What we have not seen in any significant numbers is people who refuse.

People do use that hotline. You can stop a situation before it becomes a problem. The overwhelming majority of fans want a very comfortable atmosphere.

People do use that hotline. You can stop a situation before it becomes a problem, ... The overwhelming majority of fans want a very comfortable atmosphere.

This is a day for kids. This is a day that brings out the children in all of us. You can imagine when you were 8 years old or 10 years old how, with such reverence, you viewed the phrase 'pitchers and catchers report.' And the van leaving is that trigger of emotion that tells you it's just five days until pitchers and catchers report. And on a day when New England is blanketed with snow, the reminder that pitchers and catchers report in a few days by virtue of the van leaving, those are good words. Those are soothing to any New Englander's soul.

We are finding out that a lot of Bostonians are making plans to go to Spring Training. I think we've probably gotten more calls about that than I've seen in our years here. One lady sent me an e-mail, she said, 'I know that the van is leaving, I don't care. I'm already in Fort Myers, when is the van arriving?

It's a practice we put into effect last year as a result of parents asking us to,