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In another sign that spring training is just around the corner, the Boston Red Sox celebrated truck day on Monday. The truck was to begin loading at 7 a.m. and was scheduled to leave Fenway Park for JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, FL around noon, beginning a 1,480-mile trip. (more…)
For a baseball lover, when does the new season begin? On Opening Day, maybe, or with the first game of spring training, or when those magical words are uttered, “Pitchers and catchers report.” Or is it, perhaps, with Truck Day — the day that Major League organizations load up all of their equipment and set […]
Another clear sign of spring: Major League Baseball teams are preparing to ship gear and equipment to Florida and Arizona, as the annual rite of Truck Day approaches. Sister site Spring Training Online has all the details, but there are two thing to note. First, the Tampa Bay Rays are already prepped to ship equipment, […]
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We have a weird situation this year in spring training: it’s Truck Day for the Boston Red Sox and the reporting date for the Seattle Mariners. In other words: baseball season has officially begun. Normally we don’t see Truck Day for most MLB teams so close to a reporting date. But this is a weird […]