For generations, the configuration of Fenway Park has caused headaches for outfielders.
The stadium, Harry Jones of The Cleveland Basic Dealer wrote, “is a structural monstrosity that through the years has proven to be a dreaded nightmare to its checking out baseball clubs.” The yr was 1948.
San Francisco Giants middle fielder Jung Hoo Lee seasoned the gamut of Fenway Park feelings in 2024 on Thursday as the Giants ground out a 3-1 acquire in excess of the Boston Pink Sox.
Initial, Lee misplayed a fly ball in the solar and wound up flat on the ground. Then, soon thereafter, he finished the fourth inning by snaring heart fielder Jarren Duran’s scorching liner—likely saving a operate.
San Francisco 2nd baseman Thairo Estrada’s RBI solitary broke a 1–1 tie in the seventh, catapulting his crew to victory.
As for Lee—well, the “Grandson of Wind” appears to be to be finding his way all over the other elements just great.