Redbirds Ready to Celebrate Independence Day Weekend Series
Published on July 1, 2010 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Memphis Redbirds News Release
Starting tonight, July 1st the Memphis Redbirds will host a 3-game series at AutoZone Park against the Round Rock Express. The game starts at 7:05pm and features our Mug Club. For just $30, fans will receive a Club level seat, a commemorative Redbirds mug, vouchers for 2 Coors Light draft beers, and discounted beers after that for the remainder of the game. Mug Club participants can also bring their mug to BB Kings and Kooky Canuck after the game for special drink prices.
The first 1,500 fans through the gates on Friday will receive a team set of Redbird trading cards presented by DiGiorno. Fans can also play Waste Management Launch-A-Ball after the game with proceeds benefiting the RBI and STRIPES programs. Game time is 7:05pm.
Saturday's 6:05pm game celebrates Independence Day with a Salute to Armed Forces Night and post-game fireworks presented by USO Banking, only at Bank of America. Show any military ID (active duty, retired or dependent) at the box office and receive $1 off gameday ticket prices. Pregame ceremonies include a game ball delivery by the 101st Airborne Army Screaming Eagles Parachute Team. There will also be a special naturalization ceremony where approximately 50 candidates will be sworn in as American citizens. The first 4,000 fans through the gates will receive fireworks prism glasses courtesy of Golf & Games.
The Redbirds are also offering a special Independence Day Special Package for Saturday. Fans will receive a club level ticket and access to an all-you-can-eat buffet from 5pm-7pm for $37.
Pacific Coast League Stories from July 1, 2010
- Rainiers Blast Past Portland - Tacoma Rainiers
- Sky Sox Sting Bees with Five Run Ninth, 8-7 - Colorado Springs Sky Sox
- Tacoma's Bedard, Seddon Combine to Four-Hit Beavers - Portland Beavers
- Torra Deals Complete Game in 9-2 Aces Victory - Reno Aces
- Express Edged 5-3 by Redbirds - Round Rock Express
- Redbirds Slip by Express in Opener - Memphis Redbirds
- Sounds Roll the Zephyrs - New Orleans Baby Cakes
- Sounds Take Series Opener from Zephyrs, 10-3 - Nashville Sounds
- Cubs Doubled Up by Royals, 6-3 - Iowa Cubs
- Luna an All-Star - New Orleans Baby Cakes
- Beavers Return to PGE Park Sunday Night for Fourth of July Fireworks - Portland Beavers
- 51s Baseball to be Featured on Holly's World on Sunday, July 4 - Las Vegas Aviators
- Express Outfielder Brian Bogusevic Named PCL All-Star - Round Rock Express
- Two River Cats Named to 2010 Pacific Coast League All-Star Team - Sacramento River Cats
- Gibbons, Lindsey, May Named to PCL All-Star Squad - Albuquerque Isotopes
- 51s Baseball to Participate in "Stars & Stripes" Caps This Weekend - Las Vegas Aviators
- RedHawks Game Notes - Oklahoma City Comets
- Beavers' Ernesto Frieri to Represent PCL in Triple-A All-Star Game - Portland Beavers
- First-Place Grizzlies Send Two to All-Star Game - Fresno Grizzlies
- Barney, Diamond Named to PCL All-Star Team - Iowa Cubs
- Sounds SS Luis Cruz Named to PCL All-Star Team - Nashville Sounds
- Zephyrs' Luna Named to PCL All-Star Team - New Orleans Baby Cakes
- Gordon, Ka'Aihue Named PCL All-Stars - Omaha Storm Chasers
- Aces' Norberto Named Pacific Coast League All-Star - Reno Aces
- Two 'Birds Named to All-Star Team - Memphis Redbirds
- Thompson and Trumbo Named 2010 PCL All-Stars - Salt Lake Bees
- Three Sky Sox Named to the 2010 PCL All-Star Team - Colorado Springs Sky Sox
- Erik Bedard Set to Make Rehab Start with Rainiers - Tacoma Rainiers
- Luke French Elected to Triple-A All-Star Team - Tacoma Rainiers
- Redbirds Ready to Celebrate Independence Day Weekend Series - Memphis Redbirds
- Salt Lake Bees To Honor The Late Quinn Falk - Salt Lake Bees
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