Here comes the Nation...

BRADENTON - The Boston Red Sox are here.
And judging from crowd clustering near the visting dugout, where Sox skipper Terry Fancona is signing autographs, their legion of fans are here, too.
Word around McKechnie Field is this puppy is sold out, and if that's true, it will be the ballpark's first sell out of the spring.
This is John Lembo, and I will be blogging periodically from McKechnie Field, where the Pittsburgh Pirates host the Sawx.
Sorry folks, but the Sox are sans CC - Carl Crawford did not make the trip to Bradenton, nor did Adrian Gonzalez.
Who did?
Let's look:

RED SOX:
Mike Cameron, rf
Jed Lowrie, ss
J.D. Drew dh
Jason Varitek, c
Ryan Kalish, cf
Darnell McDonald, lf
Lars Anderson, 1b
Nate Spears, 2b
Drew Sutton, 3b
Josh Beckett, p

PIRATES:
Jose Tabata, cf
Neil Walker, 2b
Pedro Alvarez, 3b
Garrett Jones, rf
Lyle Overbay, 1b
John Bowker, lf
Ronny Cedeno, ss
Dusty Brown, c
Brad Lincoln p