20 avr. 1912 - Fenway Park opens

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Fenway Park, a baseball park in Boston that is home to the Red Sox, the city’s American League (AL) team. Opened in 1912, it is the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball and one of its most famous. In 1911 Red Sox owner John I. Taylor was looking for locations to build a new ballpark, and later that year his father bought more than 365,000 square feet of land in an area of Boston. In September they started work on it and Taylor decided to call in Fenway Park. The first baseball game at the stadium was played on April 9, 1912, with the Red Sox defeating Harvard College in an exhibition match. The first professional game there was held on April 20, a 7–6 Red Sox victory over the New York Highlanders (later Yankees). Over the years many changes were made to the stadium including a fire which resulted in having to rebuild portions of it and later the green monster was added. This stadium is so important because it was the first baseball stadium which means that it lead to the start of the MLB, and many more sports.

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