Oct 4, 2022; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; A general view of the trap on the infield prior to a game between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
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A century is a long time. Much less two of them.
Fenway Park is the oldest ballpark in America, perhaps only there (or Wrigley Field, the only other MLB venue in use before the 1960s) would something old turn up there. But that’s exactly what happened this week.
Senior grounds director Dave Mellor unearthed a glass bottle with a cork top dating back to the mid-19th century according to True Legacy Homes. Bubbles within the bottle suggest it is definitely older than 1920, and per Red Sox spokesperson Zineb Curran the last model of that kind of bottle was produced in 1910.
Fenway Park
Mellor said he was intrigued by the “interesting round bottom and cool bubbles” but he would be even more shocked by the penny that could be fetched. Antique bottles in good shape are worth thousands of dollars; one man in New Zealand has a collection of them valued around $80K.
For the financial well-being of future generations, consider leaving a nice bottle at a ballpark.
