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Two-time All-Star Darrell Evans and Netamin Introduce Groundbreaking Baseball ''Virtual Reality Experience''.


DIAMOND BAR, Calif. -- Netamin
A[micro]   WHAT:   Darrell Evans and Netamin will give ongoing demonstrations
            of Ultimate Baseball Online, a "baseball virtual reality
            experience" at an open house. UBO is the first massive,
            multi-player, real-time sports game. It lets people from
            around the world play the sport of baseball on a virtual
            field on their PC. Everyone sees the game from their
            player's perspective, and your teammates and opponents are
            all real people.

A[micro]           Darrell saw this project's potential early on: something
            that could allow people of all ages, nationalities and
            genders to experience the joys of the game, without the
            usual limitations that come with any team sport.

A[micro]           The latest version of Ultimate Baseball Online, along with
            press accounts, and screenshots of the game will be
            distributed to media attending this open house.

A[micro]           A Ballpark Lunch buffet will be served from 11:00 a.m.-
            1:00 p.m.

A[micro]   WHEN:   Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

A[micro]   WHERE:  The New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Avenue (at 34th St.)
A[micro]           New York
A[micro]           Open House Event held in the Sky Lounge, 39th Floor

A[micro]   WHO:    Called "the most underrated player in baseball history" by
            Bill James, Darrell Evans played 1st and 3rd base from
            1969 to 1989 for the Atlanta Braves, the San Francisco
            Giants, and the Detroit Tigers and played in two league
            championship series, one World Series (1984), and two
            All-Star games (1973, 1983). Recently, Darrell has been
            serving as a goodwill ambassador of baseball, traveling to
            numerous baseball camps in the U.S. and Canada, promoting
            the sport to youth, amateur players and general baseball
            enthusiasts.

A[micro]   PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
A[micro]           -- Darrell Evans, two-time All-Star, demonstrating
            Ultimate Baseball Online


Netamin Corporation, a pioneer in Massive Multiplayer Online Sports Games A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. They are extremely popular, the genre including some of the best-selling games.  (MMOSG MMOSG Massively Multiplayer Online Sports Game
MMOSG Massive Multiplayer Online Strategy Game
MMOSG Massively Multiplayer Online Social Game
), is headquartered in Diamond Bar, California Diamond Bar is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 56,287 at the 2000 census. It is named after the "diamond over a bar" branding iron registered in 1918 by ranch owner Frederick E. Lewis.  with operations around the globe including Korea Korea (kôrē`ə, kə–), Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia.  and Taiwan Taiwan (tī`wän`), Portuguese Formosa, officially Republic of China, island nation (2005 est. pop. 22,894,000), 13,885 sq mi (35,961 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean, separated from the mainland of S China by the 100-mi-wide (161-km) Taiwan . The company has launch its first MMOSG title, Ultimate Baseball baseball, bat-and-ball sport known as the national pastime of the United States. It derives its name from the four bases that form a diamond (the infield) around the pitcher's mound.  Online, this Fall, with subsequent titles expected as demand and interest for this next-generation gaming technology grows. Founded in 1998, Netamin is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market
close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation
 aiming to provide an online virtual playing field for all major sports. For more information, please visit www.Netamin.com.
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