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This Day In Red Sox History: February 6, 1993
By Administrator | February 6, 2009
Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox”
The Red Sox were due to open Spring Training on March 5th, but Ft Myers homeowner Angela Grome refused to move from her house because she was unsatisfied with the $55,000 being offered by the city for her home. She was one of 173 families that were displaced by the city during construction of City of Palms Park (and its associated facilities)… her home sat on the proposed location of the park’s parking lot. She wanted $100,000 and was the only homeowner to take the city to court.
The parking lot is there today… no one seems to know how Grome made out in her settlement with the city.
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