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Brown ad embraces ballpark, unlike stance in ’01

By Frank Phillips

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 12, 2012

In a new radio ad released today, US Senator Scott Brown wraps himself around the legendary Fenway Park. What Brown doesn’t mention in the spot is that it represents 180-degree turn from the public position he took nearly a decade ago. Back in 2001, when the Red Sox ownership was looking to relocate the Red Sox, Brown, then a state senator, not only pushed to remove the team from the storied park, but also out of Boston.

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