Another year, another offseason: here's a thread to collect the dates of the various events that tide us over until pitchers and catchers report!
December 7: Spring Training tickets on sale
December 14: Christmas at Fenway
(thanks, Lose!)
Register here.
January 10: Hot Stove Cool Music Sports Roundtable
January 11: New Stars for Young Stars IX
Tickets on sale December 2. Confirmed thus far: Mookie Betts, Drake Britton, Blake Swihart
January 11: Hot Stove Cool Music concert
January 11: Lowell Spinners Hot Stove Dinner
January 17: Portland Sea Dogs Hot Stove Dinner:
January 23: Boston Baseball Writers Association of America Dinner
December 7: Spring Training tickets on sale
December 14: Christmas at Fenway
(thanks, Lose!)
Register here.
Guaranteed opportunity to purchase tickets for the 2014 season
Opportunity to visit the Royal Rooters Club at the Nation's Archives
Prizes will be given away throughout the day to randomly selected attendees
Roundtable discussion with front office executives
To participate in the event and the corresponding guaranteed opportunity to purchase tickets at the Fenway Park box office on December 14, fans must fill out and submit the registration form below. Winners will have the opportunity to purchase up to two (2) Sox Pax at a maximum of 4 tickets per pack as well as ten (10) single game tickets.
January 10: Hot Stove Cool Music Sports Roundtable
Enjoy delicious food and drinks from Harpoon Brewery and Undurraga Wine before you sit down with friends for a riveting baseball discussion with Q&A.
Friday evening...
HSCM Sports roundtable discussion with key baseball executives including:
Peter Gammons
Theo Epstein
January 11: New Stars for Young Stars IX
Tickets on sale December 2. Confirmed thus far: Mookie Betts, Drake Britton, Blake Swihart
January 11: Hot Stove Cool Music concert
Celebrate with players and celebrity guests starring some of Boston's favorite bands:
The Baseball Project
starring members of:
R.E.M.
Kingsley Flood
Kay Hanley, Bill Janovitz,Tanya Donelly,
Phil Aiken and Peter Gammons & the Hot Stove All-Stars
(featuring Paul Barrere of Little Feat)
January 11: Lowell Spinners Hot Stove Dinner
The Lowell Spinners, Class-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, announced they will host a Hot Stove Dinner event with 2004 World Series Champion and playoff hero Dave Roberts, Saturday, January 11 at the UMass-Lowell Inn & Conference Center.
This marks the return of the team's Hot Stove event, a fundraiser for Lowell Spinners Charities, after a two year hiatus.
"We are thrilled to once again offer a Hot Stove event for our great Spinners fans," said Spinners President and General Manager Tim Bawmann. "To be able to have Dave Roberts as the keynote guest is a great way to start the celebration of the 10thanniversary of the 2004 Red Sox while also celebrating the 2013 World Series Champion Red Sox."
In addition to Roberts, the dinner will feature visits from other local baseball alumni, both Spinners alumnus and otherwise. The team will present the Dick Berardino Alumni Award, given annually to a Spinners alumnus, currently in the Major Leagues, that best represents the qualities of productivity, work-ethic and coach-ability, the Peter Gammons Media Award and the Greg Montalbano Award.
New awards to be presented at the event include the The Lowell Sun High School Baseball and Softball Players of the Year and the Jr. Spinners Award, an award created to honor a player in the Spinners partnership Elite Baseball program.
January 17: Portland Sea Dogs Hot Stove Dinner:
Boston Red Sox pitcher Brandon Workman, who started the 2013 season with the Sea Dogs and finished the season pitching for the Red Sox in the World Series, will be returning to Portland for the Sea Dogs 2014 Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction. Workman will be joined by Red Sox outfielder and former Sea Dog Jackie Bradley Jr. and longtime Red Sox official Dick Berardino. The event will take place on Friday, January 17th at 5:30 PM at the Sable Oaks Marriott in South Portland. The event benefits the Maine Children's Cancer Program. Additional guests will be announced.
January 23: Boston Baseball Writers Association of America Dinner
The 75th annual Boston Baseball Writers Dinner presented by The Sports Museum in partnership with New Balance will take place on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at The Westin Copley Place Hotel in Boston.
Tickets are now on sale for $200 each or $2,000 for a table of 10 and can be purchased online by credit card at The Sports Museum website.
The Boston Baseball Writers Dinner is the annual hot stove gathering for baseball in Boston. Your ticket admits you to:
Cocktail reception (cash bar) beginning at 6 PM
Full three-course meal beginning at 7 PM
Autograph Alley with award winners (for children age 16 and under only)
A look back at the 2013 World Series Championship season and a look forward to the 2014 campaign
The best hot stove talk of the season