What is it in baseball?

Green monster is the nickname of the unusually high walls of the left field in Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox home from Boston Major League baseball. At 37 feet, there are 2 inches (11.33 m) and painted green, the wall that can be seen in the photo below is considered to be the most unusual and best known feature in any main league ball park. The wall height helps to compensate for its relatively short distance from the home plate and makes it difficult to hit the doughs of home runs than if the wall was more typical, such as 8 or 10 feet (2.4 or 3.05 m). Officially, the distance from the home plate to the wall is 310 feet (94.5 m) to the left field line, although some estimates and unofficial measurements show that the distance is probably only 304 feet (92.7 m).

History

Fenway Park, which is shown in the photo below, was built in 1911 and 1912 on a small, asymmetric mismardian block in the neighborhood of Fenway-Kenmore in BOSTon in Massachusetts. The layout of the ball park in this limited space, with one outfield wall running along Lansdowne Street, meant that the distance around the left field had to be shorter than usual. There was also no room for stands outside the left field. To avoid non -paying customers from the street watching, a wooden fence with a length of 25 feet (7.6 m) was built. In front of the fence were 10-foot (3.05-m) grass waterfronts, which were usually in the area of ​​the game, but sometimes it was carried out to allow fans to sit during games that attracted large crowds.

In 1934, the new Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey embankment and a fence replaced by a wooden and iron wall, which was 37 feet, 2 inches (11.33 m) high and 231 feet (70.4 m) long. The wall was fortified by concrete at its bottom and the upper part was covered with tin leaves. On top of the wall in 1936, a net screen was added to the top of the wall, which was 23.5 feet high (7.2 m) to prevent home running balls in smashing buildings on the second pageAny street Lansdowne. Originally painted with ads, the wall was redrawn in 1947. This led to the nickname of the wall, because on the contrary, the jugs began to refer to this pleasant target for the dough as a "green monster".

The wall coverage was often persecuted by burnt balls and developed many "dead spots", from which the ball would not reflect as much or as expected. In 1976, the wall was rebuilt with a hard plastic cover that provided a more true bouncy, and safety padding was added at the bottom to protect the outfielders who hit the wall. Several ads and logs began to rediscover on the wall in 1998.

Function

On the base of the wall there is a manually controlled result table that is shown in the photo below. Agovadlice, who follow the walls from inside, uses numerical panels to display the shift score after Inning and the artwork about the game and the score of other main league games. The walls of the room inside the Green Monster have been signed over the years by many playersAnd other celebrities.

In 2003, the peak of the walls of significant changes underwent. The screen has been removed and seating for 269 fans has been added. These seats were very popular with fans, many of which consider them to be the best place to watch the game in Fenway Park.

The ladder used by the operator to load the home run from the top of the wall that the screen was no longer necessary after the screen was removed. However, the ladder was left in place and remained one of the many quirks of the wall. The balls can bounce off the ladder at odd angles. If a burnt ball hits the ladder under the upper part of the wall and bounces across the wall, he decided on a double ground rule and not a home run.

effect on players

Green Monster adds a unique element for playing left field in Fenway Park. Outfielders have to learn how to play caroms from the wall, although irregular reflections are less common than when it was covered with tin. Although the ball is caught after hitting the wall, the dough is not outside. Outfielders must tryt as judge where the ball lands after it hit the wall so that they can get it as quickly as possible and throw it infielder. Some outfielders have become experts in catching the walls of the wall and throwing Baserunners on the second base.

From the point of view of the dough, it provides a short distance to the wall of the left field Fenway Park its own opportunities. The wall is officially 310 feet (94.5 m) from the board down to the left field line and the angles outwards to a distance of 379 feet (115.5 m) in the left center. In 1958, Major League Baseball went through the rule that the new Ballparks must be built with an outfield wall of at least 325 feet (99.1 m) from the home board, although the existing walls could remain shorter. Most of the main league ballparks are 330 feet (100.6 m) on the line, so the dough in Fenway Park is often trying to use its left field.

Some doughs will try to hit high flies towards the left field in the hope that the balls will pass through the green monster for home runs. Others try the bang on the lineHe leaves the wall for double. The jugs in Fenway Park usually try to throw a lower playground, especially the right -handers, as a higher playground can be easier to be hit in the air towards the left field.

FISK's Home Run

One of the most famous moments in the history of Fenway Park appeared during the 1975 World series between Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. At the bottom of the 12. The game 6 was hit by Carlton Fisk Red Sox and the winning home escape from the foul over Green Monster. The following video captures the moment, including Fisk perfectly jumping and waving your hands on the ball in the hope that it will remain fair when it flies over the wall.

Similar walls

Many attempts have been made to simulate or duplicate a green monster in other ballparks, mostly smaller league stadiums. For example, two of the smaller league teams Red Sox, Portland Sea Dogs in Maine and Greenville Drive in South Carolina, have similar walls of the left field. These walls help to provide future outfielder Red Sox to experience the ballE that bounce off the high walls of the left field. Other stadiums of smaller leagues that have high walls of the left field include those in York in Pennsylvania; and Asheville, North Carolina.