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Redbirds Return Home Monday

July 21, 2003 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Memphis Redbirds News Release


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ALBERT PUJOLS BOBBLEHEADS - MON., JULY 21

Every Monday game at AutoZone Park means a different Cardinals All-Star Bobblehead. Tonight's bobblehead features one of the top players in all of baseball, St. Louis superstar Albert Pujols! Gates open at 6:00 for a 7:05 start. Monday's game sponsored by STAR...Connecting people with their money.

REDBIRDS PENCIL PACKS/TIME WARNER TUESDAY - TUE., JULY 22

Every Tuesday game night in 2003 is a Time Warner Tuesday! The first 1,500 fans will receive a special gift from Time Warner. In addition, look for Pencil Packs from Olshan for the first 1,500 fans as well. Be sure to tune in to TV Time Warner to watch Tuesday's game if you can't make it to the ballpark. Game time is 7:05 and gates open at 6:00. Tuesday's game sponsored by Olshan & Time Warner Cable.

RBI BASEBALL CAPS - WED., JULY 23

As the first not-for-profit organization to own a professional baseball team and its playing facility, the Memphis Redbirds Foundation funds youth sports programs in the Mid-South including RBI, Returning Baseball to the Inner-city. Help us celebrate the success of this community outreach vehicle with RBI Baseball Caps for the first 1,500 fans tonight. Game time is 7:05 and gates open at 6:00. Wednesday's game sponsored by Storage USA.

BACK-TO-SCHOOL SERIES (PART I OF III) - REDBIRDS NOTEBOOK BINDER - THU., JULY 24

The Redbirds have a very special Back-to-School Series of promotions planned for 2003! The series features the comic book adventures of baseball superhero The Red Rocket. Redbirds player Lefty Fielder uses his extraordinary skills as The Red Rocket to battle the evil Irvine Scruggs and his henchmen in their attempt to destroy AutoZone Park and replace the great game of baseball with their dastardly new invention, Dozer Ball. The series begins with Thursday's Notebook Binder and the first 1,500 fans can take one home. Gates open at 6:00 for a 7:05 game. Thursday's game sponsored by First Tennessee.

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AUTOZONE PARK, MEMPHIS, SHINE FOR NATIONAL AUDIENCE DURING 2003 TRIPLE-A ALL-STAR GAME

International League beats Pacific Coast League 13-9 on ESPN2 in front of 15,000-plus in downtown Memphis

Richmond catcher Johnny Estrada led the way for the International League in a 13-9 win over the Pacific Coast League in the 16th annual Triple-A All-Star Game presented by AutoZone Wednesday at AutoZone Park in downtown Memphis.

A crowd of 15,214 watched the Braves prospect go 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBI to pace a 16-hit IL attack. Estrada was named as the Maurice LaCroix/Lou Gehrig Player-of-the-Game as well as the Sportsticker IL "Star of Stars." Oklahoma outfielder Jason Jones was awarded the PCL "Star of Stars" as he hit a three-run homer to lead the PCL in RBI for the game. Columbus Clipper Sam Marsonek picked up the win as well as the Maurice LaCroix/Lou Gehrig Pitcher-of-the-Game award.

The game, broadcast live on ESPN2 and The Sporting News Radio Network, was the highest-scoring Triple-A All-Star Game in the history of the series, which dates back to 1988. Six different players homered, including Pawtucket outfielders Lou Collier and Anton French, as well as Estrada, Jones, Colorado Springs' Rene Reyes and Durham's Jason Smith.

French, Collier and Estrada each had three hits in the game and French and Collier also scored three times each. No PCL batter had more than one hit in the game.

The IL used 25 players, including eight pitchers, and the PCL played 23 (six pitchers). Memphis Redbirds starter Jason Ryan took the loss, giving up the three earned runs in the fifth. The other two Redbirds All-Stars also got into the contest as Jason Bowers entered the game as a defensive replacement at shortstop in the sixth and reliever Matt Duff pitched the seventh inning, giving up one run on one hit. Bowers went 0-for-1 at the plate but walked and scored in the bottom of the sixth.

The win for the IL was just its second in the current format. After beating the PCL 8-4 at Harbor Park in Norfolk in 1998, the IL had fallen to the PCL for four straight seasons.

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MEMPHIS REDBIRDS BASEBALL FOUNDATION THANKS ITS MEMBERS WITH ANNUAL PARTY

Thursday night before the Redbirds' game with Colorado Springs, the Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation will hold its annual Members Party at the James A. Thomas, III Plaza Balcony at AutoZone Park.

The Memphis Baseball Foundation is the only not-for-profit entity in the country that owns and operates both a sports team and its playing facility. Profits generated by the Redbirds and AutoZone Park are put back into the Foundation that funds two youth programs, RBI (Returning Baseball to the Inner-city) and STRIPES (Sports Teams Returning In the Public Education System). These programs foster amateur sports, enhance education and teach life skills for the future.

The Members Party, sponsored by KFC, is just one of the benefits offered to the generous people who have contributed to the Foundation's charitable efforts during the year.

Memberships start at only $50 per year. To join or just to learn more about the benefits associated with membership, call (901) 722-0220 or visit us online at...

http://www.memphisredbirds.com/not-for-profit/index.html

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