Sox On The Town

Here’s what happens when I don’t write these here Sox On The Town posts as often as I should: approximately one kajillion things happen, and then the post is so long it takes up the whole page. So, how’s about I break the post up- post some now, and some later. That way, it’s not quite so long.

First up, football! David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, Curt Schilling and John Henry were all at the Patriots-Dolphins game at Gillette Stadium last weekend to take part in a pregame ceremony honoring the Red Sox. The Pats played a 2007 Sox highlight film (set to “Dirty Water”) on the jumbotron, and Youk (in a Tom Brady jersey), Schilling (Tedy Bruschi jersey) and Big Papi (Laurence Maroney jersey) brought out the ‘04 and ‘07 WS trophies for the crowd. The Sox and Pats guys also apparently had a grand old time yucking it up on the sidelines – comparing championship rings, perhaps?

“The Red Sox put a lot of pressure on us,” said wide receiver Troy Brown, who got a pre-game hug from Ortiz. “They did a tremendous job.”

Patriots safety Rodney Harrison said the team got some well wishes from the Red Sox trio on Sunday. “We wish them the best and they wish us the best,” Harrison said. “I don’t know about Tom Brady being a Red Sox fan, but most of the guys on this team, we enjoy that.”

Beth has a whole bunch more about the festivities, but here’s a picture of Papi and Curt (and follow after the jump for more pictures of the guys in Pats gear).

Curt Schilling (and family) were also in Foxboro to watch the Patriots beat the Steelers – as well as Jacoby Ellsbury and his “galpal” Kelsey Hawkins. I love that word – “galpal”. The Herald won’t just come out and call her his girlfriend, they’re so coy and 1950’s about the whole thing. Curt seems to somehow end up at almost every single Patriots game – perks of being a WS champion thrice over, I suppose.

Lest you think the Sox only care about the Patriots- David Ortiz was back courtside at the Celtics game again, this time against the Pistons. Papi looks awfully dapper in that Celtics green, I gotta say.

Doug “Dougie Fresh” Mirabelli spent Christmas Eve day back in his offseason home of Traverse City, Michigan spearheading his second annual coat drive. Doug got together with the Red Sox Foundation and TJ Maxx, and collected over $12,000 worth of coats, snow pants, boots, hats and mittens- which were then distributed to needy kids all over the Traverse City area.

“The whole point was to get these coats out here and get them into hands of kids who need them,” said Mirabelli. “That’s all we ever wanted it to be, not about Doug Mirabelli, TJ Maxx or the Boston Red Sox.”

Kudos to Dougie Fresh for looking out for the kiddos – and that winter-y beard? Very nice, I must say.

Last, but most certainly not least, Jason Varitek was down at Walt Disney World with the wife and kids yesterday. Somehow, some way, someone managed to get him to don pirate gear (my money’s on a kid… what won’t parents do for their kids at the holidays?)- and thus this awesome picture was born. All we need is Captain Morgan to join them, and we would have hit the Captain Trifecta.

photo courtesy Gene Duncan

Follow the jump to find more Sox-In-Pats Gear photos…