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Green Monster (Fenway Park) facts for kids

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Green Monster 2006
The Green Monster in 2006

The Green Monster (often known simply as The Monster) is the nickname of the green, 37-foot, two-inch (11.3 m) left field wall at Fenway Park baseball park, where the Boston Red Sox play home games.

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  • Green Monster

    The Green Monster as seen from the grandstand section on September 5, 2006. The ladder is visible to the right of the Red Sox Foundation logo.

  • Green Monster 1914

    The original ad-covered Green Monster in 1914, with "overflow" fan seating in front of the wall's base, atop "Duffy's Cliff" (seen in the distance, nearest the flagpole)

  • Holy Cross vs Boston College (Fenway Park 1916)

    The center-field end of the wall (and Duffy's Cliff) in 1916, during a college football game at Fenway

  • Fenway Park 1996

    The Green Monster in 1996, seven seasons before seats were added on top

  • Duffy Lewis Baseball

    Duffy Lewis was famous for his ability to handle the Fenway outfield.

  • Fenway Park05

    Seats atop the Green Monster

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