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SL1 Mississippi Braves

Buck Commander at Trustmark Park

August 27, 2009 - Southern League (SL1)
Mississippi Braves News Release


Pearl, MS - The Mississippi Braves announce that the boys from Buck Commander and Duck Commander will be in attendance at Trustmark Park tomorrow night, Friday, August 28th, when the M-Braves take on the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx in the final homestand of the 2009 season. Willie Robertson of Buck Commander and Phil and Jase Robertson of Duck Commander will all be in attendance and will sign autographs for fans in attendance. The Buck Commander and Duck Commander RV will also be parked in front of Trustmark Park.

The crew will be in town shooting footage for their new DVD, Buck Commanders 2, Ballistic, which will feature Atlanta Brave Chipper Jones and other big league ball players (Chipper Jones will not be at Trustmark Park Friday night). Willie Robertson will take batting practice with the team before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch during pregame ceremonies. After tossing the first pitch, the trio will sign autographs for fans in attendance. A location and time for the signing will be announced at the game.

From Outdoorchannel.com:

Willie Robertson has been in-and-around hunting all his life. Growing up with the family business, he has handled most tasks at Duck Commander, from sanding and packaging calls as a youngster, to his current position as president, where he runs the day-to-day operations. Despite traveling a lot for business, Willie is a regular in the Robertson family blind, where his comic relief helps when the season gets long and the birds aren't flying. Willie has also taken on a new pursuit: deer. His new company is called BUCK COMMANDER. Willie, along with his wife Korie, runs duckcommander.com and buckcommander.com. They live in West Monroe, LA with their four children, John Luke, Sadie, Will and Bella. Willie's job, family, and life are wrapped up in hunting, and he wouldn't have it any other way.

Phil Robertson was born and raised in Vivian, Louisiana. With seven children in his family, money was scarce, and at a young age hunting became an important part of his life. In the early 70's, searching for a way to turn his passion for hunting into his livelihood, Phil developed and patented the first Duck Commander duck call; a duck call that would produce the exact sound of a duck, for duck killers, he says, not world champion- style duck callers. Around this time, Phil also began a series of videos that eventually developed a worldwide fan-base of fellow duck hunters. The 'Duckmen' videos revolutionized duck hunting with their rock-n-roll style, and are the leading authority in the industry.

Growing up with the Duck Commander as his father, Jase Robertson soon realized that if he wanted to spend time with his dad, he'd have to meet him in the blind. But it soon became evident that Jase had the same passion for duck hunting as his father. From the age of 8-years-old, Jase spent as much time in the woods as he possibly could, even missing the maximum number of days from school each year that the law would allow. Even today, he shows that same passion and drive to meet his dad in the blind each and every day of duck season for one common goal... limiting out. Hunting and helping the family business to succeed consumes most of Jase's time. In addition to his role as a Duckman in the Duck Commander DVD's, he runs the manufacturing part of Duck Commander, making sure that every call is hand-tuned, in large part by himself. This part of the business is very important to him as he knows consumers want the best call possible. It is his ambition to give them what they want.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Trustmark Park ticket office, the Mississippi Coliseum, Be-Bop Records in Jackson and Vicksburg, all Ticketmaster locations, online at www.mississippibraves.com or by phone at 601-932-8788 or 888-BRAVES4. Fans can also call Ticketmaster to place their orders at 601-355-5252. There will be a $5 fee for all phone orders through the Braves ticket office.

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