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Fenway
02-19-2012, 10:10 AM
The stories to watch in Major League Baseball as hot stove season gives way to heat of spring training

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/stories-watch-major-league-baseball-hot-stove-season-heat-spring-training-article-1.1025251#ixzz1mqRYLK6w


The camp getting the most attention from the national media so far is Boston.

It is amazing how Atlanta had a collapse almost as bad and it was ignored ( even though it allowed St. Louis into the playoffs which of course they won )

Boston is a mess and the players are already making comments that has the Boston media on attack.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2012/02/19/sorry_doesnt_have_to_be_the_hardest_word_for_the_r ed_sox/?page=full

I can't wait to see the new Red Sox park in Ft. Myers. One nice touch that the scoreboard that was used at Fenway from 1976-2001 is now in Florida.

http://media.nesn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/JetBlue-5-570x427.jpg

and also has a new HD board
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/404174_10150544942086766_39399781765_9359716_46983 4888_n.jpg

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Southsider101
02-19-2012, 10:12 AM
Nice looking park.
Fenway
02-19-2012, 10:16 AM
Nice looking park.

The Twins are not happy with Lee County as Boston gets a new park after 19 years and they don't.
Southsider101
02-19-2012, 10:20 AM
Can you blame them? They sell out Hammond Stadium on a regular basis.
Fenway
02-19-2012, 10:38 AM
Can you blame them? They sell out Hammond Stadium on a regular basis.

Red Sox lease was up and Sarasota wanted them badly.

Now the City of Fort Myers has a lovely 19 year old ballpark vacant.
DumpJerry
02-19-2012, 10:52 AM
The Twins are not happy with Lee County as Boston gets a new park after 19 years and they don't.
It's Joe Mauer's fault. (http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=132854)
Southsider101
02-19-2012, 10:58 AM
It's Joe Mauer's fault. (http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=132854)

:rolling:
DoItForDanPasqua
02-19-2012, 04:22 PM
As Ernie Harwell used to open spring training...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr0wonW9u1A
Fenway
02-20-2012, 01:38 PM
A collection of spring training twitpics

http://badspringtrainingtwitpics.tumblr.com/
Viva Medias B's
02-20-2012, 03:29 PM
The Twins are not happy with Lee County as Boston gets a new park after 19 years and they don't.

Attention Tucson City Fathers: You can call the Twins (and other teams unhappy with their ST locales) anytime now.
Fenway
02-22-2012, 12:36 PM
Can you blame them? They sell out Hammond Stadium on a regular basis.

The Ft Myers paper goes gaga over JetBlue Park


http://www.news-press.com/section/jetblue
doublem23
02-22-2012, 01:39 PM
Attention Tucson City Fathers: You can call the Twins (and other teams unhappy with their ST locales) anytime now.

Would any team really be willing to move to Tucson? One of the nice things about Arizona ST is that everything is centrally located in the Phoenix area so travel is a lot easier. I don't see why a team would want to set up 2 hours away from everyone else in the Cactus League.