Archive for the ‘Spring Training’ Category
Ready, Set, March
Sunday, March 1, 2015 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Spring Training Workout Sunday was photo day for the players, when they pose for the pictures that will be used throughout the year by the team, media, and advertisers. They wear their home whites for the photos, but this year they changed back into red practice […]
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Open House
Saturday, February 28, 2015 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Spring Training Workout and Open House Saturday was a much busier day at Red Sox camp. Although the players got a late start due to internal meetings, a larger than normal crowd was on hand, many drawn in by an open house at JetBlue Park. During […]
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A Spring In My Step
Friday, February 27, 2015 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Spring Training Workout On Friday we arrived early before the players took the field. We knew it was going to be a shortened practice when we heard the players were leaving early to go to their yearly charity golf tournament. That meant no live B.P., but […]
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Reporting to the Fort
Thursday, February 26, 2015 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Spring Training Workout I flew into Ft. Myers last night, happy to escape the brutal Boston winter. While I was originally worried about snow delaying my departure, this morning it seemed that rain would spoil my chance to see the players. In past years we’ve had […]
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A Championship Welcome
Friday, February 28, 2014 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Twins 8, Red Sox 2 On Friday the Red Sox took on their cross-town rivals, the Minnesota Twins, at JetBlue Park in the opening game of the Grapefruit League schedule. We got to the park at 11:00, but instead of going right in, we went around […]
Posted in: 2014 Games, 2014 Spring Training
Happy New Year
Thursday, February 27, 2014 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Thursday brought the first baseball games of the new season, when the Red Sox took on Northeastern University and Boston College in a doubleheader. We know from past years that by the time the gates open two hours before the game, the Red Sox have already […]
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Pedro!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Spring Training Workout Wednesday was the last day for workouts before Spring Training exhibition games begin. We again arrived as the complex was opening and the players were heading out to the field. According to the schedule, batting practice for the major league players would take […]
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Turn the Page
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Spring Training Workout Tuesday was the sixth day of full-squad workouts, and the schedule we were given when we entered the complex showed that it would be a slightly different format from the other days. It looked like the pitchers were being given a day off […]
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Happy Campers
Monday, February 24, 2014 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Spring Training Workout My second day in The Fort brought me back to JetBlue Park for another day of Red Sox workouts. There were a lot more fans than there had been on Sunday, as a new group of vacationers had flown down over the weekend. […]
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The Boys Are Back
Sunday, February 23, 2014 – JetBlue Park, Ft. Myers Spring Training Workouts It was a welcome respite from winter just to step into a land of warmth and humidity. The past two months have been colder and snowier than usual in New England, and just two weekends after standing outside Fenway Park in 18° weather bundled […]
Posted in: 2014 Spring Training
