Today Is Truck Day -- A Magical, Glorious Day
by Randy Booth on Feb 12, 2010 10:04 AM EST
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PrintYou know what today is: Truck Day.
That's right. The Truck Day. The day in which all of the Red Sox's equipment is loaded into a hauler and brought 1,400-plus miles to Fort Myers, Fla., to kick off Spring Training.
Inhale, folks. Can you smell that? That's spring, and it's almost here.
Things seem to be on pace for a noon departure for the crew:
The truck arrived at Fenway Park this morning just after 6:30 a.m. and the packing began at around 7:00 a.m. with a crew of seven workers. The temperature was in the mid-20s, but it's bright and sunny, just like the place the truck is headed.
The truck will depart from Fenway around noon.
Truck driver Al Hartz of New England Household Moving and Storage, the company that has carted the Sox gear to Florida for the last 12 years, was back to drive the truck for the 12th time himself.
"I'm not expecting any issues with the weather," Hartz said this morning. "It should be a clean ride all the way down."
And have no fear: if you can't be in Boston, at least you can view this wonderful picture gallery from the Globe.
Honestly, I don't get all giddy for Truck Day. It's a nice little event to pass the time, but really, it's a truck being loaded with equipment. Not only that, but other teams are picking up on the act, too.
Nevertheless, baseball is soon. Very, very soon.
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"Very, very soon"
That’s the big thing right there. Truck Day just happens to be the first tangible sign that you can show to the public that spring training is about to start. (The slow trickle of players to Ft. Myers is nice, but you can’t really have a media event for each guy.)
The first tangible sign that you can show to the public that spring training is about to start.
For those of us now in FL, the first tangible sign is that most Red Sox spring training games are sold out. At least the ones in Jupiter against the Marlins and Cardinals are all sold out already!
What we need now is to be able to track the progress of the truck on Google Earth...
…seriously! I am bored to death since the end of football.
"Is everyone in my life freakin' bananas?" - Tony Soprano
Just a few more days.
And we’ll at least start getting some nice pitcher and catcher reports.
USG
by Ben Buchanan on Feb 13, 2010 6:38 PM EST up reply actions
so as we excitedly approach this season with monster pitching depth
any thoughts on what the over/under is of games paul byrd will start for the sox in 2010?
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And I saaaaayyyy … push.
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by Randy Booth on Feb 12, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
Other teams
can take Sweet Caroline and never give it back, just leave us with Truck Day!
+1
I can sell you some cheap on March 3…
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by 0157H7 on Feb 12, 2010 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
as awesome as that will be
I wish they’d forgo airing the game against BC and show another game against an MLB team instead.
It took me a second to catch onto the date.
For a while there, that seemed a bit off color.
USG
by Ben Buchanan on Feb 12, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
I got a fever...
and the only prescription is more Red Sox!
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
TRUCK DAY!
This is shaping up to be the best February sports day I can ever remember. First BMW Oracle annihilates Alinghi in race 1 of the America’s Cup, then Truck Day, then the opening ceremony for the Olympics.
What a day.
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Too bad
I live in so cal. Going to see the Sox TYPICALLY rip up the Angels is fun though. We make them miserable. I’m going to San Fran this year to catch a couple games. Made my first trip to Fenway last year, best experience of my life. I want the Angels again in the postseason this year.
I can't believe I missed this
Stupid Vancouver, with your ~ 100 mph luge deaths, your hot foreign women and your polite clean-ness…
Rock me, sexy Jesus...
by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 16, 2010 12:27 PM EST reply actions
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