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For Immediate Release

July 5, 2009

 

SIX RED SOX PLAYERS SELECTED TO

2009 AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STAR TEAM

 

BOSTON, MA – The Boston Red Sox had six players selected to play for the American League in the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will take place on Tuesday, July 14 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

 

The complete American and National League teams were announced today by Major League Baseball.

 

The six All-Stars include two starters elected in fan balloting: outfielder Jason Bay and second baseman Dustin Pedroia. Voted to the squad by players, managers and coaches were right-handed pitchers Josh Beckett and Jonathan Papelbon. Right-hander Tim Wakefield and first baseman Kevin Youkilis were selected by manager Joe Maddon. No other Major League team had more than four All-Stars named.   

 

Bay, who was elected to his third All-Star game, led all A.L. outfielders with 4,087,450 votes. He was also the starting right fielder for the National League in the 2006 contest in Pittsburgh and was a reserve in 2005. It marks the 10^th straight season that a Red Sox outfielder has been elected. Bay will be the 13^th different Red Sox player to start an All-Star game in the outfield.

 

Pedroia received 3,404,384 votes to beat out Texas’ Ian Kinsler (3,331,298) and earn his second All-Star selection. He would join Bobby Doerr (1946-50) as the only Red Sox second basemen ever to start the All-Star game in consecutive seasons.

 

Beckett was named an All-Star for the second time in his career, finishing fifth among A.L. starting pitchers in the vote by players, managers and coaches. He earned the win for the A.L. with 2.0 scoreless innings of relief in the 2007 Mid-Summer Classic in San Francisco.

 

Papelbon is on the A.L. squad for the fourth consecutive year and is the third Boston player to ever be selected an All-Star in each of his first four full big league seasons, joining Frank Malzone (4 from 1957-60) and Fred Lynn (6 from 1975-80). He placed second in the player/manager/coach vote behind Minnesota’s Joe Nathan.

 

Wakefield earned an All-Star selection for the first time in his 17-year Major League career.  At 42, he is the oldest player to receive the honor for the first time since Satchel Paige at 46 years old in 1952. Jamie Moyer (40 in 2003) and Connie Marrero (40 in 1951) are the only other first-time All-Stars at 40 years or older. Carl Yastrzemski is the only Red Sox player ever to appear in an All-Star game at 42 years or older, doing so in 1982 (42) and 1983 (43).

 

Youkilis will be appearing in his second straight All-Star Game having started at first base in 2008.  He finished second in the fan voting this year with 3,069,906 votes, behind New York’s Mark Teixeira (3,309,050).

 

ALL-STAR NOTES: The Red Sox and Yankees are the only A.L. teams with more than one starter this season…Josh Beckett and Tim Wakefield are the sixth pair of Red Sox starting pitchers to be named to the same All-Star team, the first since Derek Lowe and Pedro Martinez did it in 2002…The feat was also accomplished in 1968 (Gary Bell and Jose Santiago), 1956 (Tom Brewer and Frank Sullivan), 1946 (Dave Ferriss and Mickey Harris) and 1943 (Tex Hughson and Oscar Judd).

 

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For Immediate Release

June 30, 2009

 

RED SOX PLACE THIRD BASEMAN MIKE LOWELL ON 15-DAY DISABLED LIST;

RECALL FIRST BASEMAN/OUTFIELDER JEFF BAILEY FROM TRIPLE-A PAWTUCKET

 

BOSTON, MA–The Boston Red Sox today placed third baseman Mike Lowell on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to June 28) with a right hip strain and recalled first baseman/outfielder Jeff Bailey from Triple-A Pawtucket.  Bailey is wearing No. 55 and is active for tonight’s game against the Orioles.

 

The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.

 

Lowell, 35, is hitting .282 (75-for-266) with 18 doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 41 RBI and 30 runs scored in 68 games for Boston this season.  The right-handed hitter has made starts in just two of the Red Sox’ last nine games and returned to Boston following Sunday’s game in Atlanta.  On Monday, Lowell received an injection of Synvisc in his right hip.  The third baseman underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip during the offseason.

 

For Bailey, 30, it is his second stint with the Major League club this season.  The right-handed hitter was originally selected to the active roster on April 22 and went 13-for-69 (.188) with three doubles, one triple, three home runs, nine RBI and 10 runs scored in 23 games before being optioned back to Triple-A Pawtucket on May 31.  In 36 games with the PawSox this season, Bailey is batting .259 (36-for-139) with 13 RBI and seven home runs, tied for the second-most on the club.  He has hit safely in each of his last nine games beginning June 20, going 12-for-34 (.353) in that time.

 

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For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                   Monday, June 22, 2009

 

RED SOX SIGN 11 DRAFT SELECTIONS

 

BOSTON, MA – The Boston Red Sox announced today that the club has signed 11 players selected in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, including right-handed pitcher Alex Wilson (2^nd round), outfielder Seth Schwindenhammer (5^th round) and right-hander Jeremiah Bayer (30^th round), a native of Greenfield, MA.  Additionally, Boston has signed three non-drafted free agents.  Red Sox Director of Amateur Scouting Jason McLeod made the announcement.

 

Wilson, the 77^th overall selection out of Texas A&M University, went 6-6 with a 4.22 ERA (42 ER/89.2 IP) and two saves in 24 appearances, including eight starts in 2009.  The 6-1, 205-pound junior limited opponents to a .237 average (80-for-337) and fanned a team-high 120 batters compared to just 25 walks, earning an All-Big 12 honorable mention.

 

Taken in the fifth round out of Limestone Community High School (IL), Schwindenhammer combined for 28 home runs and 98 RBI over his junior and senior years.

 

Bayer earned 2009 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division III Pitcher of the Year and D3Baseball.com National Pitcher of the Year honors after going 12-1 with a 0.85 ERA (9 ER/95.1 IP), 94 strikeouts and 24 walks over 14 outings (11 starts) as a senior at Trinity College in Hartford, CT.

 

The club has also signed three non-drafted free agents: shortstop Drew Dominguez out of Wesleyan University (CT), catcher Sean Killeen from Trinity College (CT) and right-handed pitcher Chez Angeloni out of Johns Hopkins University (MD). 

 

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RED SOX SELECT 20 PLAYERS ON FINAL DAY OF THE 2009 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT

 

BOSTON, MA – The Boston Red Sox today concluded their participation in Major League Baseball’s 2009 First-Year Player Draft with 20 additional selections in rounds 31-50.  Red Sox Director of Amateur Scouting Jason McLeod made the announcement.

 

Over three days of the draft, Boston selected 26 pitchers (20 right-handers, 6 left-handers), 11 infielders, 11 outfielders and two catchers.  Of the 50 players drafted, 27 are from high school and 23 from college.

 

Among today’s picks was outfielder Michael Yastrzemski, the grandson of Red Sox legend and Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski.  Selected in the 36^th round out of St. John’s Prep in Danvers, MA, Yastrzemski hit .368 (28-for-76) with 18 RBI and nine stolen bases in 24 games this year.  He posted a .505 on-base percentage while leading his team with 28 runs scored and five outfield assists. 

 

The Red Sox selected two additional players today with Major League ties.  Gavin McCourt was taken in the 39^th round out of Harvard-Westlake High School (CA) where he was an all-league outfielder.  McCourt’s father, Frank, is the Owner and Chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers and his mother, Jamie, is the Chief Executive Officer.  With its 45^th-round selection, Boston picked first baseman Kyle Arnsberg out of Arlington Lamar High School.  He is the son of former Major League pitcher and current Blue Jays pitching coach Brad Arnsberg.

 

The club’s 49^th pick was third baseman Chris Constantino from Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, RI.  Constantino’s team is playing in the Rhode Island Class A State Baseball Championship tonight at McCoy Stadium, the home of Boston’s Triple-A Pawtucket club.  Red Sox outfielder Rocco Baldelli was a first-round pick by Tampa Bay out of Bishop Hendricken in the 2000 First-Year Player Draft.

 

Attached is a complete look at the Red Sox 2009 draft selections.

 

RED SOX SELECT 27 PLAYERS ON SECOND DAY OF

THE 2009 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT

 

BOSTON, MA – The Boston Red Sox today continued their participation in Major League Baseball’s 2009 First-Year Player Draft with 27 additional selections in rounds 4-30.  Red Sox Director of Amateur Scouting Jason McLeod made the announcement.

 

Over the first two days of the draft, Boston has selected 16 pitchers (13 right-handers, 3 left-handers), seven infielders, six outfielders and one catcher.  Of the 30 players drafted, 15 are from high school and 15 from college.

 

Today’s picks included right-handed pitcher Luke Bard, the brother of Red Sox reliever Daniel Bard.  Selected in the 16^th round out of Charlotte Christian High School (NC), Bard was recently named the Charlotte Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) Baseball Player of the Year.  

 

The Red Sox also selected three players with ties to New England.  In the 20^th round, the club picked Duke University right-handed pitcher Alex Hassan, a native of Milton, MA and former four-year letter winner at Boston College High School.  Hassan was named to the All-Ping!Baseball Team in 2009 as a utility player, earning eight saves as the Blue Devils closer and batting .342 (75-for-219) as an outfielder.  The junior finished with a 2-2 record and 4.10 ERA (12 ER/26.1 IP) on the mound while recording 17 doubles, four triples, three home runs, 30 RBI and a team-high 56 runs at the plate. 

 

Boston selected shortstop Dan Kemp out of Tantasqua Regional High School in Fiskdale, MA with its 24^th-round pick.  Kemp hit .472 with six home runs, 24 RBI, 24 run scored and 14 stolen bases this year. 

 

With their final pick of the day, the Red Sox took senior right-hander Jeremiah Bayer from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.  Bayer, a native of Greenfield, MA, earned 2009 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division III Pitcher of the Year and the D3Baseball.com National Pitcher of the Year honors after going 12-1 with a 0.85 ERA (9 ER/95.1 IP), 94 strikeouts and 24 walks over 14 outings (11 starts) this season.

 

Be sure to keep up with the rest of our picks through the MLB Draft Tracker: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2009/draftcaster.jsp

 

All the best from a Front Office hoping for a sweep tonight!

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For Immediate Release
Thursday, May 21, 2009

RED SOX TO CELEBRATE NEW HAMPSHIRE DAY
AT FENWAY PARK ON JUNE 6, 2009

New Hampshire residents will enjoy priority in purchasing tickets and participation in Pre-Game Ceremonies

BOSTON, MA – The Boston Red Sox today announced the celebration of New Hampshire Day at Fenway Park on June 6, 2009 when the Red Sox face the Texas Rangers.  A limited number of tickets will be available for purchase by residents of New Hampshire via an online random drawing.  Applicants must fill out and submit a registration form to participate in this opportunity to purchase.

Registration for the random drawing on redsox.com will begin today, May 21 at 12:00 noon ET and will close at 12:00 noon ET on Tuesday, May 26. The Red Sox will then conduct a random selection of winners from the pool of registrants. The winners will have the opportunity to purchase up to four (4) tickets at face value for the Red Sox-Mets game at 7:10 p.m. ET on May 23.

In order to be eligible for this opportunity, fans must be eighteen (18) years of age or older and a resident of New Hampshire at the time of entry. Registrations will be limited to one entry per person.

Additionally, starting today at noon, the first 100 New Hampshire residents who sign up for Red Sox Nation Citizenship at redsoxnation.com will be guaranteed the right to purchase four tickets to New Hampshire Day.  As an added benefit to all Red Sox Nation citizens from New Hampshire, one lucky individual will also be randomly selected from a drawing to deliver a Ceremonial First Pitch on New Hampshire Day.

In addition to the Ceremonial First Pitch honoree, all participants of the Pre-Game Ceremonies on New Hampshire Day will be residents of the state, including the National Anthem performer and the presenters of the Honor Guard.

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A great photo from the free Mother’s Day Walk in the Park!