BOSOX HOST 500TH CONSECUTIVE FENWAY SELLOUT

Another milestone of sorts was set June 17 when the Boston Red Sox defeated the Florida Marlins, 6-1, in an interleague game at Fenway Park. The game marked the 500th consecutive time the Red Sox have sold out their venerable ballpark, dating back to May 23, 2003. Boston broke the Cleveland Indians’ old record of 455 consecutive sellouts last year. According to the 2009 World Almanac, Fenway Park’s seating capacity is 37,000, smallest in the majors.


Boston outfielder Jason Bay, who played for the attendance-challenged Pittsburgh Pirates for six summers before last year’s trade to the Red Sox, said, “Pittsburgh gets these crowds, but it’s for Opening Day.”