SS, thanks for the pix. Makes it real.
As for other teams, apparently the Sox are not alone: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110204&content_id=16572372&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
But the Sox make it more of an event than others:
As for other teams, apparently the Sox are not alone: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110204&content_id=16572372&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
But the Sox make it more of an event than others:
OBVIOUSLY, an old article!
It is traditional for Truck Day rigs to "blend in" on the highways with nondescript white sides and the mover logo, for obvious reason. If you are an MLB club, you generally do not want to advertise to every motorist from state-to-state that you are hauling valuable cargo anyone would want.
Well, the Red Sox knocked that conventional wisdom out of the park. With JetBlue sponsoring, the Red Sox truck departed Tuesday featuring splashy Green Monster siding. In lettering made to resemble the old manual scoreboard, it read: "FIRST STOP FORT MYERS, NEXT STOP THE SERIES." Hello, America -- Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez arriving separately.