Early morning at the Fort

It's an early morning of workouts here at the minor league complex. With the golf tournament, benefitting the Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida, on the schedule for this afternoon, everything was moved half an hour earlier -- clubhouse access, workouts, etc.

The players are now in a big meeting with the staff, where there will be some introductions, some explanations of the team and culture and much information imparted. Terry Francona yesterday acknowledged that this team doesn't have big group meetings very often, but this morning is one of the few.

It's also the first full team workout, so we'll actually get to see the guys on the field for the first time since last fall. Should be a good day.