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JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FENWAY PARK
WHEREAS, April 20, 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox; and
WHEREAS,  the State of Maine is proud to be part of what is known as Red Sox Nation, the most loyal and devoted fan base in baseball, and Mainers attend games each season at Fenway Park in Boston in great numbers; and
WHEREAS,  Fenway Park is near Kenmore Square in Boston and is the oldest Major League Baseball park currently in use and the oldest venue used by a professional sports team in the United States; and
WHEREAS,  Fenway Park has had many renovations and additions over the years, resulting in unique and quirky features, including "The Triangle," "Pesky's Pole" and most notably the famous "Green Monster" in left field; and
WHEREAS,  as the noted American author John Updike described it, Fenway Park is "a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg"; and
WHEREAS,  the Boston Red Sox have sold out every home game since May 15, 2003 and Fenway Park sold out its 456th consecutive Red Sox game in 2008, breaking a Major League Baseball record, and currently has over 700 consecutive sellouts; and
WHEREAS,  with the 4th lowest seating capacity and 2nd lowest total capacity of any Major League Baseball venue and its narrow foul ground and close outfield fences, Fenway Park provides an intimate setting for spectators, who have watched the Red Sox post a winning record in each of the past 14 seasons; and
WHEREAS,  on March 7, 2012, Fenway Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Legislature now assembled in the Second Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, take this opportunity to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park; and be it further
RESOLVED: That a suitable copy of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.