Mon. April 9

They like to call sporstwriter and sportscaster Peter Gammons "The Commissioner" because of the intelligence and wit he brings to his analysis of the national past-time. We're honored to know the guy. We read him in the Globe as a kid growing up in Maine; we met him at the Globe when we worked there and he was moving on to ESPN. And then we've re-met at various Hot Stove, Cool Music charity-rock-baseball functions. As many know, Gammons, who's in the Baseball Hall of Fame, survived a serious medical sitution a while back, but is A-Ok. A many also knw, Gammons is a very good amateur guitarist and he's put out the CD, "Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old" - a pipe dream for players and rockers alike - and plays acoustic versions of those songs with Sox GM/guiarist Theo Epstein and members of his band -Mike Gent, Ed Valauskas, Pete Caldes and Brett Rosenberg - at Game On! Monday April 9 at 6 p.m. He'll also be talking and answering your questions. Could there be a better warmup for the home opener on Tuesday? It's free, but proceeds from the CD sales go to Theo's A Foundation to be Named Later, which serves disadvantaged Boston youths. The event lasts until 10. By the way, in Bill Nowlin's new book, "The Impossible Dream 1967 Red Sox: Pandemonium on the Field," Gammons has a piece written in 1992 that best encapsulates the thrill of that season and what it mean. And - self promotion ahead - I've got a piece in the April 5 Boston Phoenix about Nowlin, the book and the season.

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