Fenway Park produces home runs like no different ballpark. They do not get extra Fenway than this.
During the sixth inning of Monday’s recreation between the Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians, Boston shortstop Trevor Story hit a fly ball down the right-field line.
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Guardians proper fielder Jhonkensy Noel made a play on the ball close to the foul pole that at first look bounced off his glove and onto the prime of the low-standing outfield wall. It gave the impression to be a foul ball. Noel gathered the ball and casually threw it again to the infield, believing that it was a foul ball, because it had been referred to as in actual time.
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But replay instructed one other story. Boston challenged the name on the discipline, and it was modified upon replay assessment. The ball really glanced off Noel’s glove and immediately into the foul pole, affectionately recognized in Boston as the Pesky Pole for former Red Sox shortstop Johnny Pesky.
This was no foul ball. Instead, it was a two-run home run that prolonged Boston’s result in 6-3, a lot to the delight of the Fenway devoted. The Red Sox went on to safe a 6-4 win.
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Officially, Pesky Pole sits 302 toes from home plate, making it the shortest distance wanted for a home run in MLB. It’s home to the shortest home runs of MLB’s Statcast period, and Story’s home run on Monday is now half of that checklist.
Per MLB’s Sarah Langs, Story’s is the shortest home run of the 2025 season and the second-shortest in the history of the Statcast period that began in 2015.
Story’s fly ball did not go far. It did not should. And Story will certainly, gladly settle for his entry into the Pesky Pole history book.