WooSox 'ready to roll' with their sixth season in Worcester beginning Friday

WORCESTER — As Chad Tracy sipped his third cup of coffee and settled into Polar Park Tuesday morning, the Worcester Red Sox manager was eager to be back in the Canal District with his baseball team’s season opener just three days away. “It’s one of those years where it’s exciting because you see a lot of things about the team you like,” Tracy told the T&G in a sit-down interview on March 24. “But also, a whole lot of new faces.

(I) feel like I kind of have to let this thing play out for a while and get a feel for who they are and then see how it develops as we go. ” With the WooSox set to begin their season on Friday, March 27 (4:05 p. m.

), with a game against the Syracuse Mets at Polar Park, excitement is starting to build around the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. Both on and off the field. From strangers to best buddies: How Jose Flores and Chad Tracy's relationship blossomed beyond baseball Opening Day will mark the sixth season of the WooSox being in Worcester since their move from Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

“Think about the first Opening Day, May 11, 2021,” WooSox President Dr. Charles Steinberg told the T&G. “It was a wonderful day in a beautiful ballpark and yet we did not have a berm, an 8th hill, a WooSox Hall of Fame, the right field videoboard, heaters throughout the concourse, the use of Plymouth Street or Summit Street, a playground, A Taste of Worcester, the Sherwood’s Diner, the Royal Wooters Club or even the WooSox Market.