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Welcome to JetBlue Park
Saturday, March 3, 2012 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Game 1 – Red Sox 25, Northeastern University 0 Saturday was my last day in Ft. Myers, but it was my first chance to see a game in brand new JetBlue Park. We got there early and went in when the gates opened two hours before […]
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The Final Workout
Friday, March 2, 2012 Spring Training Workouts Friday marked the final workout session for the Red Sox, before they start up their exhibition game schedule on Saturday. After doing their usual stretching on the agility field, they broke up into groups and dispersed to the various practice fields. I followed David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin […]
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Plan B
Thursday, March 1, 2012 Spring Training Workouts When we arrived at the complex at 9:00 on Thursday, we saw that the players had gotten an early start. We stopped to watch Carlos Silva throwing on one of the mounds, when we realized that the players had already come out to the agility field to begin […]
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The Past and Future of the Nation
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Spring Training Workouts On Wednesday we headed back to JetBlue Park for another day of workouts. When we arrived at 9:00, we saw that some players had already taken the field. Reclamation projects Aaron Cook and Ross Ohlendorf as well as Chris “The Other One” Carpenter, whom the Sox just received […]
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Working It Out
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Spring Training Workouts On Tuesday we got off to a late start, and arrived at the ballpark a little after 9:00, right around the time that the team should be taking the field. But instead, the players were nowhere to be found – even the orange cones that normally line the […]
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Spring Training Workouts
Monday, February 27, 2012 Spring Training Workouts On Monday we were back in Ft. Myers early for more Spring Training workouts. Again we watched them stretch out on the new “agility field” before they spread out to the six practice fields for their drills. This time I mostly watched rounds of live batting practice, where […]
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Time to Report to the Fort
Sunday, February 26, 2012 Spring Training Workouts The day after the 2012 Red Sox held their first full-squad workout, it was time for me to make my annual pilgrimage to Spring Training. This is my tenth straight year of making the trip, and a lot has changed in that time. My first year, 2003, was […]
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A Sneak Peek at JetBlue Park
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers I happened to have one day to spend in Ft. Myers this week, so I made sure to go over to the site of JetBlue Park, the new spring training home of the Red Sox. It’s still 47 days until pitchers and catchers report, and we […]
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