THE OBF SPRING TRAINING TRANSLATOR

Boston, MA--2/5/2013--The Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino (cq) gets cookies from (name to come) Needham fan. The equipment truck gets packed and leaves Boston for Florida, on Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Photos by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: RedSox truck Reporter: XXX Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

OBF translates for us

Spring time brings lots of excitement to baseball fans. And sometimes, players, managers and owners tend to get a little swept up in the excitement. As a public service, we’d like to take some of the big promises and sweeping statements we’ve already heard this year from Fort Myers and beyond, and help put them in some legitimate perspective with the patented “OBF Translator.” We’ll take a real quote from someone and then – after passing it through the “OBF Translator” help you understand what’s really being said. Enjoy and remember that opening day for the Red Sox this year falls on April Fools Day. Keep that in mind when you start getting those emails about Red Sox playoff tickets