The prizes?  TWO copies of the  The Red Sox Coloring and Activity Book pictured here.

All you have to do is answer the 3 questions below, and you will be in the running for a brand spanking new copy of your very own. If more than two people get all of the answers correct, the winner will be chosen in a random drawing.

Deadline for all entries is Monday, July 6th, with the winner being announced July 8th.

Here are the questions:

• Which former Red Sox second baseman has become one of the premier color commentators in baseball?
• Which lightening quick outfielder led the A.L. in steals for the 08 season with 50?
• What is the nickname of the only Japanese pitcher to start a World Series game?

Good Luck!

Then check this out: Every year, Hawk’s Nest Publishing puts out The Red Sox Coloring and Activity Book, packed with more than 50 pages of pictures to color and fun activities for Red Sox fans of all ages.

This 3rd edition has been updated and features brand new illustrations and images of such fan favorites as Jonathan Papelbon, Jacoby Ellsbury and Jason Varitek, along with an all new World Series Championship Crossword Puzzle and updated Player Challenge Game.

This is also a perfect way to keep the littlest Red Sox fans busy during those long road trips to Fenway Park–and no batteries are required!

Looking for a gift for a fan of another team? Hawk’s Nest Publishing offers Coloring and Activity Books for The White Sox, Cubs, Mets, and the Yankees…

Interested? The book is $11.95, and can be ordered here. You can also order Editions 1 or 2 as well…

But since free is always better, how would you like to win your very own copy of The Red Sox Coloring and Activity Book? Just post a comment, answering the 3 questions below, and the winner will receive a brand spanking new copy for their very own. If more than one person gets all of the answers correct, the winner will be chosen in a random drawing…

Here are the questions:

• Which former Red Sox second baseman has become one of the premier color commentators in baseball?
• Which lightening quick outfielder led the A.L. in steals for the 08 season with 50?
• What is the nickname of the only Japanese pitcher to start a World Series game?

Deadline for all entries is July 6th, with the winner being announced July 8th.

Good Luck!

Despite the fact that everyone and their brother has been injured (some more than others) this team is managing somehow to get it done–someone steps up in every game and helps makes things happen…and it is GREAT to see…

All Star Update: Big Papi still leads the DH’s (and is the top vote getter in the AL with over 1.2 million+ votes) after 3 weeks of voting, although there is a good possibility he will be unable to play anyway…Manny Ramirez leads the outfield voting, with Josh Hamilton (no one more deserving than he, in my opinion) and Ichiro (who is slumping badly, with a BA in the 250’s so far this year…Youk and Dustin Pedroia also lead their respective positions, as does Jason Varitek, although Joe Mauer is quickly closing in on ‘Tek…

Daisuke, who is eligible to come off the DL on Thursday, is definitely making progress, having made 60+ throws from 180 feet yesterday. More catch today, and then he will have his 1st bullpen session tomorrow. Changes are he will also have a rehab start or two at Pawtucket before coming back to the Sox…

So last night I was reading my ESPN the Magazine, and they had a panel of pro athletes from all sport voting on different things (hardest sport/etc) and I look at this panel, of probably about 100 players–And I see ONE from the Sox, Jacoby Ellsbury–but there must have been at least TEN from the

Skanks…W…T…F?????

Speaking of Skanks–how is THIS for beautiful?  And its very weird as well.  Who’da thunk that TAMPA BAY would be anywhere near 2nd place…  The Oreos and Toronto being in last place is not super suprising, but the fact that the Skanks and them are sharing the cellar ALL TOGETHER….

Two words: HA HA

2 more days left to enter to win the Boston Red Sox Essential Games of Fenway Park DVD I am giving away. For every comment you leave here at Boston Red Thoughts, you get is an entry in the DVD sweepstakes. I will draw the lucky winner on Thursday morning, before I leave for Boston.

Couple of ground rules: 28 “I love Boston/The Sox/Big Papi/Etc” comments are SPAM–and will be deleted. It’s a random drawing–no matter how much you plead that you/your friend/your dog/your friend’s dog/etc are most deserving to win, its doesn’t matter…and please feel free to comment on other blog posts–not just the giveaway one. Any comment this week, on any post, is eligible to win….

That being said–Good luck–and start commenting!

Coming up: The Sox kick off the final portion of this homestead, with 3 games against the Baltimore Oreos (one of which I…will…be…at… Josh Beckett gets the start tonight, opposed by Daniel Cabrera, in an earlier start that originally scheduled (Thursday’s has been changed as well) 1st pitch 6:05pm…

This is it–The LAST week you can win a copy of PS3’s MLB08 The Show…

Here is what you have to do: post a comment about a blog entry you read here at Boston Red Thoughts. I will take the best comment of the week (deadline is 5:00pm on Friday)and that person will receive a copy of the PS3 version of MLB08 The Show. That’s it!

So enter the final week’s giveaway today! Good Luck!

Ted is the winner of the hottest new video game, PS3’s MLB08 The Show. Because Ted has an earlier version of Play Station, I will be donating his copy of the PS3 version to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in his name.

If you didn’t win this week, or didn’t have time to participate, Boston Red Thoughts will have 4 more weeks of giveaways for a copy of this game.

Here is what you have to do: post a comment about a blog entry you read here at Boston Red Thoughts. I will take the best comment of the week (deadline is 5:00pm on Friday)and that person will receive a copy of the PS3 version of MLB08 The Show. That’s it!

Some highlights include:

* MLB 08 The Show is the long running officially licensed baseball title available exclusively on all PlayStation platforms: PLAYSTATION 3, PlayStation 2 and the portable PSP.

* MLB 08 The Show is the best-selling and most realistic baseball simulation available, delivering the closest experience possible next to actually playing in the Majors.

* MLB 08 The Show is available right now wherever video games are available.

You have 4 more chances to win–”enter” today!