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Sox looking at Sarasota
The Red Sox are exploring talks with the city of Sarasota, Fla. to move their spring training facility there. The Sox' Fort Myers lease allows for a buyout in 2012 according to a story first reported by ballparkdigest.com. "Yes, we had an exploratory meeting last Friday with Sarasota City & County officials. They approached us several days after the Reds announced their move to ...
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SOX & Dawgs — ... Nick Cafardo is reporting that the Red Sox are talking with Sarasota about moving their spring training camp to there in 2012. The move would allow the Red Sox to have the major and minor league camps in the same place. ...

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