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August 15,
2005
Fox Sports Radio
Teams With Oakland A’s Barry Zito
In Strikeouts For Troops
LOS ANGELES, August 15, 2005 – Fox
Sports Radio announced today that it is
the official sports radio network of Strikeouts For Troops™, a national program founded
by Oakland A’s Pitcher Barry Zito
for the benefit of wounded troops and their
families.
Barry Zito and many other
players from Major League Baseball, including
Curt Schilling (Red Sox), Tim Hudson (Braves),
CC Sabathia (Indians), Eric Chavez and
Mark Kotsay (A’s), are pledging money
for their accomplishments on the field
throughout the 2005 season. Injured
military service members being treated
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Bethesda
Naval Hospital, and other military hospitals,
will receive some “comforts of home” as
well as financial assistance pertaining
to travel and housing expenses so families
can be near their loved ones while they
recover.
Zito will appear weekly on The Drive
on Fox with Chris Myers and Bryan Cox between
noon and 3 p.m. PST to give listeners
an update on the latest Strikeouts For Troops news. He will also talk
baseball with the hosts and listeners. Other
players participating in the program
will guest onadditional
Fox Sports Radio programming throughout
the week.
"I'm pleased that Fox Sports Radio
Network has joined Strikeouts For Troops
as our official sports radio network. Together
we can make a huge impact on the lives
of our wounded men and women in uniform. With
all the negative things you hear in the
news—regardless of how you feel about
the war—you have to admire the courage
and spirit of the troops, and respect the
sacrifice they are making,” said
Barry Zito.
Fox Sports Radio
VP/GM-Executive Producer, Andrew Ashwood
said, “We do not take
lightly our responsibility and privilege
to be the official sports radio network
for such a worthy grass roots cause like
Barry’s Strikeouts For Troops. This
is the perfect line extension of our 24/7
on-air commitment via American Forces
Network (AFN), to those incredible men
and women, around the world, standing tall
for America.”
The Strikeouts For Troops effort is funded by contributions
to the "Strikeouts For Troops Fund" at The Community
Foundation for the National Capital Region. For
more information about Strikeouts For Troops
or to make a contribution, please visit http://www.strikeoutsfortroops.org.
About
Strikeouts For Troops™
"Strikeouts For Troops™" is
a non-partisan program developed to honor
our U.S. military service members and assist
those being treated for their injuries
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Bethesda
Naval Hospital, and other military hospitals—far
from home and family. Strikeouts For Troops helps to provide some “comforts
of home” and assist with travel and
housing expenses to help our injured recuperate
with loved ones near. Strikeouts For Troops was introduced on
April 5, 2005 after Barry Zito had the
privilege to visit with soldiers at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center in Washington,
D.C.
About Fox Sports Radio
The
Fox Sports Radio Network, based in
Sherman Oaks, Calif., is a division
of Premiere Radio Networks in partnership
with FOX Sports. All
entities have combined their considerable
resources to develop a turnkey personality
driven and caller intensive programming opportunity
for radio stations nationwide. With
studios also in New York, Washington, D.C.,
Miami, Phoenix, and San Antonio, the FOX
Sports Radio Network can be heard on more
than 250 stations.
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