Topic > Fenway Park: Home of the Boston Red Sox - 565

Baseball is one of the world's biggest sports and is played almost everywhere in the world. It is also one of the most historic games. The main historical part of baseball is the stadiums, cities and teams that have been around for so long. Then there's the one and only Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. Fenway Park is the longest-running and still used of all major league ballparks in the United States. Over the 100 years of Fenway Park's existence, it has been built, named, burned, rebuilt, and many other additions have been added to the ballpark. The construction and naming of Fenway Park dates back to 1912 with the help of John Taylor. Fenway Park was built by a wealthy man named John Taylor. He was the owner of the Boston Braves at the time and needed a stadium to play in while the Boston Braves were under construction. At the time he found a small piece of land called "The Fens" and decided it would be perfect: "The new ballpark was built for the 1912 season and was named for then-Red Sox owner John I. Taylor. He said : 'It's in the t...