Tie a string around your finger so you don't forget: the Red Sox added a bonus B-game to the schedule for Monday. They'll be facing off against the Minnesota Twins (again! 4 days in a row!) at City of Palms Park at 10 a.m., even though the game still doesn't appear on the team's official schedule at redsox.com.
Josh Beckett and batterymate Jason Varitek will stay to pitch the early-bird B-game in Ft. Myers, Kyle Snyder and the lion's share of the team will travel to Jupiter to face the Marlins in the afternoon. Tito Francona spoke about the decision to add the game to the ProJo:
We felt like we had between seven to nine innings of pitching we wanted to account for (that day). Actually, the Twins approached us. We had the pitching, so due to the abbreviated spring training, it gives us nine more innings to see pitching. We actually don't have enough position players, so we're going to have to scuffle [to find it].
For those lucky enough to be down in Ft. Myers, admission will be free.




on March 2, 2008 11:43 AM
I wish I was in Fort Myers! So badly! Aah!