Phillies to release Legends of the Fall
Compelling 2009 Season Relived in New Phillies Video Yearbook DVD
The Phillies have announced the release of Legends of the Fall: The 2009 Phillies Video Yearbook DVD. This compelling feature gives fans the chance to relive a season that was memorable in so many ways.
Legends of the Fall is narrated by Raul Ibanez, a player who found out first-hand the glory of playing in this era of Phillies baseball. Through his eyes fans are able to relive all the stellar performances….all the walk-off wins…and all the excitement of the post season.
“It’s the goal of every baseball player to go deep into the season, to be part of the last team standing, and to become one of the legends of the fall,” said Dan Stephenson, the film’s writer and producer. “This DVD captures the journey of a team that once again forged itself into the pages of Phillies history.”
At 70 minutes in length, this DVD also features more than two hours of bonus footage, including a special tribute to Harry Kalas.
Bonus Features:
– A Tribute to Harry Kalas
– The Harry Kalas Memorial Service – Citizens Bank Park, April 18, 2009
– The White House Visit
– “The Pen” – An Inside Look at the MLB Network Production
– Celebrate – The Pennant Winning Celebration, including on-field Ceremony
– Legendary Inning – The complete bottom of the ninth, Game Four NLCS
– A Quarter Century of Success – The 25th Anniversary of the ALS Association and The Phillies
– Great Plays of 2009
HOW TO PURCHASE
Legends of the Fall is now available for pre-sale at phillies.com and through the Official Phillies Merchandise Catalog at 1-877-GO-PHILS, for a suggested retail price of $17.99. The DVD will also be sold at the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Citizens Bank Park as well as local Modell’s Sporting Goods Stores beginning Thursday, December 17.
Source: Philadelphia Phillies
Gabe Paul: Four-time Baseball Hall of Fame nominee has numbers in his favor. Decision on his induction is on 12-6-2009
The Yankee Princess, written by Jennie Paul tells the inside story behind Gabe Paul’s NY Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros in the context of their love/hate story in this first ever biography on her Dad.
Four-time Baseball Hall of Fame Nominee Gabe Paul owned and ran four major league baseball teams and is directly responsible for as many pennants–3 for the NY Yankees and one for the Cincinnati Reds. The Father Daughter connection in this love hate story about a woman coming into her own as her Dad was making his dream to own and run a winning baseball team come true, combined with the inside story on George Steinbrenner, Reggie Jackson, Howard Cosell, Billy Martin and Catfish Hunter make a great story that will appeal to baseball fans, reporters, historians, and men who relate better to baseball than their daughters.
Peter Golenbock will be writing the foreword for The Yankee Princess, written by Jennie Paul with Jody Lynn Smith, and it is expected to be released during Spring Training 2010. It will correct many misconceptions about what really happened when Gabe Paul helped the Yankees reverse a 15-year losing streak with two successive World Series wins and one championship loss to his first team, the Reds. This legacy-making accomplishment would not be repeated until the year he died and Joe Torre secured his first of three wins.
Thoroughly researched and inclusive of first-hand real life accounts, conversations, personal letters and newspaper clippings, it will win over the fans and help fathers and daughters find new ways to accept each others’ strengths and weaknesses, while enjoying one of America’s greatest past times.
Gabe Paul is widely known for his uncanny ability in filling seats and running teams like the Indians and the Reds on a cleat string, while leading the way in trades that won ballgames and rule changes that made the sport what it is today. He was an advocate for night baseball, the dissolution of the reserve clause, dividing the leagues into divisions, allowing designated hitters and requiring players to bring their gloves in from the field. Learn More at http://www.theyankeeprincess.com/
Source: TheYankeePrincess.com
Mark Teahen named 2009 Hutch Award winner
Major League Baseball’s Mark Teahen, longtime third baseman for the Kansas City Royals and recently acquired by the Chicago White Sox, will receive the 2009 Hutch Award®. The award is given annually to a Major League Baseball player who best exemplifies the honor, courage and dedication of baseball great Fred Hutchinson, both on and off the field.
The 28-year-old Redlands, Calif., native made his MLB debut with the Royals in April 2005, playing third and first bases and the outfield. He had been a unanimous first-team, All-West Coast Conference selection in 2002. Teahen, whose father is from Ontario, has dual Canadian-American citizenship and last March played on the Canadian men’s national team in the World Baseball Classic. On Nov. 5 he was traded to the White Sox.
“I am extremely excited to accept the Hutch Award, and I am humbled to be added to the prestigious list of former recipients,” Teahen said. “I am honored and am thankful for all of my friends and family who help me accomplish the many successes I’ve been fortunate to achieve.”
Teahen said the Hutch Award and its connection with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center mean even more to him because this year he witnessed his mother’s successful battle with breast cancer.
Off the field, Teahen has been active in the local community. For nearly the entirety of his tenure with the Royals, Teahen served as a key spokesman and fundraiser for the YMCA Challenger Baseball program, a division of Little League Baseball that gives children with physical or mental challenges the opportunity to play on specially designed baseball fields. In addition, he has donated time to the Royals AbilityCAMP, an interactive baseball camp for kids with disabilities, and he has supported other causes and foundations focusing on the well-being of children.
Teahen will visit children at the Hutchinson Center’s Hutch School and receive his award at the annual Hutch Award Luncheon on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 at Safeco Field in Seattle. Legendary pitcher and 1989 Hutch Award winner Dave Dravecky will be the featured speaker at the luncheon, which raises funds for cancer research.
The Hutchinson Center was founded by Fred’s brother Bill, a prominent Seattle surgeon, after Fred died of cancer at age 45. The Hutch Award was established in 1965 and was first given to Mickey Mantle. Other Hutch Award winners have included 2008 recipient Jon Lester, Mike Sweeney, Mark Loretta, Craig Biggio, Jamie Moyer, Willie McCovey, Willie Stargell, Omar Vizquel, Sandy Koufax and Carl Yastrzemski. In all, 11 Hall-of-Famers have received the Hutch Award. For more information about the Hutch Award, including a full list of past recipients, visit www.fhcrc.org/hutchaward.
Source: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center