On Tuesday afternoon, I had the pleasure of attending an event promoting the new Josh Beckett and Jacoby Ellsbury wines, Chardon-K and ZinfandEllsbury. The event was put on by Charity Hops Sports Marketing and Charity Wines.

The event, held at in the Foundation Room at the House of Blues, was emceed by NESN's Heidi Watney with Jacoby Ellsbury and his girlfriend Kelsey Hawkins in attendance.

Unfortunately due to the injury Beckett suffered on Monday afternoon in batting practice, he wasn't able to attend. Jason Oberle, who is the executive director of the Josh Beckett Foundation, read a statement from Beckett.

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All of the charities represented by the two players spoke and at the end of the speaker from the Navajo Relief Fund presented Ellsbury with a gift. After that Ellsbury answered a few questions.

After that Oberle spoke about what the Josh Beckett Foundation has done for Children's Hospital Boston.

And of course I had to ask a question to Ellsbury.

I must say that I've picked on Watney more than once on this blog and probably not in a good way. I will say that after meeting her at the event, she is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet.

Many thanks to Brett Rudy of Charity Hop for inviting me to the event. And if you want to order the wines, head over to the Charity Wines website.