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Expert: - 10/26/2007


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I know Fenway Park was so named because it's in the "Fenway section" of Boston. But, where did the
name "Fenway" come from? How did that "Fenway section"
get named? Who or what was the original Fenway? Thanks.

Answer
As Olmsted’s engineering masterpiece, the Back Bay "Fens" was designed to solve the increasing problems caused by flushing out the stagnant Muddy River waterway at low tide.

Transformed from a salt- to a fresh-water marsh after 1910 with the creation of the Charles River Dam, the "Fens" encompasses a variety of features; the elegant Rose Garden, War Memorials, and the community "Victory Garden".

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Ken Fougère

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Boston Red Sox players, team & Fenway Park statistics and history are my strengths. Boston's minor league teams are not.

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I've been attending Red Sox games yearly at Fenway Park since 1969. I thrive on Bosox trivia. I have been a huge Red Sox fan since I was 12 years old. My knowledge of Carl Yastrzemski is exceptional. He was my boyhood hero and I still miss his (hard-nose, give 100% every game) playing style to this day. I 'live & die' with the Red Sox every season, game and even every inning.

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A senior member of Baseball-Fever.com forums (Baseball Almanac) since 1998. Author of the 'Bitter Rivals' thread, (http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?6638-The-Bitter-Rivals-Thread). Since 2002, it has received over 9,500 posts and has been read by 415,000 viewers worldwide.

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University of Massachusetts - 1982 Bachelors Degree: Business Management and Computer Science.

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