Feb 21, 2012; Fort Myers FL, USA; A general view of Boston Red Sox spring training at JetBlue Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

Located in Lee Country, Florida, JetBlue Park can hold 11,000 spectators and is a replica of the team’s home venue, Fenway Park. It features a “Green Monster,” with seating both inside, and on top of the wall. The complex also has six practice fields, adjoining facilities that will house major and minor-league operations, and even a rehabilitation center.

From a fan’s point of view, the ballpark seems to be quite nice. According to a review we found on Yelp, the field has its “good parts” and “bad parts.”  Some of the pros include the great seating, ballpark layout, parking arrangements, and the layout of the complex that allows you to see everything that is going on around the complex as you walk toward the stadium. Some of the cons include the small pro-shop, the congested traffic entering the complex, a small selection of adult beverages, and the bleacher seats, which tend to heat up in the toasty Florida weather.

So at the end of the day, I would have to say JetBlue Park is top-notch. The facility makes it easy for fans and players to travel from place to place and see the latest happenings in Red Sox Nation.

It only seems fitting that as the Red Sox get set to vacate their new temporary home in Florida that we take a look back at their spring home.

Jim over at Stadiumjourney.com had the privilege of attending a spring training at JetBlue Park or as many call it, Fenway South.  Jim’s job, other than to take in a major league spring training ball game was to of course rate and review the new Sox southern home and he did just that.

He starts with the food and beverage aspect, a must for any baseball fans and the creators of JetBlue Park did not disappoint.  Multiple food stands and specialty foods are available along with the essentials; hot dogs and beer.  Jim gave it 5 stars.

Anyone travelling to Fort Myers knows that the atmosphere won’t be like sitting in the real Fens.  But Jim was impressed with the atmosphere and gets into detail about the Green Monster v2.0, Pesky’s replica pole among other features that were designed to make it feel like you were in Boston.  The only thing missing?  The Citgo sign.  The atmosphere still got 4 stars.

The neighborhood in which the ballpark was built is non-existent according to Jim, resulting in a 2 star rating. Read the full article for a further description of the plans for the area.

Jim paid a nice tribute to the fans, saying “They’re Red Sox fans. Nothing more really needs to be said.” The result, 5 stars.  Be proud Red Sox Nation, be proud. Maybe someone should send this to Luke Scott.

Other areas that Jim rated included access to the ballpark, return on investment and extras that are available to the fan earning a 3, 4 & 4 star rating.

In his final words, Jim describes that while the park is full of history and detail while paying tribute to a national monument, that is where the problem lies.  He admits to having a great time but “felt the connection to the original almost felt forced. It should have been allowed to happen naturally and not created as the singular goal of bringing Fenway to Florida.”

Be sure to check out the full article for Jim’s complete breakdown of JetBlue Park.  Of course a big thanks to Jim for this very detailed review for those of us that were unable to experience it this spring.

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After pitching five shutout innings in Tuesdays game, Josh Beckett looks ready to begin the season.

The last two spring training games for the Red Sox have featured the 1-2 punch they will depend on to carry them through the season. The Sox’ number two starter Josh Beckett followed up on Jon Lester‘s dominant performance Monday night by blanking the Ray’s through five innings in the Red Sox 8-0 win. Very encouraging signs for a team whose season will depend greatly on the pitching staff.

Josh Beckett’s line: 5IP, 1H, 0ER, 3BB, 5K

Another encouraging sign for the Red Sox is Cody Ross‘ white hot spring to this point. When the Sox signed Ross the thought was his power to left field would be a perfect match for Fenway Park. I think they were right, Ross hit a 3-run bomb over the replica Green Monster in yesterday’s game. The righty now has a .342 BA, 4HR, 11RBI and a .1116 OPS in 38 at bats this spring.

Dustin Pedroia hit a triple in the sixth inning driving in Jacoby Ellsbury. Pedey’s batting average for the spring is .282.

Rays’ pitcher Brandon Gomes walked Pedroia with the bases loaded in the seventh before being replaced in favor of Jhonny Nunez. Nunez threw a wild pitch with the bases loaded allowing Nate Spears to score. Mauro Gomez then hit a 2-run single to give us the final score of 8-0.

Franklin Morales pitched a perfect inning in his third appearance of the spring and Mark Melancon pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings while striking out 2.

The Red Sox have an off day Wednesday and then the Blue Jays come to town on Thursday.