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Franklin Pierce students visit Fenway Park

by Paolo Corso
Exchange Staff     

     On  Wednesday, November 28^th Franklin Pierce students attended a trip to Fenway Park to hear from the Boston Red Sox organization, where speakers encouraged students to get their hands dirty in internships and to start sending out resumes.

     The trip was organized by Boston Red Sox broadcaster Joe Castiglione.  Castiglione teaches Sports Broadcasting in the Fitzwater Center.  All Franklin Pierce students were encouraged to attend.
    
     "I thought it was a great opportunity to meet the anchors of the organization.  It was great seeing Larry Lucchino, I handed him my resume," said Junior, Tony Cantinella.  Senior Brittany Bonesteel attended the trip for her second time and felt that it was "great to see the difference in levels of pride and expectations in the administrations."

     There were a number of Red Sox administrators who came to talk to the students.  First was Chief Operating Officer Mike Dee.  Dee is in charge of expanding Fenway Park.  He handles the changes that take place during the off season.  "This will be one of the most ambitious off seasons," said Dee. He explained that Fenway is adding one thousand more seats; this will increase Fenway seating to thirty-seven thousand.
  
     The last speaker that students heard from was Charles Steinberg, Vice President of Public Relations.  He told the story of how he got started in the business.  He told students to not "let others decide what is good [for them] and don't follow crowds," when talking about following your dreams.  This was Steinberg's last day at Fenway, he will relocate to hold the same position for the L.A. Dodgers.

     After Dee was finished talking students got a chance to interview Larry Lucchino, President and CEO of the Red Sox.  Lucchino entered the room with a bag of goodies to give to students who had good questions to ask.  Some students came out with autographed baseballs from some of the ball players.  When a student asked Lucchino about how winning the World Series felt he jokingly said, "It's a little bit like sex, first time its good, but the second time it's better."

   The eleven students that departed from Franklin Pierce arrived at Fenway and met up with Castiglione and his other broadcasting class from Northeastern University.  There were twenty-six students in all.