January 21, 20206 yr I haven’t been to SoxFest in a while and am bringing my 9-year-old son this year. I didn’t see a time or other info about the opening ceremony. Does anyone have information on this and any suggestions on what time to arrive to get seats for the opening ceremony? Any other advice for SoxFest? Can’t wait and my son is very excited.
January 21, 20206 yr 7 hours ago, tsak31 said: I haven’t been to SoxFest in a while and am bringing my 9-year-old son this year. I didn’t see a time or other info about the opening ceremony. Does anyone have information on this and any suggestions on what time to arrive to get seats for the opening ceremony? Any other advice for SoxFest? Can’t wait and my son is very excited. This year will be the first year in McCormick Place and that makes it a little harder to give great insight. I actually have never been on for the first day, but anything that is a seminar I've always seen plenty of space even in sellouts. So I wouldn't worry too much about getting seats but even arriving 10-15 minutes prior to that should be fine (especially since it's starting 4pm on a friday) Autographs/photos some other posters may need to give you info. People do lineup in advance for that, especially for popular players. So if there is anyone your son really wants to do that for you may want to clear out the hour prior. I might be wrong, but there seems to be a lot more of these kids only and mini field things, so I don't know how easily accessible those will be but they look fun. The kids club press conference is always pretty cute. Hopefully this helps. New place is kind of a wild card, seems like they added a lot more stuff concurrently so maybe it makes the player access easier. There's also a lot of merch stuff to check out. Have fun with your son! I'll be there saturday.
January 21, 20206 yr For anyone that’s going, what are you looking to get signed? I always look forward to seeing the pictures from SoxFest!
January 21, 20206 yr 13 minutes ago, KnightsOnMintSt said: For anyone that’s going, what are you looking to get signed? I always look forward to seeing the pictures from SoxFest! I want to get a game-used, barely contacted Yolmer Sanchez bat signed by him after he’s the surprise announcement of SoxFest. Edited January 21, 20206 yr by Moan4Yoan
January 21, 20206 yr I keep wondering if DBo is going to get any uncomfortable questions about that Slate/Mets article or if the Sox will even have him there.
January 21, 20206 yr 2 hours ago, KnightsOnMintSt said: For anyone that’s going, what are you looking to get signed? I always look forward to seeing the pictures from SoxFest! I'm bringing baseball cards.
January 21, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, RTC said: I keep wondering if DBo is going to get any uncomfortable questions about that Slate/Mets article or if the Sox will even have him there. This is the first I'm hearing of this. Woof.
January 21, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, RTC said: I keep wondering if DBo is going to get any uncomfortable questions about that Slate/Mets article or if the Sox will even have him there. https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/mets-rape-accusation-spring-training-1991.html Don’t think this is easily going away. Edited January 21, 20206 yr by caulfield12
January 21, 20206 yr 4 hours ago, Moan4Yoan said: I want to get a game-used, barely contacted Yolmer Sanchez bat signed by him after he’s the surprise announcement of SoxFest. I made that Yolmer prediction on another post here. I think it would be very cool to happen, but on a low risk deal. I was at Sox Fest in 2013 & it was a blast. Have fun to those that are attending.
January 21, 20206 yr 14 hours ago, tsak31 said: I haven’t been to SoxFest in a while and am bringing my 9-year-old son this year. I didn’t see a time or other info about the opening ceremony. Does anyone have information on this and any suggestions on what time to arrive to get seats for the opening ceremony? Any other advice for SoxFest? Can’t wait and my son is very excited. Enjoy, warms my heart to see new Sox fans and passing on the game from father to son.
January 21, 20206 yr Is anyone going to Winter with the Sox season ticket holder party on the 23rd? I have tickets, but have never been. Wondering what to expect.
January 21, 20206 yr Author 7 hours ago, KnightsOnMintSt said: For anyone that’s going, what are you looking to get signed? I always look forward to seeing the pictures from SoxFest! I ran into Frank Thomas at my son’s little league game last year, and he took a picture with my son. I printed out the picture and hope we can get Big Hurt’s signature on it.
January 21, 20206 yr 10 hours ago, Moan4Yoan said: I want to get a game-used, barely contacted Yolmer Sanchez bat signed by him after he’s the surprise announcement of SoxFest. Aren't all of his bats "barely contacted" ones?
January 23, 20206 yr Author 22 minutes ago, flavum said: It’s strange that they don’t have anything about the opening ceremony on the SoxFest schedule on the Sox website, but I’ve seen a few other things such as this mention 3:00. I’m going to go early and hope for the best. Go Sox!
January 23, 20206 yr Waiting for Buehrle to come back so I can get the perfect game front page of the Tribune that I've been holding on to for over a decade, signed.
January 23, 20206 yr On 1/21/2020 at 9:39 AM, mqr said: This is the first I'm hearing of this. Woof. Yeah, I'm not sure what to think. On one hand, Slate is not know for being a stalwart of great journalism, but on the other hand cops in local Florida jurisdictions haven't exactly shown to be unbiased when it comes to athletes.
January 23, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, RTC said: Yeah, I'm not sure what to think. On one hand, Slate is not know for being a stalwart of great journalism, but on the other hand cops in local Florida jurisdictions haven't exactly shown to be unbiased when it comes to athletes. Wow, first I saw of this too. I'd say it deserves it's own thread so we don't derail the soxfest one, but I'm sure that'd be a shitshow. FWIW, there is enough here (timely police report, some convincing evidence, large amount of friends testifying that there was a consistent story/consequences, etc) that this can not be easily dismissed at all.
January 23, 20206 yr On 1/21/2020 at 9:57 AM, caulfield12 said: https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/mets-rape-accusation-spring-training-1991.html Don’t think this is easily going away. Nothing new here, no means no. If you want to survive who but you looks out for you? I doubt Daryl will answer anything of substance. I never understood hanging out in bars even when my brother owned a local hot spot. Another prob is that 'friends' do these things as often as strangers. We condemn the criminal behavior of not respecting women. Only cowards do these things.
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