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Boston's Iconic CITGO Sign Has Witnessed 50 Years of Red Sox Pain, Triumph

$217 million...for a freaking pitcher?!? Now I know I've seen it all.

After a half-century of baseball, blizzards, college students and traffic, my bucket list is nearly complete. I've even seen Pablo Sandoval leg out a triple.

Happy 50th birthday to me: I am Boston's famed CITGO Sign.

On this week in 1965, my then-neon red and blue hues first lit the sky above Kenmore Square. I have been a fixture for Red Sox fans, Bostonians and visitors from everywhere ever since.

My view from atop 660 Beacon Street in Kenmore Square is spectacular, even if my vantage point has not budged since Zoilo Versalles was American League MVP.