Prostate Cancer Foundation`s 2004 Home Run

Prostate Cancer Foundation
2004 Home Run Challenge
Yankees-Dodgers Rivalry Highlights HRC Games
60 Games Coast-to-Coast Expected to Raise More Than $4 Million
T
he Prostate Cancer Foundation
(PCF)
Home
Run Challenge will be
highlighted in a nationally televised game on
Father’s Day featuring
one of Major League
Baseball’s most historic
rivalries — the Yankees
and the Dodgers.
The Home Run Challenge (HRC) — with 60
games coast-to-coast
during June — encourages fans and business
leaders around the
country to make substantial donations for
each home run hit.
With all 30 Major
League Baseball (MLB)
teams participating,
players hit 130 home
runs last year. All donations raised during
the PCF Home Run
Challenge are used to
fund research to develop better treatments
and search for a cure for
recurrent prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is a
deadly disease that affects one in every six
American men. Almost
two million American
“A homer a day will boost my pay.”
- Josh Gibson
T
he legendary Negro Leagues’
star and Hall of Fame slugPCF Chairman
ger certainly knew the value of a
Mike Milken
home run. But even as great a hitter
as Josh Gibson couldn’t have imagined the full
impact of a home run hit during the Home Run
Challenge.
Each year during the week of Father’s Day,
every home run hit during 60 select games
raises money to fund crucial prostate cancer
research to develop better treatments for pros-
The Yankees’ Derek Jeter (left) and Dodgers’ Shawn Green will
rekindle the classic Yankees-Dodgers rivalry on Father’s Day as part
of the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s 2004 Home Run Challenge.
Green has hit six career HRC home runs, including four in 2002.
men are fighting this crucial to increase
disease, and about prostate cancer re28,000 will die this search funding.
year. That’s why it’s
See Father's Day on Page 6
tate cancer and to search for a cure.
Over the past decade, the PCF has been a
leader in improving the lives of men and their
families around the world by funding medical
research that has led to better treatments.
Josh Gibson hit an estimated 800 career home
runs, but tragically, he died before ever playing
in a Major League Baseball game. Let’s make
sure our dads, grandpas and loved ones stay in
the game. Please join me in making a generous
donation on the enclosed PCF Pledge Form or
by visiting www.prostatecancerfoundation.org.
Thanks for your support!
Many Ways to Participate
•
Fans attending games around the country contribute hundreds
of thousands of dollars to fight prostate cancer.
•
Dedicated people like you pledge up to $10,000 for each
home run hit. Please make a pledge by visiting the HRC section under Events at www.prostatecancerfoundation.org or by
completing the enclosed PCF Pledge Form.
•
Safeway Corporation
Safeway has raised more
than $5 million for prostate
cancer research through its
annual fund-raising campaigns over the past three
years. During the month of
June, customers of Safeway
stores (including Vons,
Randall’s, Tom Thumb, Pavilions, Genuardi’s, Carrs,
and Dominick’s) can donate
to the PCF at check-out
counters, and via blueribbon tear-off sheets and
other in-store promotions.
Safeway employees also
contribute to the prostate
cancer campaign.
2004
Home Run
Challenge Sponsors
Home Run Challenge Quiz
1. Everyone knows that Barry Bonds holds the Major League
Baseball (MLB) record for home runs in a single season with
73. Seven MLB players have hit four Home Run Challenge
home runs in a single season since 1997. Who are they, and
for which team did they play?
2. Lou Gehrig hit 23 career grand-slam home runs, more than
any other player in MLB history, and Eddie Murray recently
retired having hit 19 grand slams. Which active player has
hit the most career grand-slam home runs?
A. Barry Bonds
B. Robin Ventura
C. Ken Griffey Jr.
D. Mike Piazza
E. Rafael Palmiero
Answers on Page 6
Men’s Senior Baseball
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On the Road - Home Run Challenge
PCF Chairman Mike Milken and the
Baltimore Orioles mascot at
Camden Yard.
2003 HRC
auction winners Bob and
Tyler Barth
meet Hall of
Famer Ernie
Banks in
Chicago.
Above, the grounds crew at
Shea Stadium shows off
their Home Run Challenge
handiwork in creating an onfield prostate cancer ribbon.
Left, Cincinnati Reds owner
Carl Lindner mixes it up with
his team mascot.
Above, kids at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California, receive PCF tattoos and eye glare. Below, Mike
Milken and Jamie Coulter, CEO of Lone Star Steakhouse, an HRC sponsor.
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On the Road - Home Run Challenge
Robin Ventura, now playing with the Los Angeles Dodgers,
displays the prostate cancer wrist bands worn by Major
League Baseball players during the Home Run Challenge.
Hall of
Fame
manager
Tommy
Lasorda signs
autographs during an
impromptu visit
to a Seattle
Safeway store
during the Home
Run Challenge.
Above, Red Sox
owner Larry Lucchino (left), a prostate cancer survivor, joins former
All-Star Terry
Steinbach to present Mike Milken
with a check for
the PCF.
Left, the Angels’
Tim Salmon meets
prostate cancer
survivors at Angels
Stadium.
Mike Milken and Tommy Lasorda
promote the Home Run Challenge
in the Fox Sports broadcast booth.
Below, Mike meets the dreaded “Green Monster” at
Fenway Park.
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Prostate Cancer Foundation
Jason Giambi has hit more than
280 career home runs for the
Oakland A’s and New York Yankees. He has hit 7 HRC homers.
The Toronto Blue Jays’ Carlos
Delgado hit two HRC home runs
in 2003, giving him a career total
of six HRC round-trippers.
Luis Gonzalez, who supplied
the winning hit in Game 7 of the
2001 World Series for the Arizona Diamondbacks, has hit
eight HRC home runs.
Seven of Barry Bonds’ 670+ career home runs have been hit in
HRC games. He’s now the No. 3
all-time MLB home run hitter.
Sammy Sosa is No. 2 on the alltime Home Run Challenge list with
12 homers. Only the Oakland A’s
Eric Karros, with 15, has hit more.
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman
Jim Thome, a Home Run Challenge player rep, is expected to
hit his 400th career home run this
year.
♦
World’s largest philanthropic
source of prostate cancer research funding.
♦
Funded more than 1,100 medical
research projects worldwide
since 1993.
♦
Advocated increases in government research grants, which exceed $500 million, up from $25
million in 1993.
♦
Developed ground-breaking
grant process that notifies winners in 60 days and funds projects in 90 days.
♦
Established annual Scientific Retreat to enhance collaboration
among scientists, clinicians, biotechnology and pharmaceutical
companies, government leaders
and patient groups.
♦
Raised awareness through Congressional testimony, broadcast
and print interviews and promotional events.
♦
Played a leading role in recognizing nutrition as a serious area
of study for cancer prevention.
♦
Spearheaded advocacy events
such as THE MARCH in Washington and the first National
Cancer Summit.
♦
Funded research projects in 11
countries, including 11 academic
institutions in Israel.
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New Book Chronicles PCF History
T
he director of the National
Cancer Institute calls it “an
inspiring primer for anyone setting out to change the course of
history.”
A Call to Action is a new 236page book that tells the remarkable story of the PCF, its impact
on medical research and progress
toward a cure of prostate cancer.
It profiles the dedicated researchers, supporters
and public
figures
who’ve
played
key roles
in
the
P C F ’ s
first decade.
In 1993, few people knew prostate cancer affected one in six
U.S. men. Fewer knew the problem was expected to get worse as
the baby-boom generation aged.
A Call to Action outlines how
the PCF has given hope to millions of men and their families by
leading the effort to develop better
treatment outcomes. It details the
PCF’s massive public awareness
campaign and efforts to expand
collaboration among the world’s
finest researchers, academic institutions, government leaders, pharmaceutical and biotech companies
and patient advocates.
To receive a copy of A Call to
Action, call Robin Sherman at
310-570-4559 and identify yourself as a recipient of this newsletter.
Home Run Challenge Quiz
1. Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs/1998); John Jaha (A’s/1999);
Albert Belle (Baltimore Orioles/2000); Raul Mondesi
(Toronto Blue Jays/2000); Luis Gonzalez (Arizona Diamondbacks/2001); Shawn Green (Dodgers/2002); Jim Edmonds (St. Louis Cardinals/2003).
2. HRC player representative Robin Ventura has hit 16 career
grand-slam home runs. Other active grand slam leaders
include Manny Ramirez (15), Ken Griffey Jr. (14), and
Mike Piazza (14).
The Gourmet Games
are returning to
Los Angeles and
Seattle this fall!
Call 310-570-4720
for more information.
New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, a
prostate cancer survivor, has been a
spokesman for the PCF’s Home Run Challenge (HRC) for several years.
Father’s Day: Your
HRC Donation Makes
a Difference
Continued from Page 1
Leading corporations such as
Safeway, News Corp., Yahoo!,
Fox Sports, ESPN, Lone Star
Steakhouse and Men’s Senior
Baseball League sponsor the
Home Run Challenge. Players,
managers, coaches, umpires, trainers, and grounds crew members
will wear blue prostate cancer ribbons, wristbands, eye glare and
temporary tattoos on Father’s Day,
and nearly every baseball stadium
will feature large blue ribbons
painted on the playing fields and
on their bases. Many teams will
host pre-game ceremonies promoting the PCF Home Run Challenge,
and local and national media will
cover the events.
The PCF has raised more than
$200 million, and funded more
than 1,100 competitive research
awards in 11 countries. More than
$20 million has been raised in the
Home Run Challenge since 1997.
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Home Run Challenge Schedule
2004
All times listed are Eastern Time.
Bonus HRC Games
Friday, June 4
Toronto at Oakland
Thursday, June 17
10:05 p.m.
Saturday, June 5
Chicago (AL) at Seattle
4:05 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
Thursday, June 10
Colorado at New York (AL)
1:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
Saturday, June 12
Los Angeles at Boston
Pittsburgh at Oakland
Florida at Detroit
Philadelphia at Minnesota
St. Louis at Texas
Chicago (NL) at Anaheim
Montreal at Seattle
3:15 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:10 p.m.
8:05 p.m.
10:05 p.m.
10:05 p.m.
Sunday, June 13
San Diego at New York (AL)
Cincinnati at Cleveland
Arizona at Toronto
Colorado at Tampa Bay
Houston at Milwaukee
New York (NL) at Kansas City
Atlanta at Chicago (AL)
1:05 p.m.
1:05 p.m.
1:05 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
2:05 p.m.
2:10 p.m.
3:05 p.m.
Monday, June 14
Chicago (NL) at Houston
8:05 p.m.
Tuesday, June 15
Minnesota at Montreal
Texas at Cincinnati
7:05 p.m.
7:10 p.m.
Wednesday, June 16
Cleveland at New York (NL)
Seattle at Milwaukee
Baltimore at Colorado
Toronto at San Diego
Tampa Bay at Arizona
Boston at San Francisco
New York (AL) at Los Angeles
Saturday, June 19
Friday, June 11
San Francisco at Baltimore
1:05 p.m.
1:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
8:10 p.m.
Friday, June 18
Sunday, June 6
Cleveland vs. Anaheim
Detroit at Philadelphia
Kansas City at Atlanta
Chicago (AL) at Florida
Anaheim at Pittsburgh
Oakland at St. Louis
7:10 p.m.
8:05 p.m.
New York (AL) at Los Angeles
Oakland at Chicago (NL)
Boston at San Francisco
Texas at Florida
Chicago (AL) at Montreal
Seattle at Pittsburgh
Kansas City at Philadelphia
Cleveland at Atlanta
Minnesota at Milwaukee
Anaheim at Houston
Detroit at New York (NL)
Cincinnati at St. Louis
Baltimore at Colorado
Tampa Bay at Arizona
Toronto at San Diego
9:05 p.m.
10:05 p.m.
10:05 p.m.
10:10 p.m.
10:10 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
6:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:10 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
8:05 p.m.
10:05 p.m.
10:05 p.m.
Sunday, June 20 (Father’s Day)
Chicago (AL) at Montreal
Cleveland at Atlanta
Detroit at New York (NL)
Kansas City at Philadelphia
Seattle at Pittsburgh
Anaheim at Houston
Minnesota at Milwaukee
Cincinnati at St. Louis
Oakland at Chicago (NL)
Baltimore at Colorado
Texas at Florida
Boston at San Francisco
Toronto at San Diego
Tampa Bay vs. Arizona
New York (AL) at Los Angeles
1:05 p.m.
1:05 p.m.
1:10 p.m.
1:35 p.m.
1:35 p.m.
2:05 p.m.
2:05 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
2:20 p.m.
3:05 p.m.
3:05 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
4:35 p.m.
8:10 p.m.
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PCF Home Run Challenge
1997-2003
Home Run Challenge Annual Home Run Totals
1997 (114) 1998 (127) 1999 (126) 2000 (160) 2001 (149) 2002 (126) 2003 (130)
Home Runs Hit, By Team
National League
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Atlanta Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Houston Astros
New York Mets
Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Brewers (1998-2003)
Montreal Expos
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco Giants
San Diego Padres
Philadelphia Phillies
Florida Marlins
Arizona Diamondbacks
476
43
40
37
34
33
32
32
32
28
27
26
25
23
23
23
17
American League
Detroit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles
Toronto Blue Jays
Oakland Athletics
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Seattle Mariners
Anaheim Angels
Kansas City Royals
Texas Rangers
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Minnesota Twins
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Milwaukee Brewers (1997)
456
47
47
46
42
38
33
32
28
28
27
25
25
17
17
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All-Time HRC Home Run Leaders
Eric Karros (Dodgers, Cubs, A’s)
15
Sammy Sosa (Cubs)
12
Albert Belle (White Sox, Orioles) *
9
Juan Gonzalez (Tigers, Indians, Rangers, Royals)
9
Larry Walker (Rockies)
9
Jeromy Burnitz (Brewers, Mets, Rockies)
8
Tony Clark (Tigers, Red Sox, Mets, Yankees)
8
Jim Edmonds (Angels, Cardinals)
8
Luis Gonzalez (Tigers, Diamondbacks)
8
Javier Lopez (Braves, Orioles)
8
Raul Mondesi (Dodgers, Blue Jays, Yankees, Pirates) 8
Ritchie Sexson (Indians, Brewers, Diamondbacks)
8
Jeff Bagwell (Astros)
7
Barry Bonds (Giants)
7
Todd Helton (Rockies)
7
Mike Piazza (Dodgers, Mets)
7
Mo Vaughn (Red Sox, Angels, Mets)
7
Garrett Anderson (Angels)
6
Dante Bichette (Reds, Rockies) *
6
Carlos Delgado (Blue Jays)
6
Carl Everett (Mets, Astros, Red Sox, Rangers, Expos) 6
Jason Giambi (A’s, Yankees)
6
Shawn Green (Blue Jays, Dodgers)
6
Ben Grieve (Athletics, Devil Rays, Brewers)
6
Bobby Higgonson (Tigers)
6
Andruw Jones (Braves)
6
Mark McGwire (Athletics, Cardinals) *
6
Magglio Ordonez (White Sox)
6
Gary Sheffield (Marlins, Dodgers, Braves, Yankees)
6
Craig Biggio (Astros)
5
Alex Gonzalez (Blue Jays, Cubs)
5
Ken Griffey Jr. (Mariners, Reds)
5
Todd Hundley (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs)
5
John Jaha (Athletics) *
5
Chipper Jones (Braves)
5
David Justice (Indians) *
5
Jeff King (Royals) *
5
Alex Rodriguez (Mariners, Rangers, Yankees)
5
Shane Spencer (Yankees, Indians, Mets)
5
Bernie Williams (Yankees)
5
Todd Zeile (Marlins, Dodgers, Mets, Yankees)
5
* retired
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PCF Home Run Challenge
Team Managers & Representatives
National League
American League
Atlanta Braves
Manager: Bobby Cox
Player:
Chipper Jones
Anaheim Angels
Manager: Mike Scioscia
Player:
Tim Salmon
Arizona Diamondbacks
Manager: Bob Brenly
Player:
Luis Gonzalez
Richie Sexson
Baltimore Orioles
Manager: Lee Mazzilli
Player:
Rafael Palmeiro
Chicago Cubs
Manager: Dusty Baker
Player:
Derek Lee
Boston Red Sox
Manager: Grady Little
Player:
Nomar Garciaparra
Cincinnati Reds
Manager: Dave Miley
Player:
Barry Larkin
Chicago White Sox
Manager: Ozzie Guillen
Player:
Paul Konerko
Colorado Rockies
Manager: Clint Hurdle
Player:
Todd Helton
Cleveland Indians
Manager: Eric Wedge
Player:
Jody Gerut
Florida Marlins
Manager: Jack McKeon
Player:
Jeff Conine
Detroit Tigers
Manager: Alan Trammel
Player:
Fernando Vina
Houston Astros
Manager: Jimy Williams
Players: Jeff Bagwell
Kansas City Royals
Manager: Tony Pena
Players: Mike Sweeney
Los Angeles Dodgers
Manager: Jim Tracy
Player:
Robin Ventura
Shawn Green
Minnesota Twins
Manager: Ron Gardenhire
Players: Jacques Jones
Cory Koskie
Milwaukee Brewers
Manager: Ned Yost
Player:
Geoff Jenkins
New York Yankees
Manager: Joe Torre
Players: Jason Giambi
Travis Lee
Montreal Expos
Manager: Frank Robinson
Player:
Brad Wilkerson
Oakland Athletics
Manager: Ken Macha
Player:
Eric Chavez
New York Mets
Manager: Art Howe
Player:
Mike Cameron
Seattle Mariners
Manager: Bob Melvin
Player:
Dan Wilson
Philadelphia Phillies
Manager: Larry Bowa
Player:
Jim Thome
Doug Glanville
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Manager: Lou Piniella
Player:
Tino Martinez
Pittsburgh Pirates
Manager: Lloyd McClendon
Player:
Jason Kendall
Jack Wilson
Texas Rangers
Manager: Buck Showalter
Players: Hank Blalock
Toronto Blue Jays
Manager: Carlos Tosca
Player:
Carlos Delgado
St. Louis Cardinals
Manager: Tony LaRussa
Players: Scott Rolen
San Diego Padres
Manager: Bruce Bochy
Players: Brian Giles
Terrence Long
San Francisco Giants
Manager: Felipe Alou
Player:
J.T. Snow
Team representatives speak out about the importance of prostate
cancer research and encourage fans to make a pledge. Some appear
in public service announcements, while others donate autographed
merchandise and participate in stadium events to raise awareness
about this exciting way to join the search for a cure.
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Prostate Cancer Foundation Progress
1993
♦ After two decades of supporting a
broad range of medical research,
Mike Milken establishes the PCF,
originally called CaP CURE.
♦ Established ground-breaking grant
guidelines limiting applications to 5
pages, and funding projects within 90
days.
♦ PCF Call-to-Action dinner in the
Mansfield Room of the U.S. Senate.
PCF’s first $4.5 million in research
awards are presented.
1994
♦ First Scientific Retreat brings scientists, researchers, government officials & business leaders together to
report on advances in translating basic science into clinical applications.
1995
♦ Four tissue banks and Gene &
Family Studies Consortium created.
♦ First Las Vegas Golf Invitational
Tournament hosted by Steve and
Elaine Wynn.
♦ PCF organizes FDA meeting to accelerate approval of oncology drugs.
♦ National Cancer Summit to develop
action plans; 10-point plan rethinking
war on cancer presented.
1996
♦ Prostate cancer on the cover of Time
and Fortune magazines.
♦ Therapy Consortium of leading cancer centers formed to increase clinical trials and hasten new therapies.
1997
♦ Nutrition & Prostate Cancer published, detailing dietary components
that may prevent the onset or recurrence of prostate cancer.
♦ Home Run Challenge features 114
home runs and raises $3 million for
prostate cancer research.
♦ PCF inaugurates the Gourmet Games.
♦ Scientific Retreat highlights key progress: anti-angiogenesis; apoptosis;
clinical & alternative therapies; genomics; molecular biology; nutrition;
radiation; vaccine therapies.
♦ 9th annual Scientific Retreat returns to
Wash., D.C. Since 1993, 2,500 distinguished attendees from all scientific
disciplines have participated.
1998
♦ PCF Young Investigator Awards start.
♦ THE MARCH in Washington and
other cities draws hundreds of thousands to demand more government
funding of cancer research.
♦ Taste for Living Cookbook published.
2002
♦ First Indian Wells Invitational Tennis
Tournament.
♦ PCF Home Run Challenge named an
official partner of Major League Baseball.
2003
♦ New name unveiled: Prostate Cancer
Foundation.
♦ Senior PGA sponsorship begins.
♦ Mar-a-Lago tennis tournament renamed the Carl H. Lindner Invitational.
♦ With $17.3 million awarded for 1998
research projects, total PCF awards
total $67 million; total number of
awards funded is 560.
♦ Annual prostate cancer deaths fall significantly below expert predictions a
decade earlier.
1999
♦ Contributions to the PCF exceed $200
million.
♦ Mike, Joe Torre & Sen. Bob Dole
testify before US Senate; Mike suggests war bonds to defeat cancer.
♦ Michael Jordan & Wayne Gretsky
play the Las Vegas Golf Invitational.
2000
♦ U.S. News & World Report: “The
PCF’s] work is making a difference
… [and] has led to 70 treatments now
in human clinical trials.”
♦ The PCF and others succeed in getting the White House to require
Medicare to pay for clinical trials.
2001
♦ With PCF support, California is 14th
state to pay for clinical-trials costs.
♦ Safeway launches its Prostate Cancer
campaign to raise money for research.
♦ The PCF hosts its 10th annual Scientific Retreat in New York.
♦ Total government funding of prostate
cancer has grown by a factor of 20
since 1993 to $500 million.
2004
♦ At a National Cancer Institute Leadership Roundtable, the PCF calls for development of an international database
of patient information for use in medical research.
♦ The PCF plays key role in NY Senate’s
passage of legislation allowing taxpayers to check off tax-refund donations
for prostate cancer research.
♦ A Call to Action published to chronicle
the PCF’s first decade.
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