Baseball Fantasy Day to Benefit United Way of Berks County

Tuesday, August 25 at FirstEnergy Stadium

Put together a foursome to enjoy a unique all-day baseball experience with family, friends, co-workers and Ricky Bottalico, who will be inducted in the Reading Baseball Hall of Fame that night. The day starts with a batting challenge for ages 4 and up. There will be 16 age/gender category winners honored before that night’s 7:05 PM R-Phils game vs. Erie which participants will enjoy from the Reading Eagle Pool Pavilion. R-Phils players will visit participants at the pool pre-game and there will be several special events, happening at that night’s game, for participants to bid on.

Each foursome receives:

4 tickets to hit the batting challenge during the day 
Women and children begin hitting at 10:00 AM
Men (18+) begin hitting at 12:30 PM
Hang out with Reading Baseball Hall of Famer and Comcast SportsNets’ Ricky Bottalico
4 United Way Baseball Fantasy Day t-shirts
4 R-Phils game caps
1 R-Phils team autographed baseball
Complimentary hot dogs, French fries, fountain soda and beer during the batting challenge
Enjoy the giant sliding board and pool from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
4 pool picnic tickets for that night’s games – events begin at 5:30 PM
United Way guests admitted at 5:00 PM. Buffet served from 6:00-8:30 PM Game time: 7:05 PM
Visit from Reading Phillies players to the pool picnic from 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Opportunity to secure a ballpark experience during a 6:00 PM live auction (see below)
Up to 40 children (14 & under) are able to take the field for the national anthem with the R-Phils
Up to 60 children (14 & under) are able to play catch on the field during the pre-game
A DVD of the highlights of the day

Foursome: $600
Additional Tickets: $150
To reserve your spot: call the United Way of Berks County at 610-685-4588

6:00 PM Live Auction Experiences
Sing the national anthem
Announce “Play Ball”
Sing “Take Me out to the Ballgame” 
Do an inning on the radio
Be the PA announcer for an inning
Be in the dugout pre-game
Pre-game Wiffle ball game in the outfield
Between inning events and much more

This story was posted on August 3, 2009