Connelly Early had been to Fenway Park before. The Red Sox left-hander attended a game when he was young, and more recently he swung by for a tour of the ballpark while in town for the 2023 Army-Navy Football Game in Foxborough.

But those visits paled in comparison to his experience this weekend.

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“Obviously seeing it from the dugout is a different look,” Early said.

After making his MLB debut this past Tuesday in Sacramento’s Triple-A ballpark, Early got his first real taste of September baseball this weekend when the club returned to Boston for the first time since his promotion.

The first two games against the New York Yankees didn’t go well, but for Early and the club’s other young arms who have been thrust into the heat of the playoff chase — Payton Tolle and Kyle

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