Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 154 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 153 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

This Day in History: 2000-03-17

March 17, 1944: The Red Sox open spring training at the Tufts Cage in Medford, MA, for the second year, with only four players on hand; because of wartime travel restrictions the camp is limited to players who live locally and the official opening of spring training for the whole club is deferred until March 26 in Baltimore, MD.

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