Article: Boston Red Sox Announce 2025 Promotional Schedule & Giveaways

[Adam Morgan]

You've only got two chances at a bobblehead, so get ready.

The Boston Red Sox have unveiled their promotional calendar for the 2025 season at Fenway Park. It includes eight dates where there will be giveaways to the first 7,500 fans. Here are the selected dates with the corresponding giveaways:

• Monday, April 7 vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Jarren Duran All-Star Game MVP Bobblehead
• Monday, April 21 vs. Chicago White Sox: Patriots' Day Puffy Vest
• Thursday, April 24 vs. Seattle Mariners: Wally or Tessie Squishy Pillow
• Tuesday, May 6 vs. Texas Rangers: Rafaela CF or SS Bobblehead
• Sunday, May 25 vs. Baltimore Orioles: Charm Hat with Charms
• Wednesday, June 11 vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Beach Towel
• Wednesday, July 2 vs. Cincinnati Reds: 1975 Replica Jersey
• Saturday, August 16 vs. Miami Marlins: Sling Bag

All of these giveaways are with standard tickets. Theme nights like Star Wars Night and Hello Kitty Night include giveaways but require a special ticket to receive them. Here is how the Red Sox stack up against all the other major league teams who have announced their promotional giveaway schedule included with standard ticket purchase.

• Seattle Mariners - 35 giveaways
• Los Angeles Dodgers - 34 giveaways
• Baltimore Orioles - 32 giveaways
• New York Mets - 32 giveaways
• St. Louis Cardinals - 29 giveaways
• Kansas City Royals - 27 giveaways
• Los Angeles Angels - 25 giveaways
• Pittsburgh Pirates - 23 giveaways
• Chicago White Sox - 23 giveaways
• San Francisco Giants - 22 giveaways
• Cleveland Guardians - 22 giveaways
• Texas Rangers - 21 giveaways
• Toronto Blue Jays - 21 giveaways
• Atlanta Braves - 20 giveaways
• Washington Nationals - 19 giveaways
• Chicago Cubs - 18 giveaways
• Milwaukee Brewers - 17 giveaways
• Philadelphia Phillies - 16 giveaways
• San Diego Padres - 16 giveaways
• Minnesota Twins - 15 giveaways
• Athletics - 14 giveaways
• Detroit Tigers - 14 giveaways
• Cincinnati Reds - 14 giveaways
• Tampa Bay Rays - 12 giveaways
• Colorado Rockies - 12 giveaways
• Boston Red Sox - 8 giveaways
• Miami Marlins - 0 giveaways

The Miami Marlins come in dead last with no giveaways; they have some giveaways with special tickets but none that come with just a standard ticket to the game. Somehow the Red Sox have the second fewest gate giveaways with only eight. The Red Sox have ten theme nights with giveaways that require a special ticket. So even if you counted those nights, that would still put the Red Sox behind teams like the Cleveland Guardians and the Chicago White Sox for the amount of swag the team is giving out.

Some teams give out fun unique items like the Brewers give out a Cribbage Board and the Pittsburgh Pirates give out a plush pierogi. The Red Sox never get that unique with their giveaways. Boston will have a Patriots' Day Puffy Vest on April 21st; it seems like only two other teams give out puffy vests.

While you can fault the promotions department for a lack of creativity in coming up with giveaways, the real kicker is the lack of standard giveaways. A majority of MLB teams give away team trading card packs; the Red Sox don’t have that as a standard giveaway or even with a specialty ticket. Almost half of major league teams give out team Hawaiian shirts; the Red Sox have nothing of the sort.

The lack of giveaways may not seem like a big deal but it shows a laissez-faire attitude towards the fans. The front office knows that Fenway is a small park and the Red Sox have loyal fans so most if not all games will sell out if the team remains competitive but that doesn’t mean that ticket holders don’t deserve the same amount of perks as 27 other major league teams.

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[mvp 78]

Sox have no problem filling the seats so there's no reason to load up the schedule on giveaways that are kind of tacky IMO. Is anyone really going to a game to get a sling bag to begin with? 

[Bellhorn04]

They're cheapskates every which way, aren't they?

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 hour ago, Bellhorn04 said:

They're cheapskates every which way, aren't they?

Only 8 giveaways is a dead giveaway.

[Bellhorn04]

If they had any sense of humor they'd have a Gerry Cardinale bobblehead giveaway.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

50 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

If they had any sense of humor they'd have a Gerry Cardinale bobblehead giveaway.

Never happen. But an intern read your post, and now they might sell them at the door.

[Adam Morgan]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Sox have no problem filling the seats so there's no reason to load up the schedule on giveaways that are kind of tacky IMO. Is anyone really going to a game to get a sling bag to begin with? 

The question is: Do the Dodgers have a problem filling their seats? Probably not, yet they have the second most giveaways in baseball. It is not about selling tickets to a game but making sure people are as happy as possible that they went to a game IMO.

[mvp 78]

The Dodgers attendance is good for now, but it's up about 10k per game from where it was a decade ago. They HAD to do promotions to get crowds to capacity. The Sox don't. The Dodgers keep their fans happy be putting a winning team on the field. Not sure providing a souvenir cup is going to make them leave any happier than if they left empty handed. More likely, the cup is a reminder when they are at home to buy tickets in the future to come back when they see it in their cupboard. Clearly, the Sox don't have any issues reminding fans to come back to Fenway year after year. 

 

13 minutes ago, Adam Morgan said:

The question is: Do the Dodgers have a problem filling their seats? Probably not, yet they have the second most giveaways in baseball. It is not about selling tickets to a game but making sure people are as happy as possible that they went to a game IMO.

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, Bellhorn04 said:

If they had any sense of humor they'd have a Gerry Cardinale bobblehead giveaway.

They should have a John henry Bobblehead that only shakes his head no.

[mvp 78]

23 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

They should have a John henry Bobblehead that only shakes his head no.

JH that bobs his head around while looking at his watch a la Winter Weekend. 

SK that jingles keys in his right arm rather than bobbles his head.

Trevor Story where each part of the body jiggles separately.

Casas that slowly goes in and out of downward dog like a drinking bird toy.

Cora that is just constantly shrugging his shoulders up and down.

Bloom bobblehead that has a Breslow nametag on it. 

Chapman that bobbles two sharpshooters like Yosemite Sam.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

JH that bobs his head around while looking at his watch a la Winter Weekend. 

SK that jingles keys in his right arm rather than bobbles his head.

Trevor Story where each part of the body jiggles separately.

Casas that slowly goes in and out of downward dog like a drinking bird toy.

Cora that is just constantly shrugging his shoulders up and down.

Bloom bobblehead that has a Breslow nametag on it. 

Chapman that bobbles two sharpshooters like Yosemite Sam.

Sam's babble head has three, like the Three Monkeys.

The one on the left has hands covering the eyes, the middle one has a wide open mouth with jawbone down to the base, and the one on the right has hands choking the neck. Tightly...