Fenway Park: Holding on to What Makes Them Unique While Continuing to Evolve

Episode 025 Full Episode

Ben Walters: [00:00:00] A lot of us think as we get older, and maybe like Fenway, we are not the newest thing in the world anymore, that somehow we're obsolete. But Fenway has been great in the fact that it has been able to blend old and new and sometimes that blend of the wisdom of old and tradition and just the charm of it all with new and unique things, makes this just a shrine to baseball. And whether you're a baseball fan or not, there are lessons to be learned. Some of the cool things, there is a single red seat within the stadium that pays tribute to Ted Williams' longest home run, 504 feet. There's that knowledge of our past and that's what connects us to our ancestors. Having that is really cool.

Ben Walters: This also has been a place where just so many critical games have gone off, and one of the neat things about Fenway is it didn't try to be something it wasn't. This was the land available. That's why it's a super [00:01:00] weird design. Down right field, it's the shortest right field foul pole that you can get a home run in the Major League Baseball because of all these streets around here, they can only fit it in here. And then on left field, you have the Green Monster because, again, it wasn't big enough to meet the standards of Major League Baseball.

Ben Walters: With that, it has one of the most unique field designs of any stadium. One of the really cool things about this is that in many of our new stadiums, we think we have to capture every single dollar. In my hometown of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, the Cardinals and the Coyotes decided to build a stadium where they bought all this land way west of town and they wanted to capture every single dollar, every hotel dollar, every restaurant dollar, every entertainment dollar. And that sounded like a great idea, but it's hard to capitalize on that.

Ben Walters: It also gives it a staleness where it doesn't have a feeling. This particular road, you have all these private entrepreneurs that are investing their money, and then on game day. This is [00:02:00] filled with just small business owners creating sausages with onions and mustard and they are something that once you've had one, your mouth just waters for it. When you go back to Boston, it's on like Pavlov's dogs.

Ben Walters: When you think about your life, the more you share in the benefits with others and the good things with others, the more it becomes richer, the experience. Instead of trying to control everything, instead of trying to be everything to everybody, I want you to remember, as you think about a SuperPumped Life, is continue to hold to what you have that makes you unique as an individual. This is unique. Fenway, they fit it into the land they had and that made it unique.

Ben Walters: But then they didn't just bulldoze over the years. When every other city was bulldozing their stadiums, they said, let's enhance this. We have a cool thing. Let's just add to it.

Ben Walters: So in your life, think about what makes you your gaming and clinging to that. But also continue to innovate. Continue to evolve as a person, continue [00:03:00] to develop, continue to surprise even yourself. If you get a chance. Come to Fenway, it is worth the trip. And remember, even if you are getting a little older, a little long in the tooth, cling to what is unique about you and your life, but also innovate. Continue to evolve, and you will be a

Ben Walters: treasured gem, just like Fenway Park. SuperPumped out. 

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