Faithful
Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
Chapter One
From: Spring Training: Welcome to Next Year
March 4th
I want to get up and be at the practice fields
by nine. I expect it'll be just me and Steph,
but Trudy comes too, driving while I navigate.
We peel off the Tamiami Trail and in a few
blocks we see City of Palms Park. According to
the website, the training complex is two and a
half miles straight down Edison, but there's no
parking. You're supposed to park here and ride a
shuttle bus to the practice fields.
City of Palms Park is understated and classic
from the outside, a plain white concrete facade
three stories tall, with flags for all the AL
teams flying atop the roof, and one window-sized
Sox logo over the green main gates. There's no
one on the plaza in front, just the stalky palm
trees. I don't see anywhere to park, so I tell
Trudy to go ahead and cruise the practice
fields.
We get lucky - the lot for the practice
facility is half-empty. The clear-coated monster
trucks and chrome-wheeled Escalades a ... read full excerpt from: Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season ebook
