Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds

This was the original home of the Boston Red Sox from 1901 through 1911. The street in the lower left is Huntington Avenue. The original field is now part of the quad at Northeastern University.  When I first found this photo I thought the building beyond the left-field wall was Symphony Hall. But, no. It was the old Boston Opera House, which was knocked down in the 1950s when the Boston Redevelopment Authority was in full tear-down-everything-old mode. Northeastern University’s Speare Hall is on that site today. There was a group of fans called the Royal Rooters formed for the … Continue reading Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds