Overview
- The 53-foot equipment truck departed Fenway Park on Feb. 2 bound for JetBlue Park in Fort Myers on a roughly 1,400–1,480 mile trip expected to take about two and a half days.
- This year’s load includes approximately 20,400 baseballs, 1,100 bats, 200 batting gloves, 200 helmets, uniforms, 20 cases of gum and 60 cases of sunflower seeds.
- Wally the Green Monster, his sister Tessie and Fenway ambassadors led the sendoff as fans and local media turned out despite frigid conditions.
- The southbound route included a scheduled stop at Worcester’s Polar Park, where WooSox fans gathered to cheer the convoy.
- Truck Day, a Red Sox tradition since 2003, marks the informal start of camp ahead of the full squad’s arrival around Feb. 15 and Grapefruit League games later in February.