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Yankee Legend Joe Torre Describes Impact of Witnessing Violence as a Child WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During a briefing with Congress on Attorney General Eric Holder's Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence today, Justice Department officials and task force co-chairs Joe Torre and Robert Listenbee, Jr. described their comprehensive work since the task force launch in October 2011 and discussed lessons learned through four public hearings held across the...
NEW YORK, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Do you like baseball and having fun? That's the simple question that The Topps Company, Inc. is asking today as it launches Topps BUNT, its casual social game for baseball fans, on the iPhone. Topps BUNT turns following the Major League Baseball season into a game. The app, available now on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, invites fans to have more fun as they root for their favorite baseball team and players. Topps BUNT is...
ATLANTA, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation has made a generous donation to Atlanta Technical College in the amount of $104,000 to establish the Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation 4 for 4 Endowed Scholarship at the college. The scholarship is in memory of Brenda Watts Jones, former president of Atlanta Technical College. Dr. Jones lost her battle with breast cancer in 2007 and was the first female African American technical...
CHICAGO, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Flowers Communications Group, a Chicago-based, independently-owned communications firm, has announced that after a national review, it will continue to lead multicultural outreach for MillerCoors adding the Coors Light and Miller Lite brand work to its roster. Additionally, the firm is leading outreach for Major League Baseball's (MLB) first-of-its-kind Diversity Business Summit slated for July 24 in Chicago. (Photo:...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Stars take the field tonight on FOX, Pepsi MAX is announcing an All-Star roster of its own - the fan-selected Pepsi MAX MLB Field of Dreams American League (AL) and National League (NL) teams comprised of some of baseball's greatest legends. Baseball fans across the country voted for their favorite MLB legends on the Pepsi MAX MLB Field of Dreams AL and NL ballots earlier this year at...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Some of baseball's premier power hitters stepped to the plate tonight to support State Farm and Major League Baseball's® (MLB) effort to go to bat for charity, raising $615,000 during the 2012 State Farm Home Run Derby at Kauffman Stadium. Capping off a night of tape-measure long balls, Prince Fielder of the Detroit Tigers knocked-off Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays in the Championship Round to join the elite class of...
Joe DiMaggio Closing in on Ted Williams in Tight Pennant Race WASHINGTON, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Voting for this year's Major League Baseball All-Star team has closed. But "votes"--a.k.a. Stamps Batted In (SBI) for the four legends who collectively appeared in nearly 50 All-Star games--have exceeded one million in the Major League Baseball All-Stars Forever stamps pre-stamp dedication pennant race. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120709/DC37124)...
BLOOMINGTON, Ill., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third consecutive year, State Farm and Major League Baseball (MLB) are rallying fans to swing for the fences to benefit outstanding charitable organizations. Fans can support causes that make a difference in communities across the nation through the Go to Bat program, an online, charitable giving initiative driven by a commitment State Farm makes to helping communities "get to a better state." Fans can win a VIP trip for two to...
BLOOMINGTON, Ill., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- State Farm and Major League Baseball® (MLB), with the help of eight All-Star sluggers, will knock one out of the park for local Kansas City chapters of Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) at the State Farm Home Run Derby on Monday, July 9 at Kauffman Stadium. The Derby pairs returning champion and American League captain Robinson Cano, National League captain Matt Kemp and their teams of home run hitters with eight local youths...
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