FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact:
Adam Freifeld
Van Wagner Sports Group
201-965-2971
afreifeld@vanwagner.com
Win
a Clinic for Your Team with Joe Torre at
Yankee Stadium Sweepstakes at Modell’s
Stores.
Joint
Effort of Joe Torre’s Virtual Baseball
Academy and Modell’s Sporting Goods
NEW YORK, May 10,
2007 – New York Yankees manager Joe
Torre is teaming with Modell’s Sporting
Goods for a sweepstakes where four Grand
Prize winners will have the opportunity bring
eleven (11) guests, between 7 and 14 years
of age, to participate in a Baseball Clinic
hosted by Joe Torre and conducted by Yankees
coaches at Yankee Stadium on Friday, August
17, 2007. The “Win a Clinic for your
team with Joe Torre at Yankee Stadium” Sweepstakes
is exclusive to Modell’s stores where
Joe Torre’s Virtual Baseball Academy
DVD is sold.
To enter the sweepstakes,
go to Modell’s and purchase the Joe
Torre’s Virtual Baseball Academy DVD.
There will be a sticker on the back of the
product with a special code that can be entered
for your chance to win at www.joetorrebaseball.com.
The product, viewable as a CD-Rom or DVD,
features Joe Torre's coaching methods to
teach youth baseball coaches, parents, and
players the right way to play baseball. It
includes baseball drills that are simple
and effective; practice plans for youth baseball
coaches and it also teaches the mental aspects
of the game.
"This is a unique
product because it’s done in 3D animation," said
Torre. “When you combine that technology
with my method of teaching the game, we think
we have created the best baseball training
product in the market,” he added. “I
am very excited to have partnered with Modell’s
on this sweepstakes and to have the opportunity
to work with these kids.
About Joe Torre:
Joe Torre, the 31st manager of the New York Yankees, just completed
his 11th season with the club. During his tenure, the Yankees have
made the playoffs every year. He has led the Yankees to six (6) World
Series appearances during the 11-year span, winning four (4) World
Series Championships, most recently in 2000 vs. the Mets. A nine-time
All-Star during his 18-year playing career, Torre was voted the NL
Most Valuable Player in 1971 when he hit .363 with 24 HR and 137
RBI.
He is the co-author
of two books: Chasing the Dream: My Lifelong
Journey to the World Series (Bantam 1997,1998),
a memoir, and the inspirational management
guide, Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners:
12 Keys to Managing Team Players, Tough Bosses,
Setbacks, and Success (Hyperion 1999). In
2002, Torre and his wife Ali launched the
Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation whose mission
is to develop educational programs that will
end the cycle of domestic violence and save
lives
About Van Wagner
Sports Group, LLC
Van Wagner Sports Group, LLC is a leading national sports consulting
and media sales organization and a subsidiary of Van Wagner Communications,
LLC. The Sports Group offers Consulting and Field Execution capabilities
that bring strategically crafted advertiser initiatives to life via
measurable, results-producing sponsorship programs. Additionally, the
Sports Group provides highly visible in-game signage placements at
over 200 professional and collegiate venues via Dorna U.S.A., LLC’s
made-for-television rotational signage systems and Media and Sponsorship
Sales services that enable advertisers to extend reach by aligning
brands with appropriate sports teams, leagues and properties in packages
that are customized both nationally and regionally. The Sports Group’s
relationships and expertise help steward brands efficiently through
the complex sports and entertainment landscape. With these premium
services and capabilities, Van Wagner Sports Group, provides dominant
or leading locations, products and opportunities in each of the markets
in which it competes. www.vanwagnersportsgroup.com
About Immersion Media
Immersion Media uses motion-captured 3D animation technology to create
leading edge sports training and fan-based media products. Working
with partners that include the NFL, Major League Baseball, NASCAR.com
and the NBA, Immersion distributes its content on CDs, DVDs, through
the Internet and on mobile devices. Its retail products include The
Virtual Lacrosse Academy, released in the spring of 2006 and Virtual
Soccer Skills: Top 20 Moves for Youth Soccer Players. www.imsports.com
For Product Information
Contact:
Marc Zwerdling
Van Wagner Sports Group
212-699-8623
mzwerdling@vanwagner.com or
Rick Perko
Immersion Media
910/868-8441
rickp@imsports.com
