Boston—the home of Fenway Park and the Boston Red Sox, the Jimmy Fund, and the founder of the Tour for the Cure—Cass Sapir. Fenway Park is the oldest ballpark still in use today. Originally built in 1912, Fenway is currently celebrating it’s 95th birthday this year. For a very long time, Fenway was known as the smallest park in all of baseball—until this year. After the 2006 season, Fenway increased its seating capacity from 36,298 to 38,805. I’m not sure exactly where they squeezed in these new seats, as they seem to be inventing new places every few years to add some new seating areas (ex.—Green Monster, 2003.) This additional seating has now made PNC Park in Pittburgh the smallest park in all of the Majors, with a capacity of 38,496. It has been reported that by 2012, the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, there will be just under 40,000 seats in Fenway.


Pictured above: Tim, Elana, Cass

Tonight Cass and I were invited onto the field for a small pre-game ceremony/recognition for the Tour for the Cure, and we spent some time with Wally the Mascot posing for pictures. Wally was introduced as the Red Sox mascot ten years ago, and he currently lives in the Green Monster. The Tour for the Cure was also joined by my Uncle Matt, who was able to sit with us during the game. Thanks to Dan for helping us get set up today at the game!