Season of batted balls leaves Green Monster battered and bruised
Some of the spots on Fenway Park's famous left-field wall are so well-defined that you can even make out the red stitches from the baseball, the Rawlings logo or the major league baseball insignia left behind on the green background.
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, baseball marks are seen on the Green Monster wall at Fenway Park in Boston, during practice for Game 1 of theWorld Series. Some of the spots on Fenway Park's famous left-field wall are so well-defined that you can even make out the red stitches from the baseball, the Rawlings logo or the major league baseball insignia left behind on the green background.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, a baseball mark is seen on the Green Monster wall at Fenway Park in Boston, during practice for Game 1 of the World Series. Some of the spots on Fenway Park's famous left-field wall are so well-defined that you can even make out the red stitches from the baseball, the Rawlings logo or the major league baseball insignia left behind on the green background.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, baseball marks are seen on the Green Monster wall at Fenway Park in Boston, during practice for Game 1 of the World Series. Some of the spots on Fenway Park's famous left-field wall are so well-defined that you can even make out the red stitches from the baseball, the Rawlings logo or the major league baseball insignia left behind on the green background.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, a baseball marks are seen on the Green Monster wall at Fenway Park in Boston, during practice for Game 1 of the World Series. Some of the spots on Fenway Park's famous left-field wall are so well-defined that you can even make out the red stitches from the baseball, the Rawlings logo or the major league baseball insignia left behind on the green background.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, a "B Strong" logo on the Green Monster wall at Fenway Park in Boston is pock-marked with baseballs during practice for Game 1 of the World Series. Up close, the famous left-field wall is pocked with thousands of dents and white scuff marks left from decades of doubles that banged off of its facade.Matt Slocum/The Associated Press
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, a baseball mark is seen on the Green Monster wall at Fenway Park in Boston, during practice for Game 1 of the World Series. Some of the spots on Fenway Park's famous left-field wall are so well-defined that you can even make out the red stitches from the baseball, the Rawlings logo or the major league baseball insignia left behind on the green background.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press