Opening Day at Fenway

By adamg on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 6:40am

Opening Day, 1937: Gov. Charles Hurley throws out the first pitch, flanked by managers Joe Cronin of the Red Sox (l.) and Joe McCarthy of the Yankees.

Over the decades, news photographer Leslie Jones spent quite a bit of time at Fenway, including on Opening Day.

In 1963, the Red Sox opened the home season while the Prudential tower was still under construction (see it larger):

Opening Day, 1956: Ted Williams, Manager Pinky Higgins and some other guy:

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Comments

By dMc on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 9:17am.

Comm Ave traffic stretches from Kenmore past Packard's Corner already..

By Confused In Boston on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 11:09am.

... Opening day this year isn't happening on Marathon Monday? I can't for the life of me figure it out, and it's been throwing me off all day!

By Suldog on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 7:12am.

Opening Day is NEVER on Marathon Monday.