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The Boston Red Sox have been a member of the American League (AL) of Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1901, and have held
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The Boston Red Sox have been a member of the American League (AL) of Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1901, and have held spring training
Spring training is the preseason in Major League Baseball (MLB), a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to try out for Schedule (workplace), roster and position spo ...
prior to each season.
The franchise's first spring training was held in Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...
, in 1901, when the team was known as the Boston Americans. Since 1993, the city of Fort Myers, Florida
Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in southwestern Florida and the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 92,245 in 20 ...
, has hosted Boston's spring training, first at City of Palms Park, and since 2012 at JetBlue Park at Fenway South
Fenway South is the spring training base of the Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers, Florida.
The purpose-built training and player development complex is used year-round by the Red Sox and its minor league farm teams—Worcester Red Sox, Portland Sea ...
.
List of Boston Red Sox spring training venues
Notable events
In 1918, Babe Ruth hit a 573-foot home run during spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Norman Rockwell's 1957 painting '' The Rookie'' is set in the team's spring training locker room, which at the time was located atPayne Park
Payne Park is a former baseball field from 1924 to 1990 in Sarasota, Florida. The stadium and field were built on a portion of of land donated by Calvin Payne and his wife, Martha in 1923. Payne Park today is a public park used for recreationa ...
in Sarasota, Florida.
In 1987, unhappy about his contract, pitcher Roger Clemens left spring training in Winter Haven, Florida, which prompted general manager Lou Gorman
James Gerald "Lou" Gorman (February 18, 1929 – April 1, 2011) was an American baseball executive, and the former general manager of the Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He spent more than three decades in baseball op ...
to quip, "The sun will rise, the sun will set, and I'll have lunch."
In 1988, presidential candidate Michael Dukakis took batting practice in Winter Haven.
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. Three months later, team president Sam Kennedy advised that the team would complete its preseason training activities at Fenway Park, upon resumption of preparations for the 2020 MLB season
The 2020 Major League Baseball season began on July 23 and ended on September 27 with only 60 games amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The full 162-game regular season was planned to begin on March 26, but the pandemic caused Major League Baseball (ML ...
. The Red Sox organization made multiple changes to Fenway Park to accommodate "summer camp", including the use of luxury suites as alternate dressing rooms for players, and adding an additional bullpen area underneath the centerfield bleachers. In 2021, the team returned to JetBlue Park for spring training.
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