Baseball All Stars and Hall of Famers Team up with Safeway to Fight Prostate Cancer; Charity Softball Game takes place Saturday September 20.Sports Editors/Baseball Writers & Columnists PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2003 A lineup of some of major league baseball's most notable All Stars and Hall of Famers will take on a team of Safeway executives in the third annual Safeway Hall of Fame All Star Charity Softball Game on Saturday, September 20 at 12 noon. The team of All Stars, organized by Nabisco, include Brooks Robinson
The game is being played in the Bay Area for the first time and takes place at Evans Field on the UC Berkeley campus, next to Bancroft Avenue and the UC Berkeley Recreational Sports Facility. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $5 each and are available in advance by calling 925-467-3755 or by visiting select Safeway store locations. Tickets also will be available at the gate on game day. Free parking will be available for those with advance tickets. Gates are open at 11 am and players will be available to sign autographs. Raffle prizes during the game include a chance to hit against Lisa Fernandez, and signed memorabilia. All proceeds go to CaPCURE to fight against prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. . The fight against prostate cancer is one of Safeway's top philanthropic priorities. In 2003 alone, Safeway donated more than $2.5 million to CaPCURE. About Safeway Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 50 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America based on sales. The company operates 1,702 stores in the United States and Canada and had annual sales from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the of $32.4 billion in 2002. The company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol SWY. |
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