Boston Red Sox start spring training with Truck Day celebration

And the Super Bowl isn't the only thing for Boston sports fans to get excited about. Red Sox spring training is just around the corner. 22 News reporter Nick Antonakis is live at Fenway Park in Boston with the annual tradition happening today. Kayleigh Julia Fenway Park is going to be exciting here in just a couple of hours. Starting at seven o'clock this morning, it's the unofficial kickoff to spring training for the Boston Red Sox. A giant equipment truck will be packed full of supplies and sent off to Fort Myers in florida. Truck day has been a Red Sox tradition since 2000 and three and signals the unofficial kickoff to spring training. The truck will take the trip from Fenway all the way down to florida in what is nearly a 1500 mile journey. Some of the equipment that will be put on board includes more than 20,000 baseballs, 1100 baseball bats, 200 batting gloves, 200 batting helmets and so much more leading the way on a flatbed truck will be Wally the Green Monster, his sister Tessie and Fenway ambassadors tossing gifts to fans in attendance. Now the Red Sox faithful who that will be in attendance today are dedicated for sure, with temperatures feeling like these single digits this morning. But the cold hasn't stopped this tradition before and it certainly won't stop it again today. Now equipment will start getting loaded on this truck starting at seven o'clock this morning. It's expected to take off sometime between 11 a.m. And 12 p.m. This afternoon, working for you live from Fenway Park, Nick Antonakis, 22 News.