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Article: Boston Red Sox spring training history: from 1901 to 2003.
- Article from:
- The Baseball Research Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
- Author:
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When the 2003 Boston Red Sox reported to Fort Myers, Florida, for spring training, state-of-the-art facilities, a battery of instructors, and a full staff of physical-training specialists awaited them. The minor league facility at City of Palms Park, where the team trains before the exhibition season begins, includes eight batting tunnels and sixteen pitcher's mounds. Every effort is made to ensure that the players have access to the best training facilities in major league baseball.
When Johnny Pesky reported to Sarasota, Florida, in 1942 for his first major league spring training session, conditions were comparatively spartan. Pesky was in Fort Myers as a ...
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