'As it really is'

Fenway Park during a 2010 game vs. the Philadelphia Phillies

Fenway Park during a 2010 game vs. the Philadelphia Phillies

“For serious looking at baseball there are few places better than Fenway Park. The stands are close to the playing field, the fences are a hopeful green and the young men in their white uniforms are working on real grass, the authentic natural article; under the actual sky in the temperature as it really is. No Tartan Turf. No Astrodome. No air conditioning. Not too many  pennants over the years but no Texans either.’’

From crime writer Robert B. Parker’s (1932-2010) novel Mortal Stakes (1975)

Fenway Park during the 2013 World Series pregame events

Fenway Park during the 2013 World Series pregame events