Why? Why should the bond between a people and their baseball team be so intense? Fenway Park is a part of it, offering a physical continuum to the bond, not only because Papi can stand in the same batter’s box as Teddy Ballgame, but also because a son might sit in the same wooden-slat seat as his father.
~Tom Verducci
“True that,” as my young co-workers would say. I miss County Stadium, not so much nostalgically, but in the continuity way Verducci is alluding to.