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Ski jumping the latest event to step to the plate at Fenway

BOSTON (AP) — Olympic silver medalist Devin Logan pictures herself standing atop the 140-foot ski jump that towers over Fenway Park's Green Monster, hitting her jump and then coming to a stop right about where a batter would stand.

"Sliding into home plate, coming in safe, hearing the crowd cheer like I just hit a grand slam," she said Wednesday before practicing for this week's freestyle skiing and snowboarding jumpfest at the home of the Boston Red Sox. "It's gonna be sick."

The ballpark that John Updike lauded as a "lyric little bandbox" is totally tricked out — Dude!