Boston Red Sox Photos: Mookie Betts – A Day In The Life.

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox poses for a photograph with his car parked outside of his house before driving to jetBlue Park for a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox drives to jetBlue Park for a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: The radio is shown as Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox drives to jetBlue Park for a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox arrives at jetBlue Park for a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: The starting lineup is posted on the board before a Spring Training game between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox walks into the clubhouse as he arrives at jetBlue Park for a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox walks into the batting cage before a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox reacts as he tracks down a fly ball during warm ups before a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox reacts as he plays catch on the field before a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox poses for a portrait in the batting cage before a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox takes swings in the batting cage before a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox talks with Chris Young #30 in the batting cage before a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts; Chris Young

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox looks on during batting practice before a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 9: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox walks through the tunnel before a Spring Training game against Team USA on March 9, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox signs autographs before a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox runs toward right field during the fourth inning of a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox runs onto the field before the first inning of a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox bats during the third inning of a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox walks toward the parking lot as he exits jetBlue Park after a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox exits the clubhouse on his way to the field before a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox ties his shoes as he gets dressed after a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 2, 2017 at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Florida . (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

A few weeks ago, I spent the day following around Boston Red Sox right fielder, Mookie Betts, at Spring Training in Fort Myers, Florida. I met him at his house in the morning, and along with my friend Luke Fraser, a videographer for Red Sox Productions, we rode into JetBlue Park with him. Once we got to the park, we followed him around for most of the day, shooting his workout routine, pre game habits, actions during the game, and his cool down and exit after it.

Here is a link to the full photo story, text write up, and video from the day. The results are pretty neat.

There seems to be a trend for this type of storytelling with athletes right now. There’s a desire to see these athletes not just as larger than life players on a ball field, but as humans with personalities and day to day lives like the rest of us. I’ve made it one of my goals to do more storytelling this year, and I think this was a good trial run. I hope that I can build upon this piece to produce more content like this with the players throughout the season. The addition of video also brings the production value of stories like this up a notch, so I want to continue to work with the talented people and resources we have here at the Red Sox to do our best collaborative work together.