While many people rely on a groundhog to let them know when spring will arrive, folks in Boston know warmer days are ahead thanks to Red Sox "Truck Day." It may have snowed overnight in Boston, but Monday is the unofficial start of Spring Training.

Truck Day is one of those “only in Boston” photo ops, much like Allston Christmas, the L Street Brownies swimming in the ocean on New Year’s, and U-Hauls getting “Storrowed.”

Truck Day marks the unofficial start of Red Sox spring training, and on Monday the Red Sox’s equipment truck began its journey to Fort Myers, Fla., with 20,400 baseballs, 1,100 bats, 200 batting gloves and helmets,