Inside:2009 Highlights, Interviewwith Manny Delcarmen, puzzles and more!

Vol. 4, No. 2September 2009

Hood Teams up with Red Sox Foundation;

Captains Distribute School Supplies

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Boston Mayor Tom Menino poses with Kid Nation Captains at the backpack-a-thon.

Under the direction of The Red SoxFoundation and through the support of HPHood, the Red Sox Kid Nation Captains

held a backpack-a-thon at Fenway Park on Sunday,August 16th. The event was a part of Boston PublicSchools’ “Middle O!” program, a first of its kindorientation day for incoming 6th graders.

The 12 Kid Nation Captains, elected last season toserve as young leaders of Red Sox Kid Nationpresented by Hood, held school supply donation driveswithin their communities during the first half of thesummer, collecting more than 8,000 items for low-income students in New England. At “Middle O!” theCaptains organized the supplies and assembledbackpacks for each 6th grade attendee to take home.In addition, the Captains worked to identify schools,social agencies or non-profit organizations in theirlocal communities that might benefit from a donationof 100 backpacks. All told, more than 2,000 backpacks

were distributed.

Congratulations to the Kid NationCaptains on their tremendous effort insupport of fellow students from all aroundthe region! More photos on page 5.

by Anthony Greco

Have a question for or story idea for us?E-mail it to kidnation@redsox.com!

Red Sox Retire Jim Rice’s #14

A s it came time to vote for the 2009 Hallof Fame class, Jim Rice had one last shot

at becoming enshrined with baseball’s best. Itwas the 15th and final season that Rice waseligible to be elected to the Hall. Luckily, forthe baseball writers’ sake, they voted Rice in,ending a wait most fans felt was too long. Twodays after his Hall of Fame induction ceremonyRice received another prestigious honor—theRed Sox retired his number 14 and placed it onthe right field roof facade. Rice joins Sox greatsBobby Doerr (1), Joe Cronin (4), Johnny Pesky(6), Carl Yastrzemski (8), Ted Williams (9) andCarlton Fisk (27) as the only Red Sox players tohave retired numbers. Jackie Robinson’snumber, 42, is retired by all Major League teams.

NESN announcer Don Orsillo introduced JimRice as “one of the most feared and prolific play-ers in Red Sox and Major League history.”Wearing his jersey, tan khakis and a big smile,Rice strolled in from left field to home plateamidst a standing ovation. Larry Lucchino pre-sented him with a crystal bat and gave his wife abouquet of roses. As Rice waited at home manyformer teammates including Carlton Fisk, DennisEckersley, Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans huggedand congratulated him, as did Dick Berardino hisfirst professional coach. Johnny Pesky, whosenumber was retired last season, unveiled number14 as the Fenway faithful stood and cheered onone of the best in Red Sox history. Teary eyed

Rice raised his hands andthanked the crowd, telling them“you are the best fans I everplayed for.” After thanking thefans, Rice went on to thank theYawkey family, John Henry,

Larry Lucchino, Tom Werner, and NESN.

Rice continued by saying he was “blessed, notonly to spend my entire career in the Red Soxorganization, but to be standing here one day infront of Red Sox Nation, for the best fans inbaseball and having my number 14 retired withsuch greats as Cronin, Doerr, Pesky, Williams, Yazand Fisk” He also thanked Jackie Robinson formaking it possible for an African American manlike himself to be able to play baseball. Hethanked Carl Yastrzemski along with his team-mates who had joined him. He thanked his firstcoach Dick Berardino for making him, “the firstblack-Italian guy that I have ever known”. Aftera good laugh he continued by thanking Jerry“Remdawg” Remy. He concluded by thanking allof his supporters and by pointing to and thankingall of the sections of fans at Fenway. ThenCaptain Jason Varitek and veteran TimWakefield presented Rice with a replica of hisnumber 14 autographed byall of the Sox players. Totop off a historic and emo-tional night at Fenway, Ricedelivered a high-heater toDwight Evans for the firstpitch of the game.

Rice’s career stats indicatethat his election to the Hallof Fame was overdue. In 16seasons with Boston he hit.298 (first-year inductee AlKaline hit .297), 382homers (first-year inducteeand Yankee great JoeDiMaggio hit 361) and1451 RBI (Duke Snider had

1,333). He was also an eight time All-Star, MVPand had eight seasons with over a hundred RBI.However, according to his teammates and coach-es, his personality outdid all of his statistics.

Once in a game at Fenway, a sharply hit line-drive smashed into the head of four year-oldJonathan Keane, who was sitting next to theSox dugout. Jim Rice immediately jumped andgrabbed Jonathan from his seat, rushing him tothe trainers’ room from which he was transport-ed to Children’s Hospital where he underwentsurgery and was released five days later.“Obviously, as we sit here today, what [Rice] didsaved [Jonathan’s] life,” Tom Keane, the boy’sfather, later said.

Whether one examines his baseball stats or hischaracter, Jim Rice clearly deserves a place in theHall of Fame. Rice now is permanently recognizedin both Cooperstown and Fenway Park, both wor-thy honors for his outstanding Red Sox career.

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The man of honor addresses the Fenway fans onJim Rice Day.

Rice proudly displays the replica number 14 autographed by all Red Soxplayers.

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Red Sox Kid Nation Captains

Backpack-a-thon, continued

Kid Nation Captains handed out backpacks to all ofthe participants.

Children from the Epiphany School in Dorchestershow off their Kid Nation backpacks with Wally.

Kid Nation Captains distributed back-packs and school supplies to manycommunities in New England includ-ing Springfield, VT.

Rice was greeted at home plate by Red Sox owners Tom Werner, John Henry and Larry Lucchino whopresented the one-time Boston slugger with a crystal bat.

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Rice threw out the ceremonial first pitch beforethe game to former teammate Dwight Evans.

Many of Rice’s former teammates were on handfor the celebration including Carlton Fisk.

June

2 Terry Franconagets his 500th careerwin for Boston,Daisuke Matsuzakagets his first win of theseason. >>

3 JD Drew gets his200th career home run tostart the game while JoshBeckett pitches seven innings ofno-hit baseball.

6 Lester pitches a perfect gameinto the 7th to beat the Rangers.

9–11 Red Sox sweep Yankees.

12 Lester sends 11 back withtheir bats dragging as the Soxwin it in the 13th inning.

14 Beckett shows offhis long ball, but thePhillies win to avoid the

sweep.

17 Fenway Park reaches 500consecutive sellouts while Brad Pennyearns his 100th win.

20 Beckett pitcheshis 3rd career shutout.

21 Nick Green hits awalk-off home run.

24 Big Papi passes the 1,000 careerRBI mark.

July

1 Papelbon gets his133rd career save, settingthe franchise record. >>

3 Wakefield sets clubrecord for starts with 383.

7 Bay hits his 20th home run of theseason.

8 Wakefield isthe first pitcher in theAL to reach his 11th

win of the season.

9 Papi slams the 300thhomer of his career. >>

12 Beckett pitches his secondshutout of the season and his 100thcareer win.

27 Every starter gets a hit andBeckett gets 10 K’s.

28 Jim Rice'snumber is retired atFenway.

31 Red Sox tradefor Victor Martinez and beatthe Orioles 6-5.

August

1 Beckett leads MLB in winswith his 13th.

2 Josh Reddickgets his first MLBhome run andBoston blastsBaltimore 18-10.

7 JunichiTazawa makes his

major league debut inthe first game in the historyof the Red Sox versusYankees rivalry to goscoreless into the15th inning.

11 After two home runs by MikeLowell, Junichi Tazawa earns his firstMLB win and KevinYoukilis charges themound after beinghit by a pitch.

15 AlexGonzalez makeshis 2009 Red Sox debut in a lossto the Rangers.

19 Clay Buchholz beats RoyHalladay with the help of a strong Soxoffense.

20 JD Drew launches two homers tosweep Toronto.

22 Red Sox beat Yankeesbehind Youkilis' six RBI.

25 Jacoby Ellsburytops the team record with 55steals in a 6-3 victory overthe White Sox. >>

26 Big Papihits his clubrecord ninthcareer walk-off home runto beat theChicago WhiteSox.

27 Nick Green shows off hisstuff on the mound with two inningsof no-hit relief during a tough loss tothe White Sox.

30 Billy Wagner pitches hisRed Sox debut and the team sweepsToronto behind Byrd's season debut.

September

1 Papelbon gets his first six-outsave of his career. Lester's nine strike-outs help the Red Sox pull six gamesahead of Tampa in the race for thewild card.

3 Boston wins their firstseries at Tropicana fieldagainst the Rays since 2007.

6 Lester is the 10thRed Sox pitcher to

reach the 200thstrikeout mark ina 6-1 win over the

White Sox.

8 Red Sox hit sixhome runs, two by DustinPedroia, to defeat theOrioles.

13 Lester pitches eightshutout innings to completethe sweep of the Rays in game2 of the doubleheader.

15 Big Papi sets the MLBrecord for home runs by a desig-nated hitter with his 270th.

Matsuzaka wins his first game afterthree months on the DL.

16 Gonzalezhits a walk-off singleto push the Red Soxwinning streak toseven games.

23 Beckett winshis 16th game and leads the Red Soxto their 90th win of the year.

Red Sox Highlights 2009 Season, Part 2 by Griffin Andres

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K I D N A T I O N W A N T S T O K N O W :

Dear Manny,

You are a great pitcher with loads of ta

lent. But, like lots of

us, one day you might pitch really well and another day no

t so

much. How do you shrug off days when y

ou don’t have your

stuff so that the next time you get called fro

m the bullpen

you are focused again?

I play little league ball now and sometimes I make a mistake

and get upset with myself or get teased

by the other kids

which bothers me. I really like to know how the big kids

do it.

Go Sox!Thank you,

Caleb, Age 9

MD:Well, just know that we cannot be perfect

all the

time. As long as you know you gave it 110 p

ercent you

can live with that. No matter the outcome.

Then you

learn from your mistakes. People can’t judge

you if you try

your hardest. Remember; always give it your

all.

I just wanted to know how you prepare for enteringthe game when the bases are loaded in the laterinnings with two outs? Are your strategies moremental than physical?Sincerely,Jake - GO SOX!!!

MD: For me, I just wanna come in throwingstrikes and try to have command of all my pitches.Have a positive attitude and see what happens.Mostly going in with the attitude that if you trustyour stuff you’ll be fine.

Manny, who do you thin

k is the funniest

player on the team?

Andrew

MD:We have a lot of differen

t guys on

the team. I would have to

say that David

Ortiz is funniest.

How do you decide what pitches tothrow to each different batter?

Sadira Boston, MA

MD:We always have a meetingbefore to discuss the hitters. Ourcaptain Jason Varitek and nowVictor Martinez really study thehitters well and together wetry to come up with a plan.

I would like to know which pitch is your

favorite? and when did you start your base-

ball career? in Little League? if so what age?

Kai, Age 7

Medford, Oregon

MD: My fastball just because I throw hard

sometimes. But at the same time, all my

pitches help me out. I’ve played baseball my

whole life. My dad played in the minor

leagues with the Phillies and never made it

to the Big Leagues. So I’m living his dream,

or should I say he is living his dream

through me.

When the bases are loaded and youcome out to pitch, are you reallyscared or nervous? Your biggest fan, Harrison

MD: I wouldn’t say scared—morenervous than anything. You just sayto yourself: “you can get out of this”and leave everything on the field.

Because you grew up in Boston, did you

always dream about playing for the Red

Sox? Do you have any pre-game rituals?

Thank you,

Nicholas

MD: Yes, it was my dream as a kid.

Being here now is a different story.

Not too many guys get to play with

their home town team. As for pre-

game rituals, I don’t have any.

Catching Up withManny DelcarmenManny Delcarmen recently took time out to answer a few of your questions:

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