This past weekend was the Team Bass Invitational IX Home Run Derby benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This was our second year to host the derby and we changed it up this year by having it two nights, with the first night designated as the Celebrity Derby!
For both nights, we raised a total of $4,472.00!!!
A HUGE thank you to our celebrities:
Jay Sawatski
Former Razorback baseball player and co-owner of Proformance Baseball
First Place - 6 home runs, 14 points
Dustin Moseley
Former MLB player and co-owner of Proformance Baseball
Second Place - 4 home runs, 8 points
Johnny Rice
Head basketball coach for the 3 time State Champs - North Little Rock High School
Third Place - 2 home runs, 6 points
Sarah Fortner
THV11 News
Steve "Wildman" Wilson
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
JJ Meadors
Former Razorback football player and owner of Salt County Sports Performance
Chris Kane
KATV7
Eddie Armstrong
Representative of District 37 in the Arkansas House of Representatives
RJ Hawk
103.7 The Buzz
A HUGE THANK YOU to the following sponsors for making the Derby a success:
Imperial Marketing
Roland Pennington (PA system)
Thank you to Preston Bass for letting us piggyback on the TBI IX tourney and for playing pitcher, along with this guy, for the Celebrity and Sponsor portion of the derby:
Thank you to Jeff Clifton who played Catcher for all our celebs and sponsors and then turned around and did it for most of our Friday night festivities. You rock!!
These three guys made the Derby the success it was! Thank you to Trey Reid and Geoffrey Yamouchi for ALL your hard work!
Thank you to these guys and the Propects who came out shagged balls (love you JMatt and Gabby!)
This little dude didn't make it to either night of the Derby (bedtime, ya know!) but he did come support Team Bass in one of their Tourney Games!
And finally, THANK YOU to ALL the players who came out on Friday night after their games to hit in the Home Run Derby. We didn't get started until 9PM and some of those guys waited until after midnight for their turn! We TRULY appreciate everyone's time and donations. The amount we raised FAR exceeded any of our expectations! WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
This little dude didn't make it to either night of the Derby (bedtime, ya know!) but he did come support Team Bass in one of their Tourney Games!
And finally, THANK YOU to ALL the players who came out on Friday night after their games to hit in the Home Run Derby. We didn't get started until 9PM and some of those guys waited until after midnight for their turn! We TRULY appreciate everyone's time and donations. The amount we raised FAR exceeded any of our expectations! WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
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| Celebrity Winners! |
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| Chris Kane batting barefoot! |
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| Oh, hey there Roger Scott! |
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| Sarah was the only girl brave enough to hit!! She crushed a couple from second base! |
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| Thanks for all your support, Erick Cox!! |
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| Colorful commentary by Lance Smith, Trey Reid, and Jeff Aclin over the PA system. |
Carmen
