Fenway/Boston Baseball

[CuriousBoston]

Announced at the recent Futures Games at Fenway, where Lowell Spinners and Pawtucket Sox played opponents in their divisions.

1. What is the only other Boston landmark/attraction that has 2.5 million visitors a year?

2. After that answer is correctly posted, there will be a baseball trivia question based on that landmark.

[1905 Giants]

Harborfest

[bluezebra]

Harborfest

Why don't you do your religious pap on a religious forum?

Bob

[Honus Wagner]

Announced at the recent Futures Games at Fenway, where Lowell Spinners and Pawtucket Sox played opponents in their divisions.

1. What is the only other Boston landmark/attraction that has 2.5 million visitors a year?

2. After that answer is correctly posted, there will be a baseball trivia question based on that landmark.

Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall

[Redlightning]

1. What is the only other Boston landmark/attraction that has 2.5 million visitors a year?

Is it Fenway it's self? I was at the doubleheader, but I don't remember the question...

[Brian McKenna]

Cheers bar

[Honus Wagner]

Cheers bar

i would think that this would make more sense for baseball, but quincy market is the most visited tourist attraction in boston

fenway is 2nd
cheers used to be 1st or 2nd when the show was on (more than 2.5mil per year)

[CuriousBoston]

1. It is very historic.
2. It is free.
3. There are professionals available to help.
4. Physically, parts were built over decades.
5. Some people would never think of it as a tourist attraction, others as a few minutes, others come specifically to Boston for this.

[Honus Wagner]

Take The Ted Williams Tunnel to Logan Airport

[CuriousBoston]

1. It does issue an "identification" card.
2. You don't need the identification card to enter, but it does give you priviledges.
3. One part of it has a fancy eating place. In other buildings, eating is not allowed.
4. Some parts of it have very high security.
5. Using certain facilities requires special accreditation and white gloves.
6. Some parts of it are open, while other parts are closed.
7. All parts of it are accessible by the Boston public transportation system.
8. When you leave certain parts you may be searched. Most/all EXITS have detectors.

[Erik Bedard]

Sounds like either a) a hospital, b) an airport, or c) a mall.

[Honus Wagner]

Okay, it's the Musuem of Science.
The Boston Public Library doesn't fit all the criteria and Mass General Hospital is just too morbid.

I'm skeptical of this:
1. What is the only other Boston landmark/attraction that has 2.5 million visitors a year?

[Erik Bedard]

D'oh. I completely forgot the Museum of Science. COMPLETELY. Ouch. That certainly fits, though.

[CuriousBoston]

Sounds like either a) a hospital, b) an airport, or c) a mall.
None of the above.

[CuriousBoston]

Okay, it's the Musuem of Science.
The Boston Public Library doesn't fit all the criteria and Mass General Hospital is just too morbid.

I'm skeptical of this:
1. What is the only other Boston landmark/attraction that has 2.5 million visitors a year?

It is the Boston Public Library. My source is the announcement and the guessing game between innings at the Futures games. What criteria is wrong? This is my first try at trivia; I hope I did it correctly. I think I will call the BPL itself, to hear what they say.

Second question: How many books about baseball are there in the BPL?

[Brooklyn]

Second question: How many books about baseball are there in the BPL?

How can anyone possibly know this?

I'll guess 9

[Brian McKenna]

I'll guess 1 - Ball Four - the only sports book to make the list for top books of the 20th century. But that has nothing to do with Boston so it's probably wrong.

[Honus Wagner]

either 1918 or 2004

[Honus Wagner]

It is the Boston Public Library. My source is the announcement and the guessing game between innings at the Futures games. What criteria is wrong? This is my first try at trivia; I hope I did it correctly. I think I will call the BPL itself, to hear what they say.

Second question: How many books about baseball are there in the BPL?

Sorry, CB
I wasn't questioning you. The information just seems a little off, because I thought Quincy Market was the #1 tourist attraction in Boston. But, I'm wrong about a lot of things, so keep your questions coming. We're having fun.

[Utter Chaos]

Second question: How many books about baseball are there in the BPL?It depends on how many are checked out. ;)

[CuriousBoston]

Re: Number of baseball books:
1. The BPL is huge, I myself have been in five branches.
2. There are sections for children, teens, adults, research specialties, rare books.
3. Many branches have multiple copies of popular books.
4. This library is located at at the core of Red Sox Nation.

After the holiday, I will verify the information with the Red Sox, and BPL re attendance and number of books, although I am very sure I copied/heard the Jumbotron announcement.

[CuriousBoston]

It depends on how many are checked out. ;)

Correction: How many books about baseball does the BPL own, including the number checked out, on reserve, stolen, overdue, being repaired/replaced?
(Hope that covers everything).;)

[CuriousBoston]

either 1918 or 2004

The number has no relevance to any specific Red Sox accomplishment. Correction: No revelance that is quickly apparent. Hmm, If I research the number, It may be relevant somehow to the Red Sox. That would supply more clues.