04-13-2012, 09:16 AM
100 YEARS! 
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When the Red Sox opened their doors for business in a ballpark built on a muddy eight-acre parcel of land in a barren, nondescript section of Boston 100 years ago, they had no idea what their stadium would become.
They had nary a clue that a century later Fenway Park would have evolved into a national landmark, an emerald-coated jewel that has played host to the happiest dreams and many of the worst nightmares of the New England region’s most beloved and complicated franchise.
When the Red Sox opened their doors for business in a ballpark built on a muddy eight-acre parcel of land in a barren, nondescript section of Boston 100 years ago, they had no idea what their stadium would become.
They had nary a clue that a century later Fenway Park would have evolved into a national landmark, an emerald-coated jewel that has played host to the happiest dreams and many of the worst nightmares of the New England region’s most beloved and complicated franchise.