WEBVTT PROPERTY. ED: AS PROMISED, MORE ON THE BIG CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS RED SOX, AND MORE, IN BOSTON TONIGHT. EMILY: A GALA TO BENEFIT THE PEDRO MARTINEZ FOUNDATION. AND WHO BETTER TO SERVE AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR AN EVENT LIKE THIS THAN OUR OWN MARIA STEPHANOS? JOB WELL DONE, MARIA. MARY SALADNA WAS ALSO THERE, AND SHE IS JOINING US LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS GREAT CAUSE. MARY. MARY: ABSOLUTELY. PEDRO HAS BEEN A REAL MENTOR TO THE RED SOX ON AND OFF THE FIELD AND TONIGHT WAS ALL ABOUT GIVING BACK. HAS IT ALL SUNK IN YET? EDUARDO: NO, NOT YET. MARY: IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND WEEK FOR THE WORLD CHAMPS, FROM A DUCK BOAT PARADE TO THE TD GARDEN. BUT TONIGHT, THEY WALKED THE RED CARPET TO RAISE MONEY FOR KIDS, PEDRO’S KIDS. PEDRO AND CAROLINA MARTINEZ ARE BUILDING SCHOOLS, CHANGING LIVES BACK AT HOME IN THE DOMINICAN. EDUARDO: PEDRO IS LIKE MY FATHER, AND HIS FOUNDATION IS HELPING THE KIDS BACK IN THE DOMINICAN, SO I’M GLAD TO BE HERE. >> WHEN WE SEE PEDRO, WE SEE LIKE A HERO. MARY: EDUARDO NUNEZ GREW UP IN THE DOMINICAN, SAYS HE’S HONORED TO FOLLOW PEDRO’S EXAMPLE. PEDRO: I GUESS THEY’RE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT BASEBALL STRETCHES BEYOND WHAT WE DO ON THE FIELD. YOU HAVE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY AND THAT YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR PART. MARY: AND LEAVE IT TO PEDRO TO EVEN RECRUIT A FEW YANKEES TO STEP UP. DELLIN: WHENEVER YOU HAVE A HALL OF FAMER KIND OF REACH OUT THE WAY HE DOES, YOU KIND OF FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. MARY: AND THIS YEAR’S GALA COULDN’T HELP BUT BE A CELEBRATION, IN LIGHT OF THE SEASON THAT PRECEDED IT. JASON: IT WAS REALLY, REALLY AWESOME. I HAVE SET IT BEFORE, THEY’RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST RESILIENT BUNCH I’VE EVER BEEN AROUND. PEDRO: IT’S SATISFYING TO KNOW THAT YOU ADDED A LITTLE BIT TO THEIR SUCCESS. TO KNOW THAT YOU HELPED THEM SOMEHOW. MARY: AND THE FOUNDATION ALSO HELPS FINANCIALLY AND MENTOR KIDS IN THE U.S. AND PROVIDES DISASTER RELIEF AROUND THE WORLD. CHANNEL 5 IS A PROUD PARTN