OSTON ED OX AY F AME HEET B R S D O G S WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS: 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007
AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS: 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD: 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011
BOSTON RED SOX (30-25) CHICAGO WHITE SOX (26-31) A.L. EAST 1 GB A.L. CENTRAL 8 ½ GB
TIM WAKEFIELD, RHP (2-1, 4.14 ERA) GAVIN FLOYD, RHP (5-5, 3.69 ERA)
HOME GAME #31
GAME TIME: 1:35 P.M. BAG WRISTBAND OF THE DAY: PURPLE GATES OPEN: 12:05 P.M. (11:35 AM AT GATES A & D) FIELD WRISTBAND OF THE DAY: PINK RED SOX BATTING PRACTICE: INDOORS/CAGE HOUSE TV: CH 3-12 (HD), CH 18 (CONCOURSE), CH1 (SUITES) WHITE SOX BATTING PRACTICE: 12:00-12:45 P.M. RADIO: WEEI (850 AM), SBN (1150 AM)
HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER ON DUTY: MARY SPRONG (X6143) POLAND SPRING GREEN TEAM: TO MEET AT THE TRIANGLE PARKING LOT 1 HOUR BEFORE GAMETIME YAWKEY WAY ACTIVITY: HOT TAMALES BRASS BAND, STILT WALKER, BALLOON ARTIST, FACE PAINTER, YOU MAKE THE CALL BIG CONCOURSE ACTIVITY: JUGGLER AUTOGRAPH ALLEY (INSIDE THE RED SOX TEAM STORE): LOU LUCIER LEGEND’S SUITE: CARLTON FISK CONCOURSE TABLING: RED SOX NATION, KID NATION, YOUK’S KIDS, VERIZON (GATE A), 50/50 RAFFLE (GATES A, B, C & D) PREMIUM GROUPS: AT&T (LEGEND’S SUITE), KATHY MELENDY (BOARDROOM), CREATIVE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS (CF BATTING PRACTICE), MASS MUTUAL (MONSTER CORNER), MATT FREEDMAN (B-2), PRIVATE BANKING USA (B-3), JOHNSON & JOHNSON (B-4), STEFANIE BOHLMAN-SMITH (K-1, K-2, K-3), JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES (K-4), ESPN INC (ULTIMATE MONSTER)
PRE-GAME CEREMONIES HONORARY BAT BAY/BAT GIRL: ANDREW O’NEIL/BAT GIRL TO BE SELECTED BY A RED SOX AMBASSADOR BLOOD DONOR OF THE GAME: VINCENT SILVESTRI LEADERS OF THE PACK: WORLD ENERGY, MIT, THURSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL COLOR GUARD: NAVAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT CENTER IN QUINCY MA NATIONAL ANTHEM: RENE RANCOURT, ACCOMPANIED BY FENWAY PARK ORGANIST JOSH KANTOR CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH: DWIGHT MCKENZIE – AUCTION WINNER PLAY BALL: CAROLINE O’LEARY
IN-GAME CEREMONIES HATS OFF TO HEROES (END OF THE 4TH INNING): ANDREW PETERS – 58TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI
WHERE’S WALLY? (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) 3RD INNING: RED SOX TEAM SOUVENIR STORE MIDDLE OF THE 7TH INNING: STRETCH ON HOME DUGOUT WALLY IN-SEAT HOT LINE NUMBER: 617-226-6040
DID YOU KNOW… …IN HIS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE AT BAT AGAINST THE WHITE SOX ON 6/10/1938, LEFTY LEFEBREVE HIT A HOME RUN BECOMING THE FIRST RED SOX PLAYER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS FEAT. IT WOULD BE DONE AGAIN BY EDDIE PELLEGRINI IN 1946 AND DANIEL NAVA IN 2010 …ELLIS KINDER’S GRAND SLAM AGAINST THE WHITE SOX IN 1950 WAS THE FIRST TIME A RED SOX PITCHER HAD HIT A GRAND SLAM IN A GAME. BABE RUTH (1919), LEFTY GROVE (1935) & WES FERRELL (1936) ARE THE ONLY OTHER RED SOX PITCHERS TO DO THE SAME THING.