If you are in the stands behind home plate, you are actually 6 feet closer to the batter than the pitcher is.
Great ballpark!
Be sure to visit the Boston Globe's slideshow of pictures of iconic moments from the past century. Oddly, no pictures of Bucky F. Dent or Bill Buckner.
And this afternoon, the Red Soz play the Yankess in 1912 garb. How awesome.