Editing Boston Red Sox (section)

==Spring training==
[[File:JetBlue Park at Fenway South 2.JPG|thumb|right|A spring training game at JetBlue Park]]
[[File:In training at Hot Springs.jpg|thumb|1907: Boston players leaving their hotel in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] for a spring training game (photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library)]]
The franchise's first [[spring training]] was held in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], in 1901, when the team was known as the Boston Americans. Since 1993, the city of [[Fort Myers, Florida]], has hosted Boston's spring training, first at [[City of Palms Park]], and since 2012 at [[JetBlue Park]] at [[Fenway South]].
{{further|List of Boston Red Sox spring training venues}}

===JetBlue Park===
{{main|JetBlue Park|Fenway South}}
In October 2008, the [[Lee County, Florida]], Board of Commissioners approved an agreement with the Red Sox to build a new spring training facility for the team. In November 2008, the Red Sox signed an agreement with Lee County intended to keep their spring training home in the Fort Myers area for 30 more years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/11076748 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911071111/http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/11076748 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2012 |title=Red Sox to stay in Fort Myers for 30 more springs |access-date=November 1, 2008 }}</ref> In April 2009, the Red Sox announced that the new stadium would be located on a {{convert|126|acre|adj=on}} lot north of [[Southwest Florida International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Charlie Whitehead |url=http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/28/selection-day-lee-county-decides-red-sox-spring-si/ |title=A home run: Lee commissioners choose Watermen-Pinnacle as site for new Red Sox spring home – Naples Daily News |publisher=Naplesnews.com |date=April 28, 2009 |access-date=April 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104224851/http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/28/selection-day-lee-county-decides-red-sox-spring-si/ |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2011, the team and [[JetBlue Airlines]] officials announced that the new field would be named JetBlue Park at Fenway South.<ref>{{cite web|last=Edes |first=Gordon |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/9145/sox-new-facility-to-be-named-jet-blue-park |title=Sox new facility to be named JetBlue Park – Boston Red Sox Blog – ESPN Boston |date=March 29, 2011 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=October 31, 2013}}</ref>

JetBlue Park opened in March 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.jetblue.com/grand-opening-of-jetblue-park-announced/ |title=Grand Opening of JetBlue Park Announced! |website=jetblue.com |date=2012 |access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref> Many characteristics of the stadium have been taken from [[Fenway Park]], including a {{convert|37|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Green Monster]] wall in left field. Included in the wall is a restored version of the manual scoreboard that was housed at Fenway for almost 30 years, beginning in the 1970s.<ref name="Boston">{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2011/08/red_sox_announc_8.html|title=Red Sox announce spring training ticket prices at new JetBlue Park|access-date=October 7, 2011 | work=The Boston Globe|first=Peter|last=Abraham|date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> The field dimensions are identical to those at Fenway.<ref name="Boston"/>

===Truck Day===
The unofficial beginning of the spring training season for the Red Sox is Truck Day, the day a [[Semi-trailer truck|tractor-trailer]] filled with equipment leaves Fenway Park bound for the team's spring training facility in Florida.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18691208/signs_of_spring_arrive/ |title=Signs of spring arrive |newspaper=[[The News-Press]] |location=[[Fort Myers, Florida]] |page=27 |date=February 9, 2009 |access-date=March 27, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-fans-brave-cold-on-annual-truck-day/c-67569480 |title=Red Sox fans show support on annual Truck Day |first=Tim |last=Healey |website=[[MLB.com]] |date=February 8, 2014 |access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref> 2021's Truck Day was February 8.<ref>{{cite web |title=Truck Day 2021: Baseball unofficially begins |url=https://www.overthemonster.com/2021/2/8/22272653/boston-red-sox-truck-day-2021-baseball-unofficially-begins |website=www.overthemonster.com/ |date=February 8, 2021 |access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref>