A lively topic in the barren expanse west of Boston is the possibility of the Pawtucket Red Sox moving to Worcester as reported by several sources.
What is the second most populous city in New England? The usual answer is Hartford, Connecticut – America’s filing cabinet – or Providence, Rhode Island and even Portland, Maine, but it is Worcester, Massachusetts. Worcester is in that area that makes it filling between Boston and Springfield, but almost 200,000 live in Worcester.
“If the PawSox move from Pawtucket, I’d be happy to entertain the possibility of them moving to Worcester,” Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty
The Red Sox top farm club is the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox, who now reside at McCoy Stadium in that great gateway to Central Falls.