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Ten reasons to look forward to the 2022 Red Sox season

By Daniel Fox

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 11: Enrique Hernandez #5 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates his game winning sacrifice fly with teammates in the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays during Game 4 of the American League Division Series at Fenway Park on October 11, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Winslow Townson/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 11: Enrique Hernandez #5 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates his game winning sacrifice fly with teammates in the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays during Game 4 of the American League Division Series at Fenway Park on October 11, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Winslow Townson/Getty Images) /
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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – OCTOBER 20: The full moon raising while the Boston Red Sox play against the Houston Astros in Game Five of the American League Championship Series at Fenway Park on October 20, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images) /

No Red Sox fan restrictions on Fenway Park

It’s easy to forget that it was just a year ago when less than 4,500 fans watched the Red Sox get shut out by the Orioles to kick off the 2021 season. For the first two months of last year, Covid-19 restrictions limited Fenway Park’s capacity to well under its usual standard. As eerie as it was in 2020 to see the Red Sox play in an empty stadium, it was nearly as weird to see the stadium a tenth of the way filled with socially distanced and masked-up spectators.

Fortunately, things are a lot different now. Capacity restrictions were lifted in late May of last year, and the Red Sox played in front of packed stadiums through the rest of the season. We saw just how much an impact a Fenway Park crowd could make in last year’s postseason, as the Red Sox enjoyed arguably the greatest home-field advantage during their playoff run. The fans completely rattled Gerrit Cole in the wild card game before playing a significant impact in the ALDS upset of the Rays.

An entire season playing in front of the raucous Fenway Faithful should give them even more of a boost.

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