This day in baseball: First Fenway game
Posted: April 9, 2018 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Casey Hageman, Dana Wingate, Fenway Park, Harvard Crimson, Harvard University, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports Leave a commentThe first game ever played at Fenway Park took place on April 9, 1912. In an exhibition contest between Harvard and the Red Sox, played in the cold and the snow, Crimson third baseman and captain Dana Wingate became the first batter in the Boston ballpark, being struck out on a fastball by Casey Hageman. 3,000 fans braved the wintery weather to watch the shortened contest.
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