Contemporary newspaper accounts of all six of Johnny Pesky’s home runs at Fenway Park:
How The Pesky Pole Got Its Name
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| ↵ Date ↵ | ↵ Description ↵ |
| ↵ 8/18/42 ↵ | ↵ "nearness to the foul line" -Boston Globe |
| ↵ 4/20/46 ↵ | ↵ "into the second or third row" -Globe |
| ↵ 8/08/46 ↵ | ↵ "three feet inside the foul pole" -Globe ↵ |
| ↵ 6/11/50 ↵ | ↵ "into the right field pavillion" -Globe ↵ |
| ↵ 6/18/51 ↵ | ↵ "a good way beyond the foul pole" -Globe ↵ |
| ↵ 8/02/51 ↵ | ↵ "into the right field stands" -Herald ↵ |
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