{"id":661532,"date":"2026-04-03T21:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661532\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:20:29","slug":"fenway-faithful-celebrate-red-sox-opening-day-despite-rocky-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661532\/","title":{"rendered":"Fenway faithful celebrate Red Sox Opening Day despite rocky start"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Fenway faithful were out in full force on Friday to celebrate Opening Day for the Boston Red Sox.Alliteration aside, it’s been a rocky start to the season for the Sox, who currently sit at 1-5.But you wouldn’t know that on Jersey Street, which was closed off and turned into a street party with music and entertainment.The smell of warm pretzels and sausage and peppers filled the air.John Hackett, 86, from Stoneham, has been in a wheelchair for the last three seasons.However, he hasn’t let that stop him from carrying on a tradition that goes back to the heydays of Sox players like Carl Yastrzemski.”How many Opening Days have you been to?” Bienick asked.”50,” Hackett replied.”You’ve been to 50 Opening Days?” Bienick asked.”We don’t miss. If I only go to one game, it’s this one,” Hackett said.Fans also used Opening Day to stock up on Sox merchandise for the season. One woman’s dad bought her a jersey as an early birthday present with a price tag of $225.Boston’s game started at 2:10 pm. against the San Diego Padres.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The Fenway faithful were out in full force on Friday to celebrate Opening Day for the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n

Alliteration aside, it’s been a rocky start to the season for the Sox, who currently sit at 1-5.<\/p>\n

But you wouldn’t know that on Jersey Street, which was closed off and turned into a street party with music and entertainment.<\/p>\n

The smell of warm pretzels and sausage and peppers filled the air.<\/p>\n

John Hackett, 86, from Stoneham, has been in a wheelchair for the last three seasons.<\/p>\n

However, he hasn’t let that stop him from carrying on a tradition that goes back to the heydays of Sox players like Carl Yastrzemski.<\/p>\n

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“How many Opening Days have you been to?” Bienick asked.<\/p>\n

“50,” Hackett replied.<\/p>\n

“You’ve been to 50 Opening Days?” Bienick asked.<\/p>\n

“We don’t miss. If I only go to one game, it’s this one,” Hackett said.<\/p>\n

Fans also used Opening Day to stock up on Sox merchandise for the season. <\/p>\n

One woman’s dad bought her a jersey as an early birthday present with a price tag of $225.<\/p>\n

Boston’s game started at 2:10 pm. against the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fenway faithful were out in full force on Friday to celebrate Opening Day for the Boston Red…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,84369,141,48,2542,38279,1296,84367,1350,14,84363,84365,6133,4,1406,84371,89,2543,84368,18,81306,1479,11030,286,84364,84366,84370,14986],"class_list":{"0":"post-661532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-bienick","10":"tag-boston","11":"tag-boston-red-sox","12":"tag-bostonredsox","13":"tag-carl-yastrzemski","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-fenway-fan","16":"tag-fenway-park","17":"tag-game","18":"tag-jersey-street","19":"tag-john-hackett","20":"tag-massachusetts","21":"tag-mlb","22":"tag-opening-day","23":"tag-pepper","24":"tag-red-sox","25":"tag-redsox","26":"tag-rocky-start","27":"tag-san-diego-padres","28":"tag-sausage","29":"tag-season","30":"tag-smell","31":"tag-sox","32":"tag-stoneham","33":"tag-street-party","34":"tag-warm-pretzel","35":"tag-wcvb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116342871995052410","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}