Worcester’s Polar Park is finally open. The long-awaited park opened its gates Tuesday for the first time as the WooSox defeated the Syracuse Mets 8-5 in their home opener. For now, capacity at the park, located in the Kelly Square area, will be capped at 25 percent under Phase 4, Step 1 of Massachusetts’ reopening plan. Tickets for the home…
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Former Red Sox boss Lucchino heads to the minors with WooSox
By JIMMY GOLENMay 6, 2021 GMT
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) Concrete is curing, saws are buzzing, and Larry Lucchino is at home again, in a ballpark.
At an age when many ease into retirement, the 75-year-old three-time cancer survivor instead headed to the minor leagues for one more chance to run a baseball team and build it a new home.
“I don’t think (retirement) is the way I’m wired,” Lucchino said this spring during an interview in the upper deck at the $118 million Polar Park. “I want to keep doing and being and making and contributing.”
Worcester Red Sox Notebook: Michael Chavis collects several historic firsts in franchise opener
Updated 11:24 PM;
Today 11:04 PM
Michael Chavis was responsible for several firsts in Worcester Red Sox history, Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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The first win and the first home run will have to wait for another day.
But in the Worcester Red Sox’s historic first game since Boston’s top affiliate moved from Pawtucket, there were plenty of notable firsts in Tuesday’s loss to the Buffalo Bison at Trenton Thunder Ballpark in New Jersey:
First pitch: Jarren Duran took a healthy cut at a Nate Pearson’s pitch and fouled it out of play at 7:03 p.m.