“New Stars for Young Stars”

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Brandon Moss at the event in 2006 (Photo by KellyJ – red shoulder is mine!) 

On Saturday morning, the Jimmy Fund will be holding their 3rd annual "New Stars for Young Stars" event at Jillian’s in Boston.  I went to the first one (Bronson and Lenny were there so KellyJ and I knew we had to make the stop!) and enjoyed it a lot.  I missed last year’s for various reasons and hadn’t planned on attending this year’s, but was invited by a generous friend so decided why not?

It’s a fun time for a very good cause.  And although they stopped selling tickets online,  you can go to Jillian’s tomorrow morning and purchase a package.  So for a donation to the Jimmy Fund, you’ll get to meet the ‘players of tomorrow’.   These players include Dustin Pedroia and Jon Lester as well as some others you, hopefully, have heard of.   The entire list:

  • Dustin Pedroia
  • Jon Lester
  • Michael Bowden
  • Jed Lowrie
  • Bubba Bell
  • Justin Masterson
  • Nick Hagadone
  • Ryan Kalish

    As an extra treat – Gabe Kapler is scheduled to be there.  If, in fact, he shows, it will (most likely) be his last appearance in Boston before he has to accept being a Brewer.  So, if donating to a worthy cause doesn’t get you out and if meeting Pedroia and Lester and the other kids isn’t enticing enough – head on over to Jillian’s to meet Gabe the Babe before he’s lost to us forever (Or at least  until his contract with Milwaukee runs out!).

As a guest, I think I pretty much just get to hang out and, maybe, snap some pictures.  I’m really looking forward to it, though.  I enjoy watching the crowds at these kinds of things.  And, who knows, maybe there’s another Rookie of the Year we’ll be meeting tomorrow!

 
Don’t think for a minute that I don’t appreciate how fortunate I am to be in Boston and be able to attend these types of things.  They really help make the time in the off-season pass! 

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