Honoring Ron Guidry

Nicknamed “Louisiana Lightning™,” Ron Guidry played 14 seasons for the Yankees from 1975-1989 and then served as the team’s pitching coach from 2006 to 2007.

He was a World Series champion with the team in back-to-back seasons in 1977 and 1978. Guidry won the Cy Young Award in 1978 after a season when he went 25-3 with a 1.74 ERA and 248 strikeouts over 273.2 innings pitched in 35 games.

The legendary lefty was named captain of the Yankees in 1986. During his career, Guidry also won five Gold Glove Awards, appeared in four All-Star Games and has his #49 retired by the Yankees with a plaque honoring him in Monument Park.

Guidry will be signing a limited number of autographs for fans on the main concourse, however the autograph tickets are sold out. The team created a lottery system that was hosted online at somersetpatriots.com for interested individuals to enter for the chance to be one of 200 people to be able to purchase an autograph ticket. The randomly selected 200 fans were already contacted in advance of the event and will also need to purchase game tickets to participate.

There will be a limited amount of 8x10 pre-signed photos of Ron Guidry Available in the team store during the game.

The Patriots will be giving away 1,000 Ron Guidry bobblehead dolls (fans 6+) as gates open for the 7:05 pm game versus Hartford.

5:30 pm - Season Ticket Holder gate opens and Ron Guidry bobblehead dolls will be distributed to Season Ticket Holders here from 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm. ONLY SEASON TICKET HOLDERS CAN ENTER THIS GATE!

6:00 pm - All remaining Ron Guidry bobbleheads will be distributed at the MAIN GATE ONLY! If you want to get a bobblehead, you must be on this line. Once the bobbleheads are given out, all other gates will open to the public.

The game is presented by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.