Overview
- More than 9,000 fans filled Polar Park for the inaugural MayeDay event, which combined a home-run derby, a Golden Arm contest, and a seven-inning celebrity softball game.
- Drake and Ann Michael Maye presented an $80,000 pregame check and pledged $1,000 per derby homer and $2,500 per game homer, generating roughly $94,000 from home runs for a total near $174,000.
- Will Smith won the home-run derby after Drake Maye handed him the trophy, and DeMario Douglas captured the Golden Arm contest.
- Ann Michael hosted patients from Boston Children’s Hospital in a suite and took part in on-field activities, creating direct engagement between players, families, and hospital guests.
- The MayeDay Family Foundation event on Sunday, May 31, offered a positive local story for the Mayes and showed how athlete-led fundraisers can deepen community ties during a high-profile Patriots offseason.