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Lot # 1548: .406 Club-Ted Williams Wall Section From Fenway Park

Category: Boston Sports

Starting Bid: $500.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "Summer/August 2006 Catalog",
which ran from 7/30/2006 12:00 AM to
8/28/2006 9:00 PM



In 1988, 610 stadium club seats enclosed in glass and named the "600 Club", were added above the home plate bandstand at Fenway Park. When completed, the press box, which was displaced during construction, was then added to the top of the 600 Club. This addition is largely credited with changing the air currents on Boston's home field to the detriment of hitters. In the 1980s, an MIT professor published his scientific finding that it does, in fact, curtail home runs at Fenway Park, giving credence to that claim by players, coaches, and fans, most notably Wade Boggs. Following the death of the most famed "Sock" of all, Ted Williams, in 2002, the organization renamed those club seats the ".406 Club" (in honor of his batting average in 1941). We now offer a large portion of the fiberglass wall that resided within that section. Painted green to match the Monster in leftfield, it measures 29"x77" and has expected scratches and obtained over course of many fan celebrations and pounding frustrations. EX.

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