BOSTON — On a bad night, Fenway Park is the prettiest—and most expensive—bar in Boston. When the Red Sox are making a playoff push, there's a buzz in the air no $16 beer can offer.

On a sunny September afternoon, photojournalist Derek Thayer and I visited Fenway long before first pitch against the Athletics. We stood on the edge of the infield and watched Sox legend-turned-assistant-coach Jason Varitek jeer fielders as they tried to lob baseballs into a bucket placed next to first base. We admired hitters as they launched batting practice balls over the Green Monster in left field. Behind all of the commotion, Tom Caron sat in the otherwise empty dugout, alongside Boston Globe reporter Alex Speier and first baseman Nathaniel Lowe. The three were recording an episode of Caron and Speier's

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