Throwing out the first ball at All-Star Game at Fenway
Throwing out the first ball at All-Star Game at Fenway
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Throwing out the first ball at All-Star Game at Fenway
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View from above as former Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams throws out the ceremonial first pitch from the first base grandstand prior to the 1961 All-Star Game at Fenway Park.
Title and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
From 1959 to 1962, Major League Baseball held two All-Star Games each summer. The second 1962 game was held at Fenway Park on July 31. The game ended in a 1-1 tie after 9 innings due to rain (Society for American Baseball Research, 2016).
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