NESN Starts Live Broadcasts on Saturday

For the first time NESN will broadcast spring training workouts live. You may get to see a few sprints, some long toss, and perhaps a fungo bat or two. Not “must see” TV but it beats watching the truck drive to Ft. Myers. Tito gave his take on the broadcasts:

“I never thought about it until I came here,” Francona said. “It doesn’t surprise me here. What should surprise me, and it probably really won’t, is that people will watch it because they care so much. I think that’s a testament to how much people care about baseball in New England.”