Established by the elder John Winthrop in 1630 as the main settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Company, Boston was an early center of American Puritanism, with a vigorous, if theocratic, intellectual life(Buni). The nation's oldest public school, Boston Latin, was opened in 1635; Harvard, the nation's oldest college, was founded at Cambridge in 1636; a public library was started in 1653; and the first newspaper in the colonies, the Newsletter, appeared in 1704(Buni). With its excellent port, Boston held commercial ascendancy in colonial Massachusetts. As the American Revolution approached, it became a center of opposition to the British. The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought in Charlestown on June 17, 1775, was one of the first battles of the Revolution, and Boston was occupied until the Br

Fenway Park's peculiar dimensions were not intended to provide a tempting target for home run hitters, but to keep non-paying customers out of the park(Shaughnessy). In left field, there was a steep 10-foot embankment that ran in front of the wall where fans were allowed to sit. The Sox' Duffy Lewis was so skilled at playing balls hit to the ledge that it became known as Duffy's Cliff(Shaughnessy).

Nowadays, the cheapest price for a ticket into Fenway Park is eighteen dollars for an upper bleacher seat, while the most costly seat runs you $60 and will seat you either in the infield roof or a field box(Shaughnessy).

The Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth on January 3rd, 1920 to archrival New York Yankees for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan against the mortgage on Fenway Park(Creamer). Ever since this happened, the Boston Red Sox have failed to win another World Series, while the Yankees have managed to clinch 37 pennants since then. Babe Ruth was so popular in New York, that it led to the construction of Yankee Stadium, which still is used to date, and many call it "The House that Ruth built"(Creamer). Many believe this to be a curse on the Red Sox, I believe it to be just a good move by the Yankees.

Babe Ruth is one of the most popular players in baseball. If baseball were to have one person be their spokesman, The Great Bambino would be it.

Boston embraced their young superstar, and the "Babe" was always quick to tip his cap and wave to the crowd, making him all the more endearing to fans(Creamer).

On any given night at Fenway Park, there's no telling what you might see: a living legend may homer in his last at bat, a pitcher named "Smokey" live up to his name, or a catcher from New Hampshire hit a ball just fair past the left field foul pole into the cool October night.

itish withdrew in March, 1776. After a short postwar depression, Boston entered a period of prosperity that lasted until the mid-19th century. Its ships made Boston known around the world. Prominent families built substantial houses on Beacon Hill, later in the reclaimed Back Bay section, and patronized the arts and letters. Despite the generally conservative tone of their culture, they backed reformers, notably the abolitionists. The growth of industry in the mid 19th century brought many immigrants, and Boston changed from a commercial city of primarily British stock to a manufacturing center with an Irish majority, evolving gradually into the diverse, institutionally based city of today(Buni).

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