Red Sox equipment truck leaves for Spring Training Friday

The Boston Red Sox equipment truck will depart for the 1,480-mile trip to the club's Spring Training home in Fort Myers, Florida on Friday, February 6 at approximately 1:00 p.m. New for this year, a box of emails containing well-wishes from fans in Red Sox Nation will also be loaded on the equipment truck. This box will be placed in the equipment truck by official Citizens of Red Sox Nation and is intended to bring the Red Sox good luck for the 2009 season.

The equipment truck, which will depart from Fenway Park on Yawkey Way - adjacent to Gate D, will be led in procession by a flat-bed truck carrying Wally the Green Monster, Fenway Ambassadors, and official Citizens of Red Sox Nation.

All media outlets are welcome to cover the departure of the equipment truck.

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SELECT SPRING TRAINING GAMES: There are still great seats available for select Red Sox exhibition games at City of Palms Park, including the club's Thursday, March 5 match-up against Team Puerto Rico. Red Sox reliever Javier Lopez, catchers Ivan Rodriguez and 2008 N.L. Rookie of the Year Geovany Soto, and Carlos Beltran, Alex Cora and Carlos Delgado of the New York Mets are currently part of the country's provisional roster for the World Baseball Classic.

The Red Sox will also continue the tradition of college matchups, facing the Boston College Eagles on Wednesday, February 25 at 1:05 p.m. and the Northeastern Huskies on Saturday, February 28 also at 1:05 p.m. Tickets for those contests are half-price.

To order spring training or regular season game tickets, fans can go online to www.redsox.com, call 877-REDSOX9 or visit the Red Sox Ticket Office on Yawkey Way during normal business hours.