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From
Flyersbaseball.com
April 25, 2002
BEARS QB MILLER AND MANNELLY TO TAKE PART IN FLYERS
HR DERBY
Ron
Kittle Will Host Celebrity Home Run Challenge On Saturday,
June 22
SCHAUMBURG,
IL- Chicago Bears QB Jim Miller is among those scheduled
to participate in Kittle’s Celebrity Home Run
Challenge, a Schaumburg Flyers pre-game charity event
slated for Saturday, June 22 at Alexian Field. The
home run challenge is scheduled to begin at 6 PM,
prior to that night’s Flyers-Sioux City game.
Kittle’s Celebrity Home Run Challenge will be
sponsored by the Heidenhain Corp.
Former
White Sox slugger Ron Kittle, the Flyers Director
of Business Development, will pick up the bat once
again and lead Kittle’s Krushers, a team of Chicago
sports personalities, in a distance-hitting competition
with a squad of Bears players featuring Miller and
long snapper Patrick Mannelly. Mannelly is the brother-in-law
of Flyers Pitcher Tommy John III. Former Chicago Bulls
center Dave Corzine is among those scheduled to participate
as a member of the Krushers. Efforts to secure other
participants for both teams are ongoing.
Each
team will take aim at a series of ‘money zones’
designed to raise funds for charitable causes. Kittle’s
Krushers will swing the bat for the charitable arm
of Alexian Brothers Hospital Network while Miller,
Mannelly & Co. will step to the plate for Bears
Care. A pair of ‘money zones’ will be marked
off in the stadium’s outfield and charity funds
will also be credited to any ball hit out of Alexian
Field. The top distance hitters from each team will
advance through the first two rounds and a tournament
winner will be crowned in the third round.
Kittle,
44, was the 1983 American League Rookie of the Year
as a member of the AL West Champion White Sox. He
managed the Flyers from 1999-2001.
Miller,
31, emerged as a marquee athlete in the Windy City
last fall, setting career highs across the board as
the Bears won their first NFC Central title since
1990.
Corzine,
46, played for the Bulls from 1982-89 during a 13-year
NBA career.
Mannelly,
27, has been the Chicago Bears long snapper since
1998.
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