jon Lester*, Mark Melancon, Franklin Morales, Vicente Padilla, Justin Thomas
Catchers (2)
Jarrod Saltalamacchia*, Kelly Shoppach
Infielders (6)
Mike Aviles, Adrian Gonzalez*, David Ortiz*, Dustin Pedroia*, Nick Punto, Kevin Youkilis*
Outfielders (4)
Jacoby Ellsbury*, Darnell McDonald, Cody Ross*, Ryan Sweeney*
On the disabled list to begin the season are outfielders Carl Crawford (left wrist) and Ryan Kalish (left shoulder) and pitchers Andrew Bailey (thumb), Chris Carpenter (right elbow), Rich Hill (left elbow), Daisuke Matsuzaka (right elbow), and Andrew Miller (left hamstring). Crawford, Hill, Matsuzaka, and Miller begin the season on the 15-day DL, while Bailey, Carpenter, and Kalish are on the 60-day DL.
Welcome to FenwayFanatics.com, home to Boston Red Sox fans everywhere! Since this site opened in 2004, we have continuously worked to improve not only the content but its look and feel. To coincide with Opening Day in baseball as well as the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, we have rolled out our most recent site changes.
The site is now fully supported by WordPress, the largest self-hosting and arguably the best blogging tool in the world; we believe that this will allow for better content control and easier site updates. We have also made it easier for guests to leave comments using their Facebook accounts; we believe that this encourages more open dialogue versus the traditional blog comment section.
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