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
