Even in the most sanguine of times, the Fenway Park experience can be overwhelming. The bricks. The Wall. The Pesky Pole. The Fisk Pole. The knowledge that Babe Ruth trod the turf of this functioning Hall of Fame. That patrons filed into Fenway Park on April 15, 1912 as survivors of the Titanic were still being plucked from the Atlantic. Roll that around your brain for a moment.
This is where Ted Williams homered in his final at-bat. Where Tony Conigliaro lay face down in the dirt after that terrible beaning.
True history, good, bad and otherwise, carries real weight.