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Hit a Home Run with Scooby-Doo!; Warner Home Video Brings Outdoor Hijinks Indoors with the Release of ``What's New Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular'' on June 14.


BURBANK, Calif. -- Featuring Four Action-Packed Sports Adventures and Featurettes Including Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation).
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball.
 Legend Hank Aaron

It's game time for Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Daphne, Fred and Velma with the DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 and VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier.  releases of "What's New Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular" from Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980.  (WHV). The latest installment in the "What's New Scooby-Doo?" series will be available in stores on June 14th and features four fabulous sports themed adventures from the hit TV series.

This title will be available on DVD for $19.97 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol.  and on VHS for $14.94 SRP.

"Sports Spooktacular" will feature four episodes from "What's New Scooby-Doo?," the hit animated television series “Animated series” redirects here. For full information about animated series, see Animated cartoon.

Animated Series are a television series produced by means of animation.
 airing on the KIDS WB! and the Cartoon Network. Each "spooktacular" caper will showcase a different sport. "The Unnatural" serves up a full plate of ballpark pranks and ferocious fastballs from Ghost Cab Gray, who wants to stop the current homerun king from breaking his record. The gang tries to stop a giant sand worm from wreaking havoc on the Enduro en·dur·o  
n. pl. en·dur·os
A race, as of motorcycles, that tests endurance.



[Shortening and alteration of endurance.]
 Slam 5000 off-road race in "The Fast and the Wormious." A weird ghost monster called the Titanic Twist turns Daphne and Velma into "Wrestle Maniacs." For a grand-slam finale the hockey mystery "Diamonds Are A Ghoul's Best Friend" introduces the chilling Frozen Fiend.

In addition to the four high-action episodes, "Sports Spooktacular" will also sport two exciting bonus featurettes starring Major League Baseball legend Hank Aaron, entitled "Scooby-Doo All-Stars Meet Home Run King" and "Scooby-Doo All-Stars Baseball Tips."

Regarding the announcement, Christine Martinez, WHV Vice-President, Non-theatrical Franchise Marketing commented, "'Scooby-Doo' is a true pop culture icon, loved by generations of children and adults. One of our most successful franchises, 'Scooby-Doo' has remained popular with consumers because of the show's wonderful ability to remain fresh and current without sacrificing any of the original characteristics which made the series a hit when it first aired. Parents who watched the original 'Scooby-Doo' on TV are now giving their own kids these DVDs so they can enjoy the same fun they experienced while growing up."

For more information on this and other titles distributed by Warner Home Video, visit www.whvdirect.com.

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