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A Tip of the Cap to Fenway Park
Posted: April 22, 2012
A tribute to major league baseball's oldest stadium…
The very week a ship's doomed voyage
would break a nation's heart,*
a Boston landmark came to be.
They called it Fenway Park.
That field of dreams became the home
of Bean Town's summer boys.
A storied place where fans would cheer
and make a lot of noise.
When Honey Fitz tossed out the ball**
on that historic day,
he had no clue his grandson Jack
would lead the USA.
The Triangle and Monster Green
would soon become old friends
to comfort those within the stands
when losses outweighed wins.
A hundred years have come and gone
since Fenway Park began.
And so we celebrate this place
beloved by Red Sox fans.
* Five days after the RMS Titanic sunk in 1912, the historic home of the Boston Red Sox opened.
** John Francis (Honey Fitz) Fitzgerald was the maternal grandfather of John F. Kennedy who (was born in 1917).
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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