The Boston Red Sox celebrated Fenway Park's centennial by welcoming more than 200 former players and coaches back onto its landmark lawn. Here's my video of the celebration from the opening comments to the introduction of the first player, Jim Rice, in left field... to the introduction of Tim Wakefield - Johnny Pesky - David Ortiz - Bobby Doerr - Jason Varitek... to John Williams conducting Fanfare for Fenway with the Boston Pops. I posted the national anthem and the flyover as a separate video. If you want to scroll ahead, here are some of the introductions: 3:00 Jim Rice 3:25 Dwight Evans 3:50 Bill Buckner 4:25 Jerry Remy 4:35 Rico Petrocelli 5:00 Jim Lonborg 5:10 Luis Tiant 5:30 Bruce Hurst 6:00 Tony Conigliaro 6:20 Carlton Fisk 6:50 Denny Doyle 7:50 Rich Gedman, David Henderson 8:00 Sam Horn 8:25 Pedro Martinez 11:40 Lou Merloni 11:50 Nomar Garciaparra 14:15 Jose Canseco 15:05 Kevin Millar 15:20 Terry Francona 16:05 Alan Embree, Mike Timlin, Keith Foulke 16:20 Mike Lowel! l, Alex Cora 17:20 Luis Alicea 17:30 Pumpsie Green 18:40 Bill Lee 19:20 Dennis Eckersley 20:00 Mo Vaughn 21:20 Carl Yastrzemski 22:00 2012 Boston Red Sox 24:30 Tim Wakefield, Johnny Pesky, David Ortiz, Bobby Doerr, Jason Varitek 26:45 John Williams and the Boston Pops (Fanfare for Fenway) Some excerpts from Sports Illustrated's article about the event: Walking onto the field to the theme from Field of Dreams and the cheers of the ballpark's 719th consecutive sellout crowd, players from Don Aase to Bob ...
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