Are they still having Futures Day when one of their farm clubs plays at Fenway when the Red Sox are on the road? That is/was a great way to get seats you normally couldn't get/afford at big discounts.
I liked joeflah's recollections as I, too, have followed the team for a long time. In fact, I saw my first game there when players still left their gloves on the field when sides switched: outfielders dropped them in the grass near their position, mid-infielders on the grass in back of the mound, corner infielders in the grass in foul territory, pitchers and catchers, however, took theirs with them. That was changed after the 1953 season. Because of some "ins" I've seen just about everything in the park...except I haven't been inside the wall. I don't go back far enough to have seen pre-bullpen Fenway (installed in 1940) or advertising on the Wall (the Green Monster came in 1947). And if you go way back (from 1912-33), there was a 10-foot incline leading up to the left-field fence, that became known as Duffy's Cliff. Allegedly, the Red Sox signed slugger Smead Jolley and spent time teaching how to go up the cliff to catch fly balls. He made a catch and promptly fell on his face coming down, dropping the ball. "I spent all this time teaching you and you screw it up." "Maybe you should spent some time teaching me how to come back down." Or similar words. In 126 games with the Sox in 1932 Jolley hit .309 with 18 HR and made 14 errors in LF (119 games).
