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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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See You on Opening Day
Monday, February 28, 2011 – City of Palms Park, Ft. Myers Red Sox 7, Twins 6 Monday was my last day in Ft. Myers, and I had one last game to go to. We arrived at 10:30, just as the gates were opening, and I went down near the Red Sox dugout to see if […]
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Battle for the Mayor’s Cup
Sunday, February 27, 2011 – Hammond Stadium, Ft. Myers Twins 8, Red Sox 4 After getting warmed up with the college games on Saturday, Sunday brought the long, grueling journey to the other side of Ft. Myers (and anyone who’s ever sat through those red lights knows I’m only half-kidding) as the Red Sox visited […]
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A Monster Day
Saturday, February 26, 2011 – City of Palms Park, Ft. Myers Game 1 – Red Sox 6, Boston College Eagles 0 On Saturday, it was time for the first games of the new season. Of course, it was two seven-inning games against college teams, but it was baseball (or at least something closely resembling baseball) […]
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Goodbye Edison Road
Friday, February 25, 2011 – Ft. Myers Friday morning brought the final Red Sox workout of the spring before games start up. And with a new stadium and practice facility set to open across town next spring, it meant this was my last day ever at the current player development complex at the end of […]
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The Littlest Red Sox Star
Thursday, February 24, 2011 – Ft. Myers My second day of Red Sox workouts again began early in the morning. We were in good position to watch as the players took the field, and I successfully called both Bobby Jenks and Lars Anderson over to sign. One thing I was happy to see was that […]
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