The Green Monster - Fenway Park
by Allen Beatty
Title
The Green Monster - Fenway Park
Artist
Allen Beatty
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Photograph - Photographs
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The Green Monster is a popular nickname for the 37'2" high left field wall at Fenway Park, home to the Boston Red Sox baseball team. The wall is only 310 feet from home plate and is a popular target for right-handed hitters.
The Green Monster is famous for preventing home runs on many line drives that would clear the walls of other ballparks. A side effect of this is to increase the prevalence of doubles, since this is the most common result when the ball is hit off the wall (often referred to as a "wallball double"). Some left fielders, predominantly those with vast Fenway experience, have become adept at fielding caroms off the wall to throw runners out at second base or hold the batter to a single. Compared with other current major league parks, the wall's placement creates a comparatively shallow left field; the wall falls approximately 304–310 feet from the plate along the left-field foul line. With this short distance, many deep fly balls that could be caught by the fielder in a deeper park rebound off the wall for base hits. And while the wall turns many would-be line-drive homers into doubles it also allows some high yet shallow fly balls to clear the field of play for a home run.
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June 20th, 2017
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Allen Beatty
Thank you to the buyer from Massapequa, NY for your purchase of a Coffee Mug of The Green Monster - Fenway Park. Enjoy and Happy Holidays !!
Christopher James
Have been here a number of times, in fact have been to all the ballparks of the American League East division!!! LF
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's E IS FOR EMERALD GREEN WEEK You are invited to add this to the features archive discussions and in another discussion in ABC Group!
Allen Beatty replied:
Pamela, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the ABC - E is for Emerald Green Week
Jim Love
I'm an old codger and even though they've been there for quite a time...I still can't get used to the seats up there, great image