Hall of Famer Jim Rice to attend Granite State Baseball Dinner
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue
Jays, are pleased
to announce that National Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Rice will be attending the Granite State Baseball
Dinner, presented by Northeast Delta Dental, on Saturday, November 21, at the Radisson Hotel Expo
Center in downtown Manchester, NH. In addition to Rice, New Hampshire natives and former Major
Leaguers Bob Tewksbury, Joe Lefebvre and Rich Gale join Granite State resident and former MLB pitcher
Jim Beattie and Chicago Cubs outfielder Sam Fuld at the head table for the charitable event that benefits the
Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD), the Ted Williams Museum and the Fisher Cats Foundation, a
statewide charitable organization that provides scholarships to college-bound New Hampshire and
Massachusetts high school seniors.
"We are very excited to give fans the opportunity to see one of baseball's newest Hall of Famers, Jim Rice,
back at the Granite State Baseball Dinner," said Fisher Cats President Rick Brenner. "We're also pleased that
the legendary Red Sox slugger will be joined by so many Major Leaguers of the past and present with New
Hampshire ties: Bob Tewksbury, Joe Lefebvre, Rich Gale, Jim Beattie and Sam Fuld. The guest list keeps
growing, and we look forward to adding more names soon."
Rice was enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in July after being elected in his 15th and final year
on the ballot. The Anderson, SC, native batted .298 and belted 382 home runs over 16 Major League seasons
spent entirely with the Boston Red Sox. Rice led the American League in home runs three times (1977, 1978,
1981), was an eight-time American League All-Star and helped lead the Red Sox to two World Series (1975,
1986). He won the AL Most Valuable Player Award in 1978, when he batted .315 and led the league in home
runs (46), RBI (139), hits (213), triples (15) and slugging percentage (.600). His 406 total bases that season
represented the most in the AL since Joe Dimaggio had 418 in 1937, and no American Leaguer has reached
400 or more total bases since Rice.
Tewksbury, a Concord, NH, native, earned 110 career victories during a 13-year Major League career with
the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres and Minnesota
Twins. His best year came in 1992 with St. Louis when he went 16-5 with a 2.16 ERA, starting the All-Star
Game for the National League. Tewksbury now serves as a Sports Psychologist with the Boston Red Sox and
continues to live in Concord, where he has been very active in supporting the Boys and Girls Clubs of
America.
Lefebvre, a Concord, NH, native, played six Major League seasons with the New York Yankees, Philadelphia
Phillies and San Diego Padres. The outfielder appeared in two league championship series and played in the
1983 World Series for the Phillies. Lefebvre was the San Francisco Giants hitting coach for five seasons
(2003-2007), where he worked for General Manager and fellow Concord native Brian Sabean. He currently
lives in New Hampshire and still works for the Giants as a Senior Advisor, Player Personnel.
Gale, a Littleton, NH, native, played with four different Major League teams -Kansas City, San Francisco,
Cincinnati and Boston- over seven big-league seasons after being drafted by the Royals out of the University
of New Hampshire in 1975. His top MLB season was his rookie campaign (1978), where he posted a 14-8
record with a 3.09 ERA for the Royals. The 6'7" right-hander started two games in the 1980 World Series for
Kansas City, served two years as the Red Sox pitching coach (1992-93) and worked as the pitching coach of
the Hagerstown Suns (Class-A South Atlantic League/Washington Nationals) this past season.
Beattie, a New Hampshire resident who played college basketball at Dartmouth College, spent nine seasons in
the Major Leagues with the New York Yankees, where he won Game 5 of the 1978 World Series, and the
Seattle Mariners. After his playing days, Beattie worked as the Director of Minor League Operations for the
Mariners, as the Montreal Expos General Manager and the Executive Vice President/General Manager of the
Baltimore Orioles.
Fuld, a Durham, NH, native and former New Hampshire High School Player of the Year, is an outfielder with
the Chicago Cubs, where he is batting .302 (26-for-86) in 61 games. While playing at Stanford, Fuld set the
school record for career runs scored and set a College World Series record with 24 hits in 2003.
Previous confirmed guests at the dinner are St. Louis Cardinals pitcher and New Hampshire native Chris
Carpenter; Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Litsch; Red Sox Hall of Famers Bob Stanley and Bernie Carbo;
minor league pitchers Jeremy and Josh Papelbon, twin younger brothers of Red Sox closer Jonathan
Papelbon; and International Boxing Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee.
Tickets to the dinner are $75 per person and can be purchased in person at Merchantsauto.com Stadium, by
visiting www.nhfishercats.com or by calling the Fisher Cats Ticket Office at (603) 641-2005. Doors to the
event open at 5:00pm with a silent auction and autograph session from 5:00-7:00pm. Dinner will be served at
7:00pm. The auction and autograph session are included in the price of the dinner ticket.
For more information about the charitable Granite State Baseball Dinner, presented by Northeast Delta Dental,
please contact Fisher Cats Director of Media Relations Mike Murphy at (603) 606-4119 or visit
www.nhfishercats.com. Corporate sponsorships are also available.
New Hampshire Fisher Cats 2010 Full- and Half-Season Tickets are on sale now by calling (603) 641-2005
or visiting www.nhfishercats.com.
to announce that National Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Rice will be attending the Granite State Baseball
Dinner, presented by Northeast Delta Dental, on Saturday, November 21, at the Radisson Hotel Expo
Center in downtown Manchester, NH. In addition to Rice, New Hampshire natives and former Major
Leaguers Bob Tewksbury, Joe Lefebvre and Rich Gale join Granite State resident and former MLB pitcher
Jim Beattie and Chicago Cubs outfielder Sam Fuld at the head table for the charitable event that benefits the
Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD), the Ted Williams Museum and the Fisher Cats Foundation, a
statewide charitable organization that provides scholarships to college-bound New Hampshire and
Massachusetts high school seniors.
"We are very excited to give fans the opportunity to see one of baseball's newest Hall of Famers, Jim Rice,
back at the Granite State Baseball Dinner," said Fisher Cats President Rick Brenner. "We're also pleased that
the legendary Red Sox slugger will be joined by so many Major Leaguers of the past and present with New
Hampshire ties: Bob Tewksbury, Joe Lefebvre, Rich Gale, Jim Beattie and Sam Fuld. The guest list keeps
growing, and we look forward to adding more names soon."
Rice was enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in July after being elected in his 15th and final year
on the ballot. The Anderson, SC, native batted .298 and belted 382 home runs over 16 Major League seasons
spent entirely with the Boston Red Sox. Rice led the American League in home runs three times (1977, 1978,
1981), was an eight-time American League All-Star and helped lead the Red Sox to two World Series (1975,
1986). He won the AL Most Valuable Player Award in 1978, when he batted .315 and led the league in home
runs (46), RBI (139), hits (213), triples (15) and slugging percentage (.600). His 406 total bases that season
represented the most in the AL since Joe Dimaggio had 418 in 1937, and no American Leaguer has reached
400 or more total bases since Rice.
Tewksbury, a Concord, NH, native, earned 110 career victories during a 13-year Major League career with
the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres and Minnesota
Twins. His best year came in 1992 with St. Louis when he went 16-5 with a 2.16 ERA, starting the All-Star
Game for the National League. Tewksbury now serves as a Sports Psychologist with the Boston Red Sox and
continues to live in Concord, where he has been very active in supporting the Boys and Girls Clubs of
America.
Lefebvre, a Concord, NH, native, played six Major League seasons with the New York Yankees, Philadelphia
Phillies and San Diego Padres. The outfielder appeared in two league championship series and played in the
1983 World Series for the Phillies. Lefebvre was the San Francisco Giants hitting coach for five seasons
(2003-2007), where he worked for General Manager and fellow Concord native Brian Sabean. He currently
lives in New Hampshire and still works for the Giants as a Senior Advisor, Player Personnel.
Gale, a Littleton, NH, native, played with four different Major League teams -Kansas City, San Francisco,
Cincinnati and Boston- over seven big-league seasons after being drafted by the Royals out of the University
of New Hampshire in 1975. His top MLB season was his rookie campaign (1978), where he posted a 14-8
record with a 3.09 ERA for the Royals. The 6'7" right-hander started two games in the 1980 World Series for
Kansas City, served two years as the Red Sox pitching coach (1992-93) and worked as the pitching coach of
the Hagerstown Suns (Class-A South Atlantic League/Washington Nationals) this past season.
Beattie, a New Hampshire resident who played college basketball at Dartmouth College, spent nine seasons in
the Major Leagues with the New York Yankees, where he won Game 5 of the 1978 World Series, and the
Seattle Mariners. After his playing days, Beattie worked as the Director of Minor League Operations for the
Mariners, as the Montreal Expos General Manager and the Executive Vice President/General Manager of the
Baltimore Orioles.
Fuld, a Durham, NH, native and former New Hampshire High School Player of the Year, is an outfielder with
the Chicago Cubs, where he is batting .302 (26-for-86) in 61 games. While playing at Stanford, Fuld set the
school record for career runs scored and set a College World Series record with 24 hits in 2003.
Previous confirmed guests at the dinner are St. Louis Cardinals pitcher and New Hampshire native Chris
Carpenter; Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Litsch; Red Sox Hall of Famers Bob Stanley and Bernie Carbo;
minor league pitchers Jeremy and Josh Papelbon, twin younger brothers of Red Sox closer Jonathan
Papelbon; and International Boxing Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee.
Tickets to the dinner are $75 per person and can be purchased in person at Merchantsauto.com Stadium, by
visiting www.nhfishercats.com or by calling the Fisher Cats Ticket Office at (603) 641-2005. Doors to the
event open at 5:00pm with a silent auction and autograph session from 5:00-7:00pm. Dinner will be served at
7:00pm. The auction and autograph session are included in the price of the dinner ticket.
For more information about the charitable Granite State Baseball Dinner, presented by Northeast Delta Dental,
please contact Fisher Cats Director of Media Relations Mike Murphy at (603) 606-4119 or visit
www.nhfishercats.com. Corporate sponsorships are also available.
New Hampshire Fisher Cats 2010 Full- and Half-Season Tickets are on sale now by calling (603) 641-2005
or visiting www.nhfishercats.com.