While everyone was busy yesterday freaking out over what teams (if any) made offers to Mike Lowell, he was down in South Florida to attend the retirement of his jersey back at his elementary school. Mike and the other members of his eighth grade baseball team were all reunited back on the baseball diamond at Epiphany Catholic School- and Mike's #4 jersey was retired by the school as part of a ceremony honoring him for all his accomplishments this year.

Lowell ran around the bases of his childhood ball field and said he'll never let go of the memories and lessons he learned at Epiphany.

"This display that you did for me today is something that I will remember and cherish for the rest of my life," he said.

Meanwhile, Alex Cora attended the Celtics-Nets game at the TD Banknorth Garden on Thursday night. It's the newest fad amongst the Red Sox- Tim Wakefield, Jacoby Ellsbury, Manny Delcarmen, Clay Buchholz, Kevin Youkilis, and Tito Francona have all sat courtside for the Celtics this season so far. (Josh Beckett is the lone wolf supporting the San Antonio Spurs.)

Upcoming Events:
Nov 17: Clay Buchholz - baseball clinic
Nov 17: Jacoby Ellsbury - hometown parade
Nov 17: Manny Delcarmen - bowling benefit
Nov 18: David Ortiz - relief drive
Nov 18: Manny Delcarmen - autograph signing
Nov 20: Jason Varitek - soldiers' breakfast
Nov 26: 2007 World Series Film premiere
Dec 02: Jonathan Papelbon - autograph signing
Dec 12: Curt Schilling - SHADE fundraiser

David Ortiz will be spearheading a relief drive at the Stop & Shop Supermarket in Plainville this Sunday, the 18th, all to benefit the victims of the Dominican floods. From 1:30 to 5:30 pm, everyone that stops by and donates some non-perishable groceries gets to have their picture taken with the 2007 World Series Trophy. Then Big Papi will ship all the donated groceries to the flood victims. It's a win-win-win all around.

Clay Buchholz, along with MLB ballplayers Jay Bruce (Reds), Jason Tyner (Twins) and Koby Clemens, Roger's son (Astros), is conducting a charity baseball camp this Saturday, the 17th, in Beaumont, Texas -- not far from where Clay grew up. Kids age 7 to 18 can participate for a fee of $75, and the proceeds from the camp to University of Houston baseball player David Murphy, a 2007 (Beaumont) West Brook graduate recently diagnosed with Leukemia.

Sox players and alums, not to mention celebrity narrator Matt Damon and other Boston notables, will be on hand at the Wang Theatre on November 26th for the red carpet world premiere of the "2007 World Series Film". In addition to the film, there will also be a memorabilia auction, and Wally will be there as well. For more info on the film, go here- and for tickets to the event go here- proceeds will benefit the Red Sox Foundation.

Jason Varitek and other Boston sports stars (Ray Bourque, Troy Brown and Mike Eruzione) are holding a charity "Leadership Breakfast" at the Four Seasons this coming Tuesday, the 20th, to benefit the Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund. In addition to keynote speeches from the athletes, they will also conduct a meet and greet beforehand for attendees.

Jonathan Papelbon, and his brothers Jeremy and Josh, will all be at the World Series Celebration cardshow on December 2nd for an autograph signing in Sturbridge, MA. Cost? $149 for autographs from all three brothers. A slightly more affordable autograph option is Manny Delcarmen, who will be signing at the cost of $25 at the Rockingham Park Mall in Salem, NH on Sunday.

Speaking of Manny, his "Bowing Strikes for Kids" benefit that I previously wrote about is tomorrow. In addition to Manny, and the '04 and '07 World Series trophies, Curt Schilling, Tito Francona, David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis are all slated to be on hand. Manny stopped by the NESN studios (in his Patriots jersey) to talk about the event and other Sox-related thoughts on Mike Lowell, the Manny Delcarmen Band, opening the season in Japan.