Portions of this article appeared in various editions of Red Sox Magazine. What a thrill.”. Would live to know where I could get a copy of the picture. Before the arrival of the Red Sox, Winter Haven was best known as the home of Cypress Gardens.

But just prior to the 1933 season a knight in shining armor arrived to rescue the franchise. The Red Sox have a five field minor league complex located 2.5 miles east of City of Palms Park at 4301 Edison Avenue. He is the publisher of this website, which is dedicated to the preservation of Boston baseball history. “With every design decision we asked ourselves, ‘What will be best for our fans?’ Just as an example, we will have golf carts available in the parking lots for fans who want a ride to the main entrance.”. It was a lot of fun watching them shoot the scenes.”, Both Pesky and Doerr have strong memories of “barnstorming” their way north at the conclusion of spring training. It was a short retirement,” Rogers chuckled.

Assuming the 2021 season begins without a hitch, we now know when the Boston Red Sox will kick off their campaign. City of Palms Park had capacity of about 7,800, including standing room and it was a hit with fans from the beginning.

[37], In March 2020, due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, all MLB spring training was halted and the start of the regular season was delayed. Former Red Sox right fielder Mike Greenwell grew up in Fort Myers, and he is proud that the Red Sox play in his community. We had to make sure that the facility was all set and to get the local staff organized. When the ball left the bat, Yaz (Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski) didn’t even move. The following season, the team shifted their training camp to Macon, Georgia. The first recorded score for the Boston Americans was a 13-0 victory over the University of Virginia. I met Dave in 1957 and never missed being at the ballpark to watch the Giants and Indians, but primarily to watch Dave Mann, who instantly made me think of Willie Mays or Sam Jethroe because of his obvious superb abilities.

At one point he slipped a guy a $20 bill, which was a lot of money in those days, and told him to be sure they put extra piney wood in his bats. Sarasota is located on the Gulf Coast, about halfway between Tampa and Fort Myers, Florida. Winter Haven became a home away from home for Rogers and his wife.

He pitched for the Syracuse Stars in 1909 before being picked up by Boston for 1910. In 2013, the Red Sox led the Grapefruit League an attendance, drawing 164,840 fans attending 17 exhibition games at JetBlue Park. Learn More. This is the Red Sox 23nd spring training camp in Fort Myers. The biggest single change was the arrival of rookie manager Dick Williams. In February of 1933, Thomas Austin Yawkey agreed to buy the Boston Red Sox from Quinn and the “Yawkey Era” began. The team headquarters was in the Holiday Inn about a mile from the park. “You should be in the bigs!” The largest crowd ever to attend a game is 8,278, which occurred on March 23, 2009. It was a long trip, but we didn’t mind it at all.” The team remained in Hot Springs through the 1918 preseason. “The Minnesota Twins had moved to Fort Myers in 1991, and initially they were very opposed to our move to the city,” Healey remembers. * In the diagram, box seats are sections 101-124; reserved seats are 201-216. “The Hayve,” as the players affectionately called it, had surpassed Sarasota, Florida, as the team’s longest running spring training site. JetBlue Park at Fenway South includes Major and Minor League operations, training and rehabilitative facilities, and six practice fields. [32][33][34], Norman Rockwell's 1957 painting The Rookie is set in the team's spring training locker room, which at the time was located at Payne Park in Sarasota, Florida. The Red Sox jumped out to an early 4-0 lead to the delight of the sellout crowd, and A-Rod was roundly booed in his two at-bats. It’s largely the same group they … I told him that I wouldn’t have such a discussion as I chose to feel that everyone who was enshrined deserved to be but he insisted and declared two such players were Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford. When the Red Sox returned for spring training in 1989, it marked the team’s 24th season in Winter Haven. Nearby Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel and Captiva Islands provide direct access to the Gulf of Mexico. Ended his minor league pitching career in 1917 with the Omaha O’Rourkes. After seven seasons in Arizona, the team decided it was time to head back to Florida. In March the average maximum temperature is 75 degrees. When Kevin Millar bounded up the dugout stairs for batting practice before the game with the Yankees he announced, “Game 7 rematch, boys, let’s go.” And in the clubhouse, speaking for Ramirez, Millar told the media, “Manny Ramirez says this is Game Eight. “Our 1967 season was so great that we couldn’t wait to get back to Winter Haven. With the addition of four playing fields to the Chain- O-Lakes facility, every player in the Red Sox system was at the same location with the same professional instructors available.

After several years of negotiating with the city of Sarasota for an upgrade to the ballpark, the team made the decision to relocate their spring training headquarters.

Unlike Fenway Park, standing room in Ft. Myers is not a bad option. In 1944, the team headed further south to Baltimore, Maryland, and in 1945 the team trained in Pleasantville, New Jersey. Stanley, who tops the list for lifetime pitching appearances for the Red Sox, remembered his first spring training camp. JetBlue Park at Fenway South, which opened in 2012, is symbolic of the club’s long-term commitment to Lee County. “The pitchers and catchers arrived before the hitters, and as a catcher you spent hours and hours down in your crouch while the pitchers stretched their arms out. In March, 1910, Cecil was sold by Patsy to another team and did not get a chance to play a regular game with the Red Sox. In 1909, preseason training was shifted to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Doerr still remembered the camaraderie with the circus performers. We would change on the train before and after the games.”, Pesky especially remembered his first barnstorming trip.

Tom Railing was a relative of mine. It led to my reading and enjoying your article and taking a trip down memory lane!

We were scheduled to play Boston College and they were stuck at Logan Airport in a snowstorm,” Jim says. He passed away in 2018. “I mean it cleared the outfield fence at the 350-foot mark, it soared over the parking lot behind the fence, and it landed beside a swimming pool, which was at least 500 feet from home plate. City of Palms Park has 7,290 permanent seats.

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