LEADER 04473nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910451374003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-8993-5 010 $a0-8147-9115-8 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814789933 035 $a(CKB)1000000000486934 035 $a(EBL)866071 035 $a(OCoLC)779828400 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000153093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11151447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10392530 035 $a(PQKB)10049881 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866071 035 $a(OCoLC)230807486 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10245 035 $a(DE-B1597)548675 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814789933 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866071 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10268997 035 $a(OCoLC)646787419 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000486934 100 $a20071022d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFaithful to Fenway$b[electronic resource] $ebelieving in Boston, baseball, and America's most beloved ballpark /$fMichael Ian Borer 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (275 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-9977-9 311 $a0-8147-9976-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-256) and index. 327 $aBoston believes : Fenway Park, a "lyrical little bandbox" -- The birth of an urban ballpark : leisure, nostalgia, and the baseball creed -- The ballpark at rest : the civic partnership between Boston, the Red Sox, and the Fenway faithful -- Objects of faith and consumption : souvenirs, replicas, and other representations of Fenway Park -- Some diamonds are not forever : debating the future of Fenway Park -- Believe in Boston : Red Sox nation and the cultural power of place. 330 $aRead the review at MLB.comThe Green Monster. Pesky's Pole. The Lone Red Seat. Yawkey Way. To baseball fans this list of bizarre phrases evokes only one place: Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. Built in 1912, Fenway Park is Americas oldest major league ballpark still in use. In Faithful to Fenway, Michael Ian Borer takes us out to Fenway where we sit in cramped wooden seats (often with obstructed views of the playing field), where there is a hand-operated scoreboard and an average attendance of 20,000 fewer fans than most stadiums, and where every game has been sold out since May of 2003. There is no Hard Rock Café (like Toronto's Skydome), no swimming pool (like Arizona's Chase Field), and definitely no sushi (which has become a fan favorite from Baltimore to Seattle). As Borer tells us in this captivating book, Fenway is short on comfort but long on character.Faithful to Fenway investigates the mystique of the ballpark. Borer, who lived in Boston before and after the Red Sox historic 2004 World Series win, draws on interviews with Red Sox players, including Jason Varitek and Carl Yastrzemski, management, including Larry Lucchino and John Henry, groundskeepers, vendors, and scores of fans to uncover what the park means for Boston and the people who revere it. Borer argues that Fenway is nothing less than a national icon, more than worthy of the banner outside the stadium that proclaims, ?America's Most Beloved Ballpark?. Certainly as one of New England's greatest landmarks, Fenway captures the hearts and imaginations of a deferential and devoted public. There are T-shirts, bumper stickers, banners, and snow globes that honor the ballpark. Fenway shows up in popular films, novels, television commercials, and in replicated form in people's backyards-and coming in 2008 to Quincy, Massachusetts, is Mini-Fenway Park, a replica stadium built especially for kids.Full of legendary stories, amusing anecdotes, and the shared triumph and tragedy of the Red Sox and their fans, Faithful to Fenway offers a fresh and insightful perspective, offering readers an unforgettable pilgrimage to the mecca of baseball. 606 $aBaseball$xSocial aspects$zMassachusetts$zBoston 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBaseball$xSocial aspects 676 $a796.357/640974461 700 $aBorer$b Michael Ian$0522931 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451374003321 996 $aFaithful to Fenway$92482659 997 $aUNINA