We receive dozens of letters and email messages every month supporting our efforts, from Fenway regulars in the Boston area and from baseball fans around the country -- and the world! We'd love to hear from you! Tell us what makes Fenway special to you, and share your feedback, questions, and encouragement. Write by email to etarlin@savefenwaypark.com or by post to SFP, PO Box 15300, Boston, MA 02215.

I can remember my first time at Fenway: walking down the street while the vendors hawked their wares, the smell of sausages and chestnuts, the flap of a Red Sox pennant in the wind. We went through the ancient turnstiles and up the ramp, and there it was! The green jewel of the diamond, surrounded by brick and mortar and stone. The Green Monster, the Jimmy Fund sign, the bullpens. All unique to Fenway. I ate ballpark franks and ice cream and watched Yaz, Rico, Lonborg, and all the rest as I reveled in the magic.

Tear down Fenway Park? An abomination of a thought! If the Red Sox ever do build a new park, I hope they'll do better than the Bruins(who tore down Boston Garden), and keep Fenway as a monument to baseball and American history. Why is it that in this country, old is always bad, new is always good? No wonder we have no historical memory.

-- Jeannie Marie, Oct. 24, 2002

There is only one Fenway. Fenway's dimensions and architecture were based on necessity, and the result was an unplanned, bizarre and glorious ballpark. I don't want a "new" and "entertaining" Fenway with "conveniences." I want to watch a baseball game at the greatest ballpark in the world.

-- Greg Geddes, Binghamton, NY, May 28, 2002

"There's No Place Like Home

Have you ever seen anything like it?

Different shades of green, one shade the color of real grass.

An oasis within the city.

The focal point of our childhood dreams.

The destination of a million sentimental memories.

The fantasy-place that exists in a fathers stories.

The place where he still hears his own father, over the cheers and organ music.

The place that has the rare quality of being better than your imagination.

Have you ever seen anything like it?

Yes.

Everytime I bang my fist into my worn, tattered glove three times.

There's no place like home."

- Kerry O'Connor, March 2002.

Inspired by the "rainbow at Fenway" photo (below) by Jim Davis.

"I am sitting here considering my vacation plans for the summer. I want to visit a few ballparks I haven't seen yet. The funny thing is, I'm not thinking, 'gee I wanna go see Jacobs Field' or 'gee I wanna visit Turner Field.' Those 'mallparks' do not interest me at all. It's the real ballparks I wanna see, Wrigley field and Fenway Park, special places that mean so much to people who love baseball. "I had the misfortune of visiting Comiskey Park 2 last year. What a poor replacement it was to the real Comiskey Park. Its too bad that they didn't have a group like yours to save that real live ballpark. "I hope that your efforts to save Fenway Park are succesful. And remember, the work you do is not only for the fans of Boston, but for all of us who love and respect the game, its history and its tradition. Thank you for your efforts."
	-- Doug Spoelker, West Liberty, KY, Jan. 2002
"As a left-coaster, I have never been to Boston or the East Coast. Except for the NE, however, I have been to almost every major league ballpark. Fans from each seem to agree that Fenway is baseball's Mecca (even fans at Wrigley!!). "For the sake of the game which we all love, please do not allow anyone to tear down Fenway Park. Baseball is part of the historical fabric of our country, and Boston is known as the heart of American historical culture. "From baseball fans who have not experienced Fenway, and on behalf of our future generations, thank you for your efforts to save this landmark."
	-- Mike Henrie, Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 2002

"I'll be making my first visit to Fenway this summer, and I'm looking for it to be a religious experience, of sorts. My steadfast desire is that whichever scoundrel ends up with the Sox finds the resolve to commit to the history and the neighborhood that are every bit part of the baseball experience."
	-- Rod Nelson, Denver, CO, 1/13/02

"Why would the Red Sox want to model their park on Pac Bell or any other park? The Red Sox are the original, and most storied team in baseball and that tradition is inextricably linked to Fenway. If they built a new park I can't say I would care about the Sox anymore. If they broke the curse in some other place, it just wouldn't matter. Moving to another park would be like giving up."
	-- Paul Schuler, 12/06/01

"Even though I grew up in the mud and industrial valley of Kent, Washington. My favorite team was the Boston Red Sox. My best friend and I would play out our baseball fantasies in my backyard, transforming its obstacle course of clotheslines, swing set, basketball hoop, and trees, into an afternoon at Fenway Park. Our whiffle ball bats and balls became flame-treated wooden bats and official Rawlings full grain leather baseballs. We spent hours wielding our magic over reality, calling out names like conjuring spirits from the unfamiliar world beyond the freeway overpasses and railroad tracks. Yazstremski, Dewey, Rice, Greenwell, Boggs. We mimicked their stances and swings, slamming each others' fast balls over the rain-rotted wood fence on top of the roof of the next door duplex. Imagining it was another homerun sailing alongside Yawkey Way, over the Green Monster, onto Landsdowne Street, over the Boston & Albany Railroad tracks, passing the Massachusetts Turnpike, flying further than any baseball had ever flown before -- until street lights hummed to life and the familiar cries of Time for dinner cut across the dusk and the northbound train whistle, breaking our spell. "That spell, that Fenway of the mind, should never be destroyed. Fenway is not only the brother of Boston, but brother of the world. Let's continue the valiant efforts toward preservation, so future childhoods get their at bat, too."
	-- Ron Gibson, Jr., Kent, WA,12/21/01

"Could you please send me another bumper sticker? I just traded cars, and my new one feels naked without it. Even way out here in Seattle, fans are alway honking at me on the freeway and giving me the "thumbs up" sign whenever they see it. Thumbs up to you guys!"
	-- Lile Anderson, Shoreline, WA

"Fenway Park is a big part of some people's lives, and many people would hate to see it get knocked down. Why are there groups trying to stop Fenway from getting torn down? Why do people go to the Red Sox games? Why do people pay so much money for one ticket? Because they care. We care, I care. "
	-- Juliana Matherson, Drexel Hill, PA

"There are several members of the police department who are die-hard Red Sox fans. We've had the good fortune of attending several ball games at Fenway Park -- including the All Star Game in 1999 -- and found the park to be a true gem. We're asking for at least five bumper stickers to show our support in saving Fenway Park. Thank you in advance."
	-- Saul Medrano, El Paso, TX

"Just a couple of days ago, I went to my first game at Fenway ever. Fenway is a huge part of Boston, and I would hate to see it torn down (even me being a Cleveland Indians fan and all)."
	-- Neal Paul, Macedonia, OH