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Petrocelli to Headline Saturday's Hot Stove Dinner
Posted 1/19/2005
Boston Red Sox great Rico Petrocelli will be the featured guest at the 2005 Hot Stove Dinner this Saturday, January 22, at Gengras Student Union.
The fundraising event will begin with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The cost to attend is $100 per person.
If you would like to attend and have not yet purchased a ticket, contact Jim Keener by the end of the day Thursday at 860.768.5063 or jkeener@hartford.edu.
Petrocelli played 12 seasons in the Major Leagues, all of them as a shortstop and third baseman for the Red Sox. He helped lead Boston to the American League Championship in both 1967 and 1975.
Petrocelli finished his career with 210 homers and 773 RBI. He hit 20 or more home runs three times and led the league in fielding three times. In 1969, Petrocelli became the first shortstop in American League history to hit 40 home runs in a season. That year he also hit a career-high .297, drove in 97 runs and tied a then-record for fewest errors by a shortstop with 14. He was twice named an American League All-Star (1967, 1969) and was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1997.
The Hot Stove Dinner is an annual event at the university, where past guests have included Houston Astros first baseman and University of Hartford baseball alumnus Jeff Bagwell as well as Major League managers Tommy Lasorda and Bobby Valentine.
The fundraising event will begin with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The cost to attend is $100 per person.
If you would like to attend and have not yet purchased a ticket, contact Jim Keener by the end of the day Thursday at 860.768.5063 or jkeener@hartford.edu.
Petrocelli played 12 seasons in the Major Leagues, all of them as a shortstop and third baseman for the Red Sox. He helped lead Boston to the American League Championship in both 1967 and 1975.
Petrocelli finished his career with 210 homers and 773 RBI. He hit 20 or more home runs three times and led the league in fielding three times. In 1969, Petrocelli became the first shortstop in American League history to hit 40 home runs in a season. That year he also hit a career-high .297, drove in 97 runs and tied a then-record for fewest errors by a shortstop with 14. He was twice named an American League All-Star (1967, 1969) and was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1997.
The Hot Stove Dinner is an annual event at the university, where past guests have included Houston Astros first baseman and University of Hartford baseball alumnus Jeff Bagwell as well as Major League managers Tommy Lasorda and Bobby Valentine.
