The Ballpark in Arlington is no longer......

[TheGenius]

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Legend goes that the park was called "Fenway Park" because owner John Taylor said "It's in the Fenway section of Boston isn't? Let's call it Fenway Park."

HOWEVER, it is pretty widely assumed that the name was actually for an insurance company (or something along those lines, I remember reading something about it a while ago, but since have forgotten the specifics). It just so happened that they coincided and really the story could go either way.

[BatsareBugs]

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I know that, they were talking about changing names last season from Pac Bell to SBC, but still, this stuff is .

[BatsareBugs]

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I know that, they were talking about changing names last season from Pac Bell to SBC, but still, this stuff is .

[BatsareBugs]

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I know that, they were talking about changing names last season from Pac Bell to SBC, but still, this stuff is .

[bjf1377]

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Gotta love the city of Cleveland...Jacobs Field, Gund Arena, and Cleveland Browns Stadium. I'd be rather pissed if any of these end up w/ a corporate name.

[bjf1377]

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Gotta love the city of Cleveland...Jacobs Field, Gund Arena, and Cleveland Browns Stadium. I'd be rather pissed if any of these end up w/ a corporate name.

[bjf1377]

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Gotta love the city of Cleveland...Jacobs Field, Gund Arena, and Cleveland Browns Stadium. I'd be rather pissed if any of these end up w/ a corporate name.

[DuffysCliff]

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JazzyJ said:
Legend goes that the park was called "Fenway Park" because owner John Taylor said "It's in the Fenway section of Boston isn't? Let's call it Fenway Park."

HOWEVER, it is pretty widely assumed that the name was actually for an insurance company (or something along those lines, I remember reading something about it a while ago, but since have forgotten the specifics). It just so happened that they coincided and really the story could go either way.

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Its really in the "Fens" of Boston, which basically means the swamp. Probably since like what, half of Boston was built on top of the bay. So they just called it Fenway because its in the "Fens" district. I have never heard of the insurance company part, but its been named Fenway Park for 92 years, so if it was named after an insurance company, wouldn't its contract with the insurance company run out about 62 years ago? Yet it still gets free advertising. Doesn't really make sense (to me).

I always have read about it being named after its location.

[DuffysCliff]

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JazzyJ said:
Legend goes that the park was called "Fenway Park" because owner John Taylor said "It's in the Fenway section of Boston isn't? Let's call it Fenway Park."

HOWEVER, it is pretty widely assumed that the name was actually for an insurance company (or something along those lines, I remember reading something about it a while ago, but since have forgotten the specifics). It just so happened that they coincided and really the story could go either way.

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Its really in the "Fens" of Boston, which basically means the swamp. Probably since like what, half of Boston was built on top of the bay. So they just called it Fenway because its in the "Fens" district. I have never heard of the insurance company part, but its been named Fenway Park for 92 years, so if it was named after an insurance company, wouldn't its contract with the insurance company run out about 62 years ago? Yet it still gets free advertising. Doesn't really make sense (to me).

I always have read about it being named after its location.

[DuffysCliff]

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JazzyJ said:
Legend goes that the park was called "Fenway Park" because owner John Taylor said "It's in the Fenway section of Boston isn't? Let's call it Fenway Park."

HOWEVER, it is pretty widely assumed that the name was actually for an insurance company (or something along those lines, I remember reading something about it a while ago, but since have forgotten the specifics). It just so happened that they coincided and really the story could go either way.

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Its really in the "Fens" of Boston, which basically means the swamp. Probably since like what, half of Boston was built on top of the bay. So they just called it Fenway because its in the "Fens" district. I have never heard of the insurance company part, but its been named Fenway Park for 92 years, so if it was named after an insurance company, wouldn't its contract with the insurance company run out about 62 years ago? Yet it still gets free advertising. Doesn't really make sense (to me).

I always have read about it being named after its location.

[TheGenius]

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DuffysCliff said:
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JazzyJ said:
Legend goes that the park was called "Fenway Park" because owner John Taylor said "It's in the Fenway section of Boston isn't? Let's call it Fenway Park."

HOWEVER, it is pretty widely assumed that the name was actually for an insurance company (or something along those lines, I remember reading something about it a while ago, but since have forgotten the specifics). It just so happened that they coincided and really the story could go either way.

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Its really in the "Fens" of Boston, which basically means the swamp. Probably since like what, half of Boston was built on top of the bay. So they just called it Fenway because its in the "Fens" district. I have never heard of the insurance company part, but its been named Fenway Park for 92 years, so if it was named after an insurance company, wouldn't its contract with the insurance company run out about 62 years ago? Yet it still gets free advertising. Doesn't really make sense (to me).

I always have read about it being named after its location.

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Well really there was no contract, it was sort of an under the table deal that just got publicity for the company while not really ever being "officially recognized" as the namesake. Like I said I just read this somewhere a while ago and I know it is not the widely accepted version, but it is a legend with some credibility I think.

P.S. If anyone here was around when they named the stadium in 1912, maybe they could help.

[TheGenius]

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DuffysCliff said:
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JazzyJ said:
Legend goes that the park was called "Fenway Park" because owner John Taylor said "It's in the Fenway section of Boston isn't? Let's call it Fenway Park."

HOWEVER, it is pretty widely assumed that the name was actually for an insurance company (or something along those lines, I remember reading something about it a while ago, but since have forgotten the specifics). It just so happened that they coincided and really the story could go either way.

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Its really in the "Fens" of Boston, which basically means the swamp. Probably since like what, half of Boston was built on top of the bay. So they just called it Fenway because its in the "Fens" district. I have never heard of the insurance company part, but its been named Fenway Park for 92 years, so if it was named after an insurance company, wouldn't its contract with the insurance company run out about 62 years ago? Yet it still gets free advertising. Doesn't really make sense (to me).

I always have read about it being named after its location.

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Well really there was no contract, it was sort of an under the table deal that just got publicity for the company while not really ever being "officially recognized" as the namesake. Like I said I just read this somewhere a while ago and I know it is not the widely accepted version, but it is a legend with some credibility I think.

P.S. If anyone here was around when they named the stadium in 1912, maybe they could help.

[TheGenius]

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DuffysCliff said:
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JazzyJ said:
Legend goes that the park was called "Fenway Park" because owner John Taylor said "It's in the Fenway section of Boston isn't? Let's call it Fenway Park."

HOWEVER, it is pretty widely assumed that the name was actually for an insurance company (or something along those lines, I remember reading something about it a while ago, but since have forgotten the specifics). It just so happened that they coincided and really the story could go either way.

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Its really in the "Fens" of Boston, which basically means the swamp. Probably since like what, half of Boston was built on top of the bay. So they just called it Fenway because its in the "Fens" district. I have never heard of the insurance company part, but its been named Fenway Park for 92 years, so if it was named after an insurance company, wouldn't its contract with the insurance company run out about 62 years ago? Yet it still gets free advertising. Doesn't really make sense (to me).

I always have read about it being named after its location.

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

Well really there was no contract, it was sort of an under the table deal that just got publicity for the company while not really ever being "officially recognized" as the namesake. Like I said I just read this somewhere a while ago and I know it is not the widely accepted version, but it is a legend with some credibility I think.

P.S. If anyone here was around when they named the stadium in 1912, maybe they could help.