Freedom to Celebrate Father's Day
June 12, 2013 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
FLORENCE, KY - This Sunday, the Florence Freedom will be celebrating Father's Day at University of Cincinnati Medical Center Stadium. Kids will enjoy spending the day with dad on the field playing catch, laughing at dads competing in the "Daddy Water Balloon toss" and watching the Freedom take on the Frontier Greys.
But one dad and son might just have a little more fun than the rest in attendance this Sunday; that's because they'll be spending the day as Freedom players.
Fourteen-year-old Noah Kitchen participated in the Freedom's "Be A Freedom Player With Dad" contest and submitted his essay at the Florence Qdoba Mexican Grill location.
On Monday, the Freedom and Qdoba picked the winning essay, with Noah's standing out among the rest. One of the biggest reasons; Noah says, "If you pick him, he would probably do a cartwheel on the field because of how happy it would make him."
Noah and his father will spend the day taking batting practice in their personalized Freedom gear, be added to the roster for a day, take the field with the Freedom during lineups, and spend the game together in the dugout.
What do they look forward to most?
"Sitting in the dugout and meeting all the players is something I'm really looking forward to," said Noah.
"One of the things our family likes to do most is take trips and do new things together, so I'm just looking forward to the whole experience," the surprised father Derek said. Noah and his family submitted the essays without their father's knowledge.
All kids and their dads with an on-field wristband will be allowed to participate in a pre-game round of catch. To get a wristband for the kids and dad, one of the following criteria must be met: - Part of the Kids Club 2 presented by AAA Travel - Season ticket holder - Purchase the "Father's Day Special" (see FlorenceFreedom.com) or - Purchase an individual wristband near the third base gate entrance for $2 each
Pre-game catch will be from 5:05 - 5:35pm. The gates open for Sunday's Great Country 94.1 Family Sunday presented by The Bank of Kentucky at 5:05pm, with game time at 6:05pm. Kids will get to run the bases with an entire team autograph session post-game.
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