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Article: BEACHES, SUN, AND BASEBALL Don't let the Sox have all the fun in Fort Myers SPRING TRAINING AND BEYOND IN FORT MYERS
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 11, 2007
- Author:
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So, pack your glove. Trust me, it will fit under the 50-pound
weight limit for checked bags at the airport, although the days of
carrying your own Louisville Slugger on board are long over.
But remember, baseball is undoubtedly why you have elected to
vacation in Fort Myers in the first place. You and the thousands of
other pale-skinned refugees from New England who flock here in winter
to monitor the first stirrings of a new season for the Boston Red
Sox, who have conducted spring training here since 1993.
(The Minnesota Twins also train here, but unless you are from the
Iron Range, going to watch the Twins play instead of the Sox is like
going to a poster shop instead of the Louvre when ...
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