Opening Day at Fenway Park has usually been filled with pomp and circumstance along with major fanfare over the years.
Friday’s Opening Day celebration still had the pomp and circumstance but due to the coronavirus pandemic lacked the fanfare of past years.
The celebration began as it usually does, with the public address announcer introducing each member of the Red Sox, from the players and coaching staff all the way through the equipment staffers. However, the Fenway Faithful were not on-hand to cheer members of the ballclub. Instead, fake crowd noise was used to cheer each person as they were introduced, with many wearing masks, and made their way along the right-field foul line.