Going to Bat for Vermont Farmers November 12

The Going to Bat for Vermont Farmers Roundtable is just days away, on November 12, and nearly 200 more General Admission tickets to the event have been released.
Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman, Cubs President of baseball operations Theo Epstein, and Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington ‘ whose family operates a dairy farm in Vermont ‘ will be at the event, to discuss their teams, the upcoming business of the offseason, and the current issues within Major League Baseball. Galen Carr, a Red Sox Scout who lives in Vermont, will represent the team on the panel. There will be a special presentation to the community on behalf of the Red Sox at the beginning of the Roundtable.
ESPN baseball analyst Buster Olney and Randolph Center farmer Sam Lincoln, brothers who grew up on their parent’s dairy farm in Randolph Center, will host the event. Olney and Lincoln organized the event to benefit Vermont farmers who were devastated by the flooding from remnants of Hurricane Irene. As part of that effort, an online auction continues, fueled by donations from Major League Baseball teams, executives, players and agents, as well as Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Associations, as well as dozens of other donors from Vermont and elsewhere. The auction currently has 146 items that have received over 1,700 bids. The online auction and tickets to the Nov. 12 event can be purchased through the website, BattingForVermont.com. All proceeds will go to the Vermont Community Foundation’s Farm Disaster Relief Fund which awards grants to farmers in need.
There will be limited seating, in three different tiers: VIP Seating, which includes access to a cocktail hour with Epstein, Cashman, Huntington and Olney; Premier Seating; and General Admission.
Peter Gammons, formerly of ESPN and currently of NESN and the Major League Baseball Network, had agreed to attend the event, but withdrew this week because of a family obligation.