Fenway Park Profile

Last Updated (Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:25) Tuesday, 24 August 2010 09:00

MLB betting fans have been attending baseball games at Fenway Park since it was created in 1912. As the MLB’s oldest ballpark, baseball betting fans have seen many highs and lows at Fenway. For instance from 1918 until 2004, the Boston Red Sox went 86 years between World Series as part of the Curse of the Bambino.This piece of article provides MLB betting guide for the Boston Red Sox who are playing their home games at Fenway Park.

In 1912, the Boston Red Sox moved from the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds to Fenway Park. During their initial tenure at Fenway Park, the Sox were owned by the legendary John I. Taylor after he bought the team in 1907. Taylor bought the land surrounding four of Boston’s biggest streets and converted it into Fenway, which is one of the biggest stadiums in the league.

Fenway Park was named in tribute to its location in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston. As well, aside from owning the Boston Red Sox, John Taylor’s family owned the Fenway Realty Company. As a result, many fans believe the name is a combination of the Fenway neighborhood and Realty Company.

Throughout its tenure as an MLB ballpark there have been many highs and lows at Fenway Park. Two such lows are the curse of the Bambino and attendance issues. In the offseason prior to the start of the 1918 season, the Boston Red Sox traded George Herman “Babe” Ruth to their arch rival New York Yankees. When Babe left, the Red Sox instantly became cursed, going from 1918 to 2004 without winning a World Series. Meanwhile, the Yankees won several World Series under Ruth’s guidance.

What’s more, as a result of trading away the great Bambino, the Red Sox went through a lot of difficulty attracting fans to the games. Fenway’s lowest points were in 1965 where they posed back to back games with 500 or fewer fans. However after the 1968 season when they reached and lost the World Series finals to the New York Mets, the attendance numbers climbed steadily.