fenway gets green

have you voted in our poll for the world series winner? so far the red sox are in the lead. rightfully so... with manny, ortiz and the boys of boston. (i guess my loyalties are shifting cause the mets suck right now!)

but now there is a perfect reason to vote for the sox and feel good -- on september 20th, the red sox and the natural resources defense council partnered to develop a plan to make fenway and the green monster more green.

grist described some of the changes:

Under a five-year partnership with the National Resources Defense Council, the nation's oldest active ballpark may vend beer in corn-starch-based cups, serve local, organic food from concession stands, add solar panels, and even initiate a new tradition: a fifth-inning recycling stretch. and more from the boston herald here.

was it a coincidence in planning that just three days later on september 23rd, baseball celebrated its 162nd birthday? so where is baseball's birthplace???

the elysian field in hoboken! i thought the plaque on 11th and washington streets marked the birthplace but i stand corrected. according to mayor david roberts, the public lawn near 12th street by maxwell place (the very site for which roberts compared his fight to de-privatize the space to that of rosa parks) is "the exact site where America's game was first played."