Truck Day!

It's a pretty silly tradition when you get right down to it. Getting all excited about the fact that a moving truck is lugging a load of equipment from Boston to Fort Meyers, FL?

But I love Truck Day.

It's not so much the actual event as what it represents. Truck Day is the first step on the road to Opening Day. We go from Truck Day to pitchers and catchers to position players report to the exhibitions against the college teams to Grapefruit League games to the final roster cuts to the home and road openers. Truck Day is that first signal that spring isn't all that far off, a signal that is desperately needed after a brutal winter like the one we have been having.

So celebrate Truck Day. Wear a bit of Red Sox gear tomorrow. Look at the pictures on Boston.com. Heck, go over to Fenway and watch the truck leave if you are so inclined. We'll be seeing the boys out on the field at City of Palms Park before you know it.