Swingtime in Fort Myers; Red Sox training site steps up to the plate with gorgeous beaches and museums. From: The Boston Herald | Date: January 3, 1999| Author: Wynn, Judith | COPYRIGHT 1999 Boston Herald. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Fort Myers, Fla., used to be just another Sunshine State winter beach getaway for the relative handful of New England snowbirds who headed there each year. But since becoming the preseason training home of the Boston Red Sox in 1993, Fort Myers has become synonymous in Boston with spring, high hopes and shattered dreams.

Hundreds of Bostonians - and hundreds more travelers from around New England - will make the trek to witness the annual rite of spring, when bored veter...

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