Today’s Red Sox/Yankees game marks the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park — the first Major League Baseball facility to reach the century mark and an enduring part of the American Experience. Nostalgia is a powerful force in our society these days; everything, it seems, is an echo of the past in some manner. Whether it […]
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Smokies to mark 100 seasons of Knoxville baseball with promotion
The Tennessee Smokies (Class AA; Southern League) are commemorating 100 years of baseball in Knoxville — begun with the inception of the Knoxville Appalachians — with a $1 ticket promotion set for Opening Day. For just 100 cents fans can purchase a $10 ticket for the April 13 opener. The deal will run for only […]
Red Sox outline 2011 improvements to Fenway Park
The ten-year makeover of Fenway Park will be completed for the 2011 season, as the Boston Red Sox will install three high-def videoboard and scoring displays, repair and waterproof the right-field lower seating bowl, and once again expand concessions in anticipation of the ballpark’s 100th anniversary in 1912. Though many of the improvements over the […]