The annual "Truck Day" celebration has been a tradition for the Red Sox since 2003. Red Sox pitchers and catchers will report for duty on Tuesday, Feb. 11 and hold their first workout the next day on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Alex Cora's team will hold its first full-squad workout on Monday, Feb. 17.

Truck Day is one of those “only in Boston” photo ops, much like Allston Christmas, the L Street Brownies swimming in the ocean on New Year’s, and U-Hauls getting “Storrowed.”

The Boston Red Sox equipment truck has departed Fenway Park, heading to Fort Myers, Florida, for the team's spring training.

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The Red Sox equipment truck leaves Fenway Park on Monday, bound for the club's spring training home in Fort Myers, Florida. The team has been in a downturn in recent years, missing the playoffs in five of the last six seasons.

As anticipation builds, so does some frustration for Red Sox fans, as most of the key moves came in December. Since then, the club has been mostly silent.

Monday is "Truck Day" in New England, and for the uninitiated, that is the unofficial start of the Boston Red Sox season. The team equipment truck will be loaded up and depart Fenway Park on Monday for the long trip south to Fort Myers, Florida, the team's spring training home.

(WJAR) — The Boston Red Sox celebrated Truck Day on Monday, marking the unofficial start of spring training. The equipment truck was loaded with baseball equipment and supplies starting at 7 a.m.

The celebration of Truck Day has been a Red Sox tradition since 2003, signaling the unofficial start of Spring Training.

As the Red Sox equipment truck begins its long journey to Fort Myers, the Herald's beat writers look ahead to spring training and what fans can expect in the weeks to come.