PITTSBURGH, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The fifth-annual CENTURY 21 Mascot Home Run Derby competition was a hit today at Major League Baseball(R) All-Star FanFest at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Devin Hoffman, 9, from the Boys & Girls Club of Western, Pa., won his very own CENTURY 21 Dream Clubhouse when TC of the Minnesota Twins captured the 2006 CENTURY 21 Mascot Home Run Derby title for the second consecutive year.
The CENTURY 21 System's feathered mascot duo, Nestor and Houser, awarded Hoffman with the grand prize following the conclusion of the annual exhibition of mascot home run hitting might.
Similar in format to the CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby competition slated for Monday, July 10, at PNC Park, each of the eight mascots were matched with a lucky Boys & Girls Club child representative. Each child participant also received four tickets to attend the 2006 CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby.
Through two high-stakes rounds of home run hitting competition, the eight mascots slipped, stumbled and fumbled about in a valiant attempt to capture the 2006 CENTURY 21 Mascot Home Run Derby title and win their respective youth partner the CENTURY 21 Dream Clubhouse.
"The Century 21 Mascot Home Run Derby was a blast for baseball fans of all ages," said Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder and MLB All-Star Jason Bay. "There is nothing more fun to watch than power-hitting mascots and smiling kids cheering them on."
As the "Official Real Estate Organization of Major League Baseball(R)," Century 21 Real Estate LLC, also serves as title sponsor of the CENTURY 21(R) Home Run Derby(R) competition which ESPN and ESPN Deportes will televise live from PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Monday, July 10 beginning at 8:00 p.m. (EDT). This popular exhibition of home run hitting skill will decide the grand-prize winner of the 2006 CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby All-Star Sweepstakes which will award one lucky finalist $250,000 toward the purchase of a home.
Century 21 Real Estate LLC (http://www.century21.com/) is the franchisor of the world's largest residential real estate sales organization, providing comprehensive training, management, administrative and marketing support for the CENTURY 21 System. The System is comprised of more than 7,800 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices in more than 40 countries and territories worldwide. Century 21 Real Estate LLC is a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation .
CENTURY 21 (R) is a registered trademark licensed to Century 21 Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each CENTURY 21 Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights (including Home Run Derby) are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. CENTURY 21 is the official real estate organization of Major League Baseball.
This program is available through participating CENTURY 21 Offices and does not require the listing or purchase of real estate through a CENTURY 21 office as a condition of participation. Sweepstakes void in Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. Military installations in foreign countries, and where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. All federal, state, and local laws, and regulations apply. Entrants must be 21 years old or older to enter.
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