Banquet of Champions Sponsorship Opportunity This August, 10-year-old baseball players from across America will descend upon Hammond for the Cal Ripken World Series at the Hammond Optimist Sports Complex. In addition to a week of top-notch HAMMOND, INDIANA youth baseball coming to our Region, these special young athletes will be AUGUST 4-12, 2017 recognized in grand style at the Banquet of Champions, to be held the evening of Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, at the Halls of St. George in Schererville. In addition to being recognized for their own accomplishments by advancing to the World Series, players from the 10 participating teams will have the thrill of hearing from a former Major League World Series champion, Munster’s own Hal Morris. A rookie member of the 1990 Cincinnati Reds World Series champions, Morris was a first baseman who played in 10 seasons with the Reds and also saw action with the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers. Morris also played in the College World Series for the University of Michigan, and knows how special it is for these young ballplayers to be playing in their own World Series. In his 1990 World Series championship season, Morris hit .340 on the year, which, at the time, was the third-highest batting average by a rookie in 50 years. His sacrifice fly in Game 4 turned out to be the series-winning RBI. He retired from playing in 2000 with a career batting average of .304. From 2012 until 2016, he was the director of professional scouting for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Additionally, the Munster High School graduate compiled a 32-game hitting streak from August 26, 1996, to April 3, 1997. This streak is the longest by a first baseman in the modern era of Major League Baseball. PLEASE CONSIDER BEING A TABLE SPONSOR AT THE BANQUET OF CHAMPIONS, MAKING THIS EVENT POSSIBLE FOR THESE YOUNG BALLPLAYERS, AND HEARING YOURSELF FROM ONE OF THE REGION’S GREATEST BASEBALL PRODUCTS. (Please detach form here, circle the sponsorship package you choose and mail the form, along with payment, to address below.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 1: LINE DRIVE Level 2: HOME RUN Level 3: THE GRAND SLAM $500 SPONSORSHIP $750 SPONSORSHIP $1,000 SPONSORSHIP Tickets for a table of 10 All of the Level 1 items, plus: All of Level 1 and 2 items, including: Provided company banner hung in hall Your choice of a full-page ad in the BOTH the full-page program ad Ad in Banquet of Champions program Official World Series Program OR AND 10 Tournament Passes Recognition at the banquet 10 Tournament Passes Throw out 1st pitch at one game Company/organization __________________________________________________ Date ________________________ Address ______________________________ City __________________________ State ________ Zip ______________ Contact Person __________________________________ Email __________________________ Phone ______________ Thank you for your sponsorship. Please mail this form and payment, made out to HAMMOND OPTIMIST YOUTH SPORTS, to: Hammond Optimist Youth Sports, P.O. Box 4051 , Hammond, IN 46324 For more information, contact Michael Vlasich at (219) 577-6199 or [email protected]; Paul Mullaney at (219) 712-9388 or [email protected]; or Doyle Godbolt at (219) 512-4543 or [email protected] ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE YOUTH PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PAYMENT BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PROGRAMS OF AND ADVERTISING CONTENT HAMMOND OPTIMIST YOUTH SPORTS, INC. BY JULY 15, 2017 .