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2018 World Series, ALCS, Boston, Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park, Green Monster, Red Sox, World Series
The Green Monster at Fenway Park is a popular nickname for this high left field wall. Fenway Park will be rocking this Tuesday as game 1 of the 2018 World Series will start.
I was fortunate to quickly photograph the Green Monster during my tour at Fenway Park last year. This is the 2nd highest wall for a professional baseball field. It is the highest in the current MLB fields.
Wikipedia history about the Green Monster
The view is pretty great from the Green Monster. It is ironic how nice it is sit up here, since the original idea for a 25 foot high wooden fences was to prevent people from watching the Red Sox play for free. Of course, it is not free to sit up there, but it is worth it to get a better view. It’s nice they added 269 seats in 2003 to replace the old nets.
Why was the Green Monster built?
The Green Monster is also known for its valuable space for displaying advertisements. It still has the old concrete base and a hand-operated scoreboard – a rarity for today’s modern world. Celebrities even want to sign the Green Monster.
I loved seeing the Green Monster. It reminds me a baseball field fortress with the different rigid upright structures. My experience in shooting Candlestick Park in San Francisco taught me to appreciate the art in a baseball stadium’s architecture. To me – the Green Monster is a piece of artwork at Fenway Park!
I was walking in the woods at Rolling Ridge Conference Center in North Andover, MA, and spotted this fallen Maple leaf that had lodged itself between some tree branches. The sun was low on the horizon and highlighting the leaf on this warm Autumn mid-October afternoon a few weeks ago.
I noticed the changing of the leaves on some of the trees at Rolling Ridge Conference Center in North Andover, MA. The photograph was taken on 10/12/17, and was the beginning of the color changes on some of the trees. I was glad it was sunny this day as it highlighted the leaves and background. It was breezing that day so I had to use a higher shutter speed and be patient as the wind died down.
