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Overstock.com's Ultimate Red Sox Experience Sweepstakes

Filed under: Sports

The Fenway dugout and throw pillows? Overstock.com has teamed up with the Boston Red Sox for the 'The Ultimate Red Sox Experience' Sweepstakes which they are promoting with a cute bunch of webisodes that have Overstock exec Stormy Simon sprucing up the Fenway Park dugout in a very un-baseball-like way. The "Ultimate Red Sox Experience" sweepstakes will give three winners all-expense-paid trips for two to see the Red Sox battle the dreaded rival New York Yankees at Boston's Fenway Park October 2nd. A grand prize winner will have the opportunity to post balls, strikes and runs on the stadium's iconic "Green Monster" scoreboard for an inning. The sweepstakes ends this Friday, September 10th; you can enter on the Overstock website.

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Jordan's Furniture Company Could Pay Out $40 Million In Monster Contest

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Sports

New England furniture store Jordan's Furniture has launched the latest version of the "Monster" campaign to have fans rooting for the home team, the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Globe reports that customers who bought any Jordan's furniture merchandise at one of the regional chain's stores from April 1 through May 2 won't have to pay for their purchases if any Red Sox player manages to hit the baseball in the Jordan's Furniture company sign at Fenway Park between July 15 and October 3. It's no easy task, the sign measures six feet by twelve feet and hangs 421 feet from home plate. But there will be around 3,000 at bats that could yield victory.

The company started the Monster promotions in 2007 when it promised rebate checks to customers if the Red Sox won the World Series. The Sox won and Jordan's furniture paid out around $20 million in the form of rebate checks to 24,000 customers. The company could be on the hook for $40 million if a player dings the sign but Jordan's Furniture takes out an insurance policy before these promotions to protect itself.

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Hotel Commonwealth's $755/night Red Sox Suite

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

Boston's Hotel Commonwealth has created a Red Sox suite for those Fenway Fans – or Fenway taunters – more comfortable with the yellow seats down by the field. For $755 overnight you can lock yourself in a suite well stocked with Red Sox relics: Ruth, Agglanis and Conigliaro baseball cards, photos of Jackie Robinson and Ted Williams, and balls autographed by Johnny Pesky, Carlton Fisk and Jim Rice.

At the end of memory lane, suite guests can pass the hours around game time at either of the two plasmas – one in the living room, one in the bedroom – and watch the 2004 and 2007 runs to the World Series trophy and Ken Burns' "Baseball" series. The hotel fitness center is where they can work off the gift basket with Baby Ruth candy bars and baseball cookies, and it's probably best for everyone involved that the Commonwealth omitted the beer guy and his plastic cups. If you're nice, you might be able to get the 24-hour room service attendant to throw you a Haagen-Dazs ice cream bar...

Gallery: Hotel Commonwealth's Baseball Suite

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Which Baseball Team Is It Most Expensive To Go See?

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Sports

Baseball season is just beginning, time for peanuts and Cracker Jacks and a fresh hope that your team will make it to the World Series in October. Which team does it cost the most to cheer on? The annual study by Team Marketing Report reveals that the Chicago Cubs have the highest average ticket prices in baseball. The average price for Cubs tickets is $52.56, just a handful of change above the Boston Red Sox at $52.32. But the Red Sox win when it comes to a more real evaluation, the FCI. The FCI is the fan cost index, the cost for the average family of four to attend a game. The FCI takes into account prices for two adult tickets, two children's tickets, two small draft beers, four small soft drinks, four hot dogs, two programs, two baseball caps and parking for one car. An afternoon at Fenway will run you $334.78, a full $18 more than seeing the Yankees, who ruled last year with a steep FCI of $410.88. The league average FCI is $195.13.

The best bargain is the Los Angeles Angels with a FCI of $124.90. The average FCI is down as many teams are offering cheaper concession items or other discounts. The Yankees are still on top when it comes to premium seats. The Team Marketing report says the average premium seat at Yankees Stadium is $312.11, far down from last year's price which topped $500 but still steep enough for the top slot.

Tags: baseball, chicago cubs, fan cost index, fenway park, red sox, sports tickets, ticket prices, yankee stadium, yankees

Dr. Dre Heads To Fenway To Promote His Red Sox Beats

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Celebrity Design

How do you sell your Boston Red Sox-branded product to Red Sox fans? Dr. Dre knows. The rapper showed up at Fenway Park to promote the Red Sox Beats by Dr. Dre headphones from Monster. The officially licensed Red Sox Beats are the latest version of Dr. Dre's well-received headphones. Dr. Dre donned a Red Sox jersey and took a little batting practice in the historic baseball park.

The Red Sox are the first officially licensed professional sports team to have a set of Beats. Why does a baseball team needs branded headphones? I'm not sure but the Red Sox fans are some of the most devoted you'll find anywhere so there is likely a market for these. The Red Sox Beats come with a carrying case, cables and an adapter and sell for $400.

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Boston's Liberty Hotel Offers Red Sox Packages

by Paul Rogers (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Sports

As all baseball fans (even the Yankee faithful) know, Red Sox Nation stretches far and wide. With that in mind, Boston's Liberty Hotel, which occupies a lavishly converted city jail in Beacon Hill, is offering overnight packages that include hard-to-get tickets to Fenway Park.

The offer, called Fenway Fan or Foe, includes one night's accommodations for two, a pair of Pavilion Club tickets to a Red Sox game and breakfast for two. It's available on four upcoming spring weekends: April 17-19 (when the Baltimore Orioles will be in town); May 8-10 (Tampa Bay Rays); June 5-7 (Texas Rangers); and June 19-20 (Atlanta Braves). The price starts at $725.

The 300-room hotel opened in September 2007 after a $150 million transformation of the mid-nineteenth-century Charles Street Jail. An exquisite Romanesque structure, it features exposed brick walls, wrought-iron chandeliers and an atrium (pictured) that stretches 90 feet high. Among many winks and nods to the building's old days as a lockup, the first-floor bar is called Alibi. It's located in what was used to be the "drunk tank" of the jail.

Gallery: Boston's LIberty Hotel Offers Red Sox Packages

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Limited Edition Volvos For Sporty Preppies

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Are you a sporty preppy type? I'm sure to some that's a compliment while to others it's an insult but regardless, Volvo has come up with 2 limited edition models that are geared towards Red Sox baseball lovers and sailors. The Red Sox limited edition C30 will only have 107 cars, each in the custom shade of red, the team logo on the back hatch, fender badges, and a few other details. The Ocean Race Edition Volvo, which will be available to a larger crowd, will be available in a limited edition of 9,000. Buyers will have a choice of color (Ocean Blue or Electric Silver) and nautical themed details extend from ocean-inspired wheels to special stitching on the interior leather seats.

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Red Sox Fans Paying Less For Series Seats

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Sports

The Red Sox may be back in the World Series but Boston fans are slightly less crazed than they were in 2004 when the Red Sox won the Series back in 2004. Ticket resellers in Boston say that their prices are down 20 to 40 percent compared with 2004. Jim Holzman, the owner of Boston-based AceTicket.com told the Boston Globe that a bleacher seat that the Red Sox sold for $75, which went for $1,200 in 2004 is now priced at $850 on his website. StubHub, the ticket business owned by eBay reports that the average price of their tickets is down about $300 to $1,465. The average price for tickets to the games at Coors Field in Denver is $781. The Rockies ticket website crashed after the team tried to sell 20,000 tickets for each game scheduled at Coors Field.

There are the dedicated fans willing to pay in the thousands for the right seat. One fan paid over $21,500 for two box seats behind home plate at Fenway. Now that's a fan.

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Big Papi's Mercedes To Sell For Big Bucks

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions, Celebrity Shopping

Wow, this puts Tom Brady's Mercedes to shame. Red Sox heavy hitter David Ortiz, also known as Big Papi, is having a great response to the auction of his 2005 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG. Ortiz bought the 604-horsepower convertible for $205,000 and then spent another $35,000 souping it up with custom wheels and an improved stereo system. It was a treat to himself after the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004. The car has just over 4,000 miles on it and has had a pampered life. Who knows what led Ortiz to put the car on eBay, hoping for a new purchase perhaps? Fans and cars lovers have been going wild over the auction which ends today. Last time I looked it was at $465,500. The winner will receive the car personally from Ortiz.

[via The Boston Herald]

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Johnny Damon's New York Apartment, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

The Wall Street Journal and Bob over at Berg Properties led me to the listing for Johnny Damon's gorgeous 2,410 square foot apartment at at 151 E. 58th Street. Damon bought the apartment for $5,555,000 back in 2006. Now I used to be a fan of Damon back before the hair, when he first started to play for the Red Sox but my affection for the man ended when he went to play for the Yankees. Still, respect must be paid for this is a lovely place and it saddens me to think of him giving this up for a place in the burbs with a pool as the WSJ mentioned.

The apartment has three bedrooms including a master suite with two walk-in closets and a dressing area and a master bath with marble mosaic floors, double sinks, a bathtub and a shower. The apartment on a high floor at One Beacon Park has views of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline and the building has concierge service, 24 hour doorman, fitness center, basement storage and valet parking. The windowed kitchen has stainless steel appliances, Italian Basaltina stone countertops and a large dining area with a banquette. It is listed at $8.2 million. After the jump, not a piece of sports memorabilia in sight but note what looks like a Harley Davidson pool table.

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Red Sox Jewelry For Baseball Season

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry, Sports

The Red Sox nation has a new way to show their allegiance that is a bit more elegant than a giant foam finger. Boston jeweler Alpha Omega has a new collection of sterling silver jewelry and gifts that celebrate the team. The souvenir pieces include a money clip and cuff links with the Boston "B" or the Red Sox logo, a charm bracelet with a baseball, bat, helmet and Red Sox logo charms, and a keychain featuring baseball, mitt and Red Sox logo charms. Prices range from $30 to $250.

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