Peppering the Monster.. in Spring!
Posted on February 25, 2010
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The Red Sox and Lee County have been bouncing back and forth over the past couple of years about trying to keep the team in southwest Florida every spring. The latest developments were that the new stadium being built is only going to hold 11,000 fans rather than the 12,000 originally agreed upon. The Sox put that little misstep behind themselves as they released a handful of concept art today detailing the yet to be named park:
In short, it will be equipped with a miniature Green Monster in left field, six adjacent practice fields, and some open commercial space that the team will probably try and turn into a Patriot Place v2.0. The team has signed an agreement to stick around for at least 30 years after the park opens in 2012.
I’m looking forward to breaking into this park and exploring, like I did with City of Palms a few years back. Hopefully tighter security isn’t one of the new features that they’re adding!
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I never understood why they didn’t have a makeshift Monster at City of Palms this whole time. Portland has one at Hadlock Field and I think it’s a pretty good idea to get Sox prospects used to the concept of hitting with a huge wall looming in LF.
hi christopher this is the best insite i have seine on the soxs.give me a call when you have have 15 min. to spair tj.