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The Boston Red Sox, based in Boston, Massachusetts and are also known as the Old Town Team, The Bosox and are often familiarly referred to by newspapers and fans as simply The Sox. Members of the American League East Division; their home field is Fenway Park, the oldest major league ballpark still in operation, which opened in April 1912. The Red Sox won the inaugural World Series as the Boston Americans in 1903 against the Pittsburgh Pirates and won their most recent World Series championship in 2007, taking the total of World Series wins to seven. The Red Sox have one of the longest standing and most storied rivalries in North American sports with the nearby New York Yankees. The Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry has centred on the supposed Curse of the Bambino, and has gained even more significance with the creation of the Wild Card in 1995, which allowed the two teams to meet in the playoffs.
Although the Red Sox's have a lease with Fort Myers that lasts through to 2109, they have an early opt out that would allow them to leave after the 2009 spring training season. The most likely destination would be Sarasota after the Cincinnati Reds move to Arizona and the Cactus League. In an effort to keep the Red Sox in Fort Myers the local press lead a campaign to remind the Sox of the "Sarasota Curse", a reminder that during the thirteen years they held their spring training in Sarasota they never won a World Series.
Sarasota does not have a good record when it comes to World Series championship teams; every team that has based its spring training in Sarasota has suffered a downturn, while Fort Myers has been the spring home of five World Series winning teams, more than any other city that hosts spring training in either the Grapefruit or Cactus Leagues.
The Boston Red Sox
City of Palms Park
2201 Edison Ave
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Fl 33901
877 733 7699
Boston Red Sox - Spring Training Schedule 2009
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Day
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Date
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Opponents
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Home / Away
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Wednesday
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February 25
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Boston College
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Home
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Wednesday
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February 25
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Minnesota Twins
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Away
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Thursday
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February 26
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home
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Friday
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February 27
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Tampa Bay Rays
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Away
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Saturday
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February 28
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North Eastern University
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Home
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Saturday
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February 28
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Cincinnati Reds
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Home
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Sunday
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March 1
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Minnesota Twins
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Away
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Monday
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March 2
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Baltimore Orioles
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Away
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Tuesday
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March 3
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Cincinnati Reds
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Home
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Thursday
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March 5
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WBC Team - Puerto Rico
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Home
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Friday
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March 6
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Florida Marlins
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Home
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Saturday
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March 7
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Tampa Bay Rays
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Away
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Sunday
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March 8
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Tampa Bay Rays
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Home
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Monday
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March 9
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Away
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Tuesday
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March 10
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Baltimore Orioles
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Home
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Thursday
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March 12
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Away
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Friday
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March 13
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New York Yankees
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Home
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Saturday
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March 14
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Baltimore Orioles
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Away
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Sunday
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March 15
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Baltimore Orioles
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Home
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Monday
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March 16
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Toronto Blue Jays
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Away
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Tuesday
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March 17
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Minnesota Twins
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Home
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Thursday
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March 19
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Cincinnati Reds
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Away
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Friday
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March 20
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home
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Saturday
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March 21
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Florida Marlins
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Away
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Sunday
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March 22
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Home
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Monday
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March 23
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Detroit Tigers
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Home
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Tuesday
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March 24
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New York Yankees
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Away
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Wednesday
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March 25
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Cincinnati Reds
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Away
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Friday
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March 27
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Home
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Saturday
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March 28
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Minnesota Twins
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Home
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Sunday
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March 29
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Away
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Monday
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March 30
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Atlanta Braves
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Away
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Tuesday
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March 31
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Tampa Bay Rays
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Home
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Wednesday
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April 1
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Away
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Thursday
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April 2
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Minnesota Twins
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Away
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