Spring Training tickets• Spring schedule• City of Palms Park infoThe Red Sox return to their Spring Training haven of Fort Myers, Fla., for six weeks beginning on Feb. 16.
Every spring, the Red Sox Nation relocates to Southwest Florida, making it feel like Boston South. The Sox play their home games in City of Palms Park, one of the nicest of all the Spring Training facilities. The Red Sox began playing in Fort Myers in 1993.
As Red Sox fans prepare for their journey to Fort Myers, here are some questions and answers that should help:
When do the Red Sox arrive at camp?Pitchers and catchers will report on Feb. 16; position players will arrive on Feb. 20. The first full-squad workout is on Feb. 22.
When do games start?The Red Sox open their Grapefruit League schedule at home on Feb. 28, when they host the American League Central champion Twins at 7:05 p.m. ET. Over the next two days they have have their annual split-squad meetings with a pair of local college entries, Northeastern (March 1) and Boston College (March 2).
How do I get tickets?Go online and order tickets at the Red Sox's Spring Training Tickets page. You can also purchase tickets in person at the City of Palms Park box office or by calling 617-482-4SOX.
City of Palms Park has a capacity of 7,290. The Red Sox sell out most home games, but standing-room tickets are always available at the box office on the morning of the game.
Where is Fort Myers, and how do I get there? Fort Myers is on the southwest coast of Florida, and there are several airlines that fly there from Boston. If you want more flight options, it would also be possible to fly to Miami, Tampa or Orlando and drive two to three hours to Fort Myers. City of Palms Park is located on 2201 Edison Avenue in Fort Myers. It is accessible from Cleveland Avenue. For the first two weeks of camp, before the games start, the Red Sox train at the Minor League complex, which is two miles east of City of Palms Park, also on Edison Avenue.
How can I watch the team work out? For the first two weeks of camp, you can watch workouts at the Minor League complex, and they are free of admission. Typically, the Red Sox begin working out around 9:30 a.m. and come off the field around noon. Once the games begin, the only workouts available for public viewing are the typical batting practices that you would see before regular-season games.
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Where can I get some autographs? The best time to get autographs during the first two weeks of camp is after the workout. There is a roped-off area right outside the Red Sox's clubhouse where fans typically gather and several players sign autographs. Once the games begin, the best time to get autographs is during and shortly after batting practice. Players often venture to the first rows of stands just beyond the dugout.
What else is there to do in Fort Myers? There is plenty of tanning to be had at Fort Myers Beach as well as Sanibel Island. Gourmands will be happy in Fort Myers, as there are restaurants galore, from the chain variety to individually owned establishments. There are also a number of shopping plazas and a large movie multiplex.
When do the Red Sox open the regular season? After a pair of games against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia to end the exhibition season on March 30 and 31, the Sox open their 2007 season in Kansas City on April 2. Following a six-game road trip, Boston plays its Fenway opener against the Mariners on April 10 at 2:05 p.m.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League
Friday, February 2, 2007
BOSTON -- Coming up through the Red Sox system, lefty Jon Lester was known for his great command and poise.
Those attributes have helped in recent months as he is in the midst of a remarkable comeback from lymphoma.
The 23-year-old southpaw showed up Wednesday at Red Sox camp in Fort Myers, Fla., ready to begin the next stage of his comeback.
Lester, who was 7-2 with a 4.76 ERA in his rookie season of 2006, said he is aware that the club may choose to be cautious as he builds up his strength, not just in his left arm but the rest of his body after an offseason of chemotherapy treatments.
"The club always has the best interest of the player, so I'm going to do what they tell me to do," Lester told WBZ radio reporter Jonny Miller. "If they want me to take it slow, I'll take it slow. If they want me to be normal, I'll be normal."
Lester, who finished his chemotherapy treatment in mid-December, said he is up to 208 pounds, seven pounds shy of his goal heading into Spring Training. Also, according to Miller, Lester was joined by fellow southpaw Kason Gabbard, righty Chris Smith, first baseman Ian Bladergroen, second baseman Jeff Natalie and shortstop Jed Lowrie.
Elsewhere, Red Sox assistant general manager Jed Hoyer said the team isn't close to reaching an agreement with arbitration-eligible outfielder Wily Mo Pena, according to the Boston Herald. There has not been an arbitration case in the Theo Epstein era as general manager, which began in 2003.
Those attributes have helped in recent months as he is in the midst of a remarkable comeback from lymphoma.
The 23-year-old southpaw showed up Wednesday at Red Sox camp in Fort Myers, Fla., ready to begin the next stage of his comeback.
Lester, who was 7-2 with a 4.76 ERA in his rookie season of 2006, said he is aware that the club may choose to be cautious as he builds up his strength, not just in his left arm but the rest of his body after an offseason of chemotherapy treatments.
"The club always has the best interest of the player, so I'm going to do what they tell me to do," Lester told WBZ radio reporter Jonny Miller. "If they want me to take it slow, I'll take it slow. If they want me to be normal, I'll be normal."
Lester, who finished his chemotherapy treatment in mid-December, said he is up to 208 pounds, seven pounds shy of his goal heading into Spring Training. Also, according to Miller, Lester was joined by fellow southpaw Kason Gabbard, righty Chris Smith, first baseman Ian Bladergroen, second baseman Jeff Natalie and shortstop Jed Lowrie.
Elsewhere, Red Sox assistant general manager Jed Hoyer said the team isn't close to reaching an agreement with arbitration-eligible outfielder Wily Mo Pena, according to the Boston Herald. There has not been an arbitration case in the Theo Epstein era as general manager, which began in 2003.
Bengals Lose to Georgia at Buzzer
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- For the fourth time in the last five meetings between the schools, Thursday night's LSU-Georgia game was decided by no more than two points. The difference: For the first time in that stretch, Georgia won.
Georgia freshman Ashley Houts sank the winning baseline shot at the buzzer, lifting No. 14 Georgia to a come-from-behind 53-51 win over No. 7 LSU on Thursday night.
Georgia led by seven with less than 3 minutes left, but LSU charged back to tie the game on a basket by Sylvia Fowles with 7 seconds remaining.
Houts then drove the length of the floor to hit the winning shot.
Officials reviewed the play to verify Houts made the shot before time expired.
Georgia had no timeouts after Fowles tied the game. With so little time, Houts had one plan in mind.
"I was just trying to go to the hole and either get fouled or make a shot," Houts said.
The game-winner was only the second shot attempted by Houts, who was contained most of the game by LSU's Erica White.
Houts dribbled past the Georgia bench, where players and coaches were screaming for her to get off the shot, before hitting the short pull-up jumper. She had six points.
The shot capped another in a recent series of tight games between the teams: LSU's 62-60 win in the 2004 NCAA West Regional final, LSU's 65-64 win in Athens last season and the Lady Tigers' 57-55 home victory over the Lady Bulldogs on Jan. 7. LSU beat Georgia 68-61 in Baton Rouge last season.
"This was a typical Georgia-LSU game," Georgia coach Andy Landers said. "It's kind of how our games have gone. They are always hard-fought."
Quianna Chaney scored 20 points while setting a career high with five 3-pointers to lead LSU (20-3, 6-2 Southeastern Conference), which got 17 points and 18 rebounds from Fowles. The Lady Bulldogs moved into a tie with LSU for second place in the SEC.
"I thought it was a game of bookends for us," LSU coach Pokey Chatman said. "The first 8 minutes, we executed well. The last 6 1/2 were good, too. It's the middle part where we had the lull. We went away from what we needed to do."
LSU's RaShonta LeBlanc said the game shouldn't have come down to Houts' last shot.
"The last shot wasn't the difference, it was us not executing in the second half, missing layups and not making free throws."
Tasha Humphrey scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Georgia (19-4, 6-2) in the defensive struggle. Georgia shot 30.5 percent from the field and LSU hit 31.5 percent while making only 12 of 20 free throws.
Georgia trailed most of the game before Angel Robinson, playing with four fouls, scored six straight points to cap a 12-0 second-half run and give the Lady Bulldogs their first lead.
Georgia, which trailed by seven early in the second half, took its first lead at 41-40 with 8:27 left on Humphrey's
Georgia freshman Ashley Houts sank the winning baseline shot at the buzzer, lifting No. 14 Georgia to a come-from-behind 53-51 win over No. 7 LSU on Thursday night.
Georgia led by seven with less than 3 minutes left, but LSU charged back to tie the game on a basket by Sylvia Fowles with 7 seconds remaining.
Houts then drove the length of the floor to hit the winning shot.
Officials reviewed the play to verify Houts made the shot before time expired.
Georgia had no timeouts after Fowles tied the game. With so little time, Houts had one plan in mind.
"I was just trying to go to the hole and either get fouled or make a shot," Houts said.
The game-winner was only the second shot attempted by Houts, who was contained most of the game by LSU's Erica White.
Houts dribbled past the Georgia bench, where players and coaches were screaming for her to get off the shot, before hitting the short pull-up jumper. She had six points.
The shot capped another in a recent series of tight games between the teams: LSU's 62-60 win in the 2004 NCAA West Regional final, LSU's 65-64 win in Athens last season and the Lady Tigers' 57-55 home victory over the Lady Bulldogs on Jan. 7. LSU beat Georgia 68-61 in Baton Rouge last season.
"This was a typical Georgia-LSU game," Georgia coach Andy Landers said. "It's kind of how our games have gone. They are always hard-fought."
Quianna Chaney scored 20 points while setting a career high with five 3-pointers to lead LSU (20-3, 6-2 Southeastern Conference), which got 17 points and 18 rebounds from Fowles. The Lady Bulldogs moved into a tie with LSU for second place in the SEC.
"I thought it was a game of bookends for us," LSU coach Pokey Chatman said. "The first 8 minutes, we executed well. The last 6 1/2 were good, too. It's the middle part where we had the lull. We went away from what we needed to do."
LSU's RaShonta LeBlanc said the game shouldn't have come down to Houts' last shot.
"The last shot wasn't the difference, it was us not executing in the second half, missing layups and not making free throws."
Tasha Humphrey scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Georgia (19-4, 6-2) in the defensive struggle. Georgia shot 30.5 percent from the field and LSU hit 31.5 percent while making only 12 of 20 free throws.
Georgia trailed most of the game before Angel Robinson, playing with four fouls, scored six straight points to cap a 12-0 second-half run and give the Lady Bulldogs their first lead.
Georgia, which trailed by seven early in the second half, took its first lead at 41-40 with 8:27 left on Humphrey's
Football Recruiting News from Dandy Don
Tiger fans, we are heading into the last football recruiting weekend before National Letter Signing Day. LSU is in good shape to have a top-five recruiting class if Les Miles can land two or three of the top five recruits still on board. Should worse comes to worse and LSU does not sign any of the five remaining players, the class will still be a top 5-10 class and I have no reason to believe that LSU will not sign at least three of the five players. I have spoken to several people in the know in high school football recruiting and I am starting to feel some better about LSU's chances of signing Joe McKnight. I have listed McKnight as a 60-40 lean to LSU most of the recruiting process, but after McKnight's visit to LSU last weekend I dropped the chances to 50-50. In the last 24 hours I have received encouraging news and I'm calling it 55-45 today. It might be as late as next Monday or Tuesday before information leaks out on where McKnight, Terrance Tolliver, Steffon Francois and Christian Scott will be attending college. At this time, it appears that the SEC conference will have six schools listed in the top 10 in recruiting. Tennessee, Florida, LSU, Georgia, South Carolina and Auburn all have a chance to finish in the top 10. Coach Les Miles will be entertaining three recruits this weekend on official visit. They are Sidell Corey, (DE, 6'4", 260) from Mobile, Lionel Breaux (WR) from New Orleans, and Toddrick Bajoie (WR) from Catholic Point Coupee who is already committed to LSU. Thursday was a huge day for emails and the slide in the basketball program was the main topic. John Brady's popularity is fading fast with Tigers who had high expectations for this season. LSU is 13- 8, 2-5 in the SEC at this time with nine SEC games remaining to be played, and there is always hope for a turnaround, but with three of the next SEC games on the road it is going to be an uphill battle, in my opinion. LSU will be playing at Mississippi State Saturday and should leave with a win. The Bulldogs are 11-9, 2-5 on the season and the only team in the SEC West with a record worse than LSU's. If LSU loses at MSU, I think that LSU will be lucky to receive a bid to play in the NIT. There is still a lot of basketball to be played and I hope the Tigers can turn things around.
Lady Rebs Rebound on Road, Beat Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Four players scored in double figures led by senior guard Armintie Price with 17 as Ole Miss improved to 17-6 on the season and 6-2 in Southeastern Conference play with a 72-64 win over Florida on Thursday evening."Well it wasn't pretty," said Ole Miss head coach Carol Ross. "It was a hard fought win, but any road win in the SEC is nice to pick up. It's a great way to start the month of February."Florida jumped out to an early 5-0 lead off of a quick three by Kim Dye and a jumper from Sharielle Smith. Ole Miss freshman guard Alliesha Easley countered with a jumper and a three of her own to get the Rebels on the board. Florida scored four-straight points to open a 9-5 lead, but two baskets by senior forward Jada Mincy knotted the score at nine.The two teams traded baskets, before the Rebels went on a 15-6 run to open up the largest lead of the half at 32-24, but Florida scored the last six points of the first period to trail by just two at the break.Ole Miss opened the second period with two-straight baskets, before Florida trimmed thte lead back down to two at 36-34 with 17:54 remaining in the game. After trading baskets, the Rebels opened up a 14-point lead at the 10 minute mark on a free throw by Price.Florida turned on the press at that point and scored 10-straight points to slice the deficit back down to four points with 5:15 left in the game. Price and senior guard Ashley Awkward combined for four quick points to give the Rebels an eight-point cushion and Ole Miss knocked down free throws down the stretch to keep the Gators at bay and collect the win.Price recorded her 10th double-double of the season with 10 boards to go along with her 17 points. She also had five assists and three steals. Awkward tallied 16 points and four steals, while Easley finished with 12 and sophomore center Shawn Goff had 10 points. Mincy tied a career-high with 15 boards, including eight on the offensive glass.Florida was led by Depree Bowden with 24 points and 12 rebounds. Bowden also had 11 turnovers. Marshae Dotson had 14 points and 18 rebounds for the Gators.Ole Miss will return to action on Sunday, Feb. 4 when they travel to Arkansas. Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m. in Bud Walton Arena.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Freshman likely to Start at First Base for 2007 Rebels
First base will see one of the most hotly contested position battles during the Ole Miss Rebels' opening weeks, with three candidates vying to be an everyday starter for the Ole Miss baseball team.Senior C.J. Ketchum, junior Peyton Farr and freshman Andrew Clark have been the main three at the position through the fall season and the early part of spring, with no one player really separating himself from the field. Ketchum is the incumbent at first, having started 65 games a season ago, but the 2006 SEC All-Tournament performer spent the majority of the fall season playing catcher. "C.J.'s move was really two-fold," coach Mike Bianco said. "One, we needed him to do it because we weren't really going to have a lot of depth and experience at catcher. "And two, I really think (catcher) is his natural position, but C.J. still does some work in practice at first."Ketchum's bat is the main reason the coaching staff wants to find a place in the lineup for him, whether it be at first, as catcher or as designated hitter. He hit .337 a season ago with 36 RBIs and proved to be a reliable force in the top half of the lineup.If any one player has a slight advantage in the position battle heading into opening weekend, it is most likely the freshman Clark. Clark, who hails from New Palestine, Ind., was one of the Rebels' most highly touted recruits last year and has done nothing to dispel that stature. He was a three-time All-State selection and was a Louisville Slugger All-American as a high school junior."Andrew had a very good fall offensively," Bianco said. "Defensively, he's also been outstanding; he moves around the bag well."Like most freshmen, Clark has gone through an adjustment period that has been rough at times, but he is ready to make his mark on Ole Miss baseball."The fall went well; it was just a matter of adjusting to the college level," Clark said. "I have been getting a lot of reps at first and coach has been talking to me about starting, so I just have to keep working hard."The third man in the race, Farr, has been around the program the longest as a fourth-year junior from Monroe, La. Farr played in 29 games last season, primarily as a defensive replacement late in games, and drew one start against Louisiana-Monroe. He hit .250 for the season with one home run and five RBIs."Peyton has been with us for several years now and has really improved over his time here in all areas, defensively, offensively and as a base runner," Bianco said. "It is good to have a veteran competing for the position."Both Farr and Clark have embraced the competition, and there are no hard feelings between the two when it comes to playing time."It's really been fun," Farr said. "Me and Clark are battling it out, and coming into the season we're going to be switching in and out, and whoever plays well the first couple of weeks is probably going to get the majority of the innings this year."
Matsuzaka preparing for camp
In any other year, Daisuke Matsuzaka would have been back in Japan, where spring training camps opened yesterday.
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Instead, he was here, in the ultramodern offices of his agent, Scott Boras, sitting in front of a wall of baseballs (47 across, 31 down, 1,457 in all) and describing the first phase of his preparation to play not for his former team, the Seibu Lions, but for the Red Sox.
Dressed casually in a red Nike T-shirt and Nike sneakers with red laces -- Boras just completed a multimillion-dollar endorsement deal with the athletic shoe manufacturer -- Matsuzaka told the scrum gathered in the office lobby (18 television cameras, about 60 media types) about the three weeks he has spent here in southern California in advance of the opening of Sox camp.
Matsuzaka has been working out at the sports fitness facility Boras operates in a cooperative arrangement with Soka University, a six-year-old liberal arts school whose roots, coincidentally, are in Japan. Yesterday's photo opportunity showing him work out at another neighboring school, Saddleback College, was canceled because of wet grounds, but Matsuzaka said that on Tuesday, he'd thrown off the mound for the first time this winter, throwing 60 pitches.
Everything went well, he said, while hinting that he was working on a new pitch. That, of course, is inevitably going to prompt speculation that the pitch in question is the legendary gyroball, though Boras rolled his eyes at the suggestion.
"First it will be the gyroball," he said, "backed up by the Loch Ness Monster."
If anything, Boras said, Matsuzaka is refining his two-seam fastball, a sinker with excellent movement to both sides of the plate that he used only sparingly in Japan, the agent said, because Matsuzaka's four-seam fastball was so overpowering.
Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell has visited "to get the initial introduction out of the way," he said by phone from his home in Cleveland. "He's a very engaging person. He was outgoing, and he likes not only to get his work in but you can tell that he's a person who is fun to be around."
Farrell observed two of Matsuzaka's workouts, along with Sox assistant trainer Mike Reinold. He also watched him do long tossing. "He was throwing on flat ground from 200 to 220 feet," Farrell said. "You can tell from the trajectory of his throws, and the way he was able to maintain his mechanics, without overextending or opening up, that he has very good arm strength."
Farrell said he gave Matsuzaka a set of tapes of hitters in the American League East, not so much for Matsuzaka to begin formulating his plan of attack, but just to put some names and faces together.
Matsuzaka said he had taken a stab at doing some research on his own.
"I bought major league magazines when I was back in Japan and memorized a lot of the names and faces of players," he said.
Matsuzaka answered questions for the better part of 45 minutes. The biggest difference between this session and his introductory press conference in Boston last December? The translator. Handling the duties flawlessly yesterday was Masa Hoshino, a Harvard graduate in environmental sciences (Class of 2002) who will serve as Matsuzaka's personal interpreter (at the Sox' expense) this season.
With Hoshino translating Matsuzaka's responses into fully formed paragraphs, it was easier to discern the thoughtful nature of his responses -- and his propensity to laugh.
"One of the things I was most worried about in coming over here was obviously the food. But to my surprise, I found the vegetables are great, the fish tastes great," Matsuzaka said with a smile. "So far, so good. I've been able to lead a comfortable few weeks here."
Matsuzaka talked about how he enjoyed his free time in Boston.
"I had the chance to go by and look at the house where I'm going to be living, also had a chance to visit a museum, and as I walked around town, a lot of people said hello to me in a sort of very respectful and cheery manner," he said.
His plan, he said, was to show up in Fort Myers for spring training on Feb. 12, four days before pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report. The biggest on-field adjustment, he acknowledged, will be to the five-man rotation, after having pitched in a six-day rotation.
Not that he seemed too worried. Meeting briefly afterward with three Boston reporters, Matsuzaka laughed when Hoshino translated the admonition from one "not to believe anything he'd heard about the Boston media."
And when Channel 4's Dan Roche wished him, "Good luck," Matsuzaka did not miss a beat -- or wait for the translation.
"Thank you," he said.
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Instead, he was here, in the ultramodern offices of his agent, Scott Boras, sitting in front of a wall of baseballs (47 across, 31 down, 1,457 in all) and describing the first phase of his preparation to play not for his former team, the Seibu Lions, but for the Red Sox.
Dressed casually in a red Nike T-shirt and Nike sneakers with red laces -- Boras just completed a multimillion-dollar endorsement deal with the athletic shoe manufacturer -- Matsuzaka told the scrum gathered in the office lobby (18 television cameras, about 60 media types) about the three weeks he has spent here in southern California in advance of the opening of Sox camp.
Matsuzaka has been working out at the sports fitness facility Boras operates in a cooperative arrangement with Soka University, a six-year-old liberal arts school whose roots, coincidentally, are in Japan. Yesterday's photo opportunity showing him work out at another neighboring school, Saddleback College, was canceled because of wet grounds, but Matsuzaka said that on Tuesday, he'd thrown off the mound for the first time this winter, throwing 60 pitches.
Everything went well, he said, while hinting that he was working on a new pitch. That, of course, is inevitably going to prompt speculation that the pitch in question is the legendary gyroball, though Boras rolled his eyes at the suggestion.
"First it will be the gyroball," he said, "backed up by the Loch Ness Monster."
If anything, Boras said, Matsuzaka is refining his two-seam fastball, a sinker with excellent movement to both sides of the plate that he used only sparingly in Japan, the agent said, because Matsuzaka's four-seam fastball was so overpowering.
Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell has visited "to get the initial introduction out of the way," he said by phone from his home in Cleveland. "He's a very engaging person. He was outgoing, and he likes not only to get his work in but you can tell that he's a person who is fun to be around."
Farrell observed two of Matsuzaka's workouts, along with Sox assistant trainer Mike Reinold. He also watched him do long tossing. "He was throwing on flat ground from 200 to 220 feet," Farrell said. "You can tell from the trajectory of his throws, and the way he was able to maintain his mechanics, without overextending or opening up, that he has very good arm strength."
Farrell said he gave Matsuzaka a set of tapes of hitters in the American League East, not so much for Matsuzaka to begin formulating his plan of attack, but just to put some names and faces together.
Matsuzaka said he had taken a stab at doing some research on his own.
"I bought major league magazines when I was back in Japan and memorized a lot of the names and faces of players," he said.
Matsuzaka answered questions for the better part of 45 minutes. The biggest difference between this session and his introductory press conference in Boston last December? The translator. Handling the duties flawlessly yesterday was Masa Hoshino, a Harvard graduate in environmental sciences (Class of 2002) who will serve as Matsuzaka's personal interpreter (at the Sox' expense) this season.
With Hoshino translating Matsuzaka's responses into fully formed paragraphs, it was easier to discern the thoughtful nature of his responses -- and his propensity to laugh.
"One of the things I was most worried about in coming over here was obviously the food. But to my surprise, I found the vegetables are great, the fish tastes great," Matsuzaka said with a smile. "So far, so good. I've been able to lead a comfortable few weeks here."
Matsuzaka talked about how he enjoyed his free time in Boston.
"I had the chance to go by and look at the house where I'm going to be living, also had a chance to visit a museum, and as I walked around town, a lot of people said hello to me in a sort of very respectful and cheery manner," he said.
His plan, he said, was to show up in Fort Myers for spring training on Feb. 12, four days before pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report. The biggest on-field adjustment, he acknowledged, will be to the five-man rotation, after having pitched in a six-day rotation.
Not that he seemed too worried. Meeting briefly afterward with three Boston reporters, Matsuzaka laughed when Hoshino translated the admonition from one "not to believe anything he'd heard about the Boston media."
And when Channel 4's Dan Roche wished him, "Good luck," Matsuzaka did not miss a beat -- or wait for the translation.
"Thank you," he said.
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