Event renamed Ballpark Brawl V – “BANG! BANG! Have a nice day!”

Foley also added to Ballpark Brawl “Rochester Rumble” – August 14^th 

Buffalo, NY (6/28/05) – The Ballpark Brawl Executive Team are pleased to announce that Mick Foley will be the special guest on August 13^th in Buffalo for Ballpark Brawl™ V and August 14^th in Rochester for Ballpark Brawl™ “Rochester Rumble.”  He will be signing autographs as well as having a very unique involvement in the post-game wrestling shows.

“We are extremely excited about having Mick Foley at the Brawls this August. He is known worldwide as one of the top sports entertainers in the industry and now has branched out to be a best selling author and syndicated radio personality. Regardless of which alter ego he plans on bringing, we know that the fans in Buffalo and Rochester will have two nights they will not soon forget,” said Ballpark Brawl™ representative Christopher Hill

Foley will be joined by the legendary “Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart, TNA superstars Christopher Daniels, Traci, Chris Sabin, Abyss, Petey Williams, Bobby Rude, and independent superstars Teddy Hart, Trent Acid, Slyck Wagner Brown, and April Hunter. More names are being announced weekly!

About Mick Foley: A true icon in the world of Sports Entertainment, Mick Foley not only won 3 WWE World Titles, but earned the title, “The Hardcore Legend” for his willingness to put his body on the line, a trait that resulted in the multitude of injuries that cut short his career.

With retiring looming, Mick penned his own autobiography in 1999 with 740 sheets of notebook paper and shocked the literary world when the book “Have a Nice Day” hit #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List. A hit with both fans and critics alike, the book remained on the Times Bestsellers list for 26 weeks and went on to sell over a million copies.

A sequel, 2001’s “Foley Is Good”, also hit #1 on the bestsellers list in its first week of publication. Two children’s books, “Mick Foley’s Christmas Chaos” and “Mick Foley’s Halloween Hijinx” landed on the Bestsellers List as well. With the publication of his first novel, “Tietam Brown” in 2003, Mick Foley became the first author in history to pen bestsellers in fiction, non-fiction and children’s.

His latest book “Tales from Wrescal Lane” has just been published. As a lifelong baseball fan who can still rattle off the starting nine for the 1973 New York Yankies and who is also proud to call Yankee boss George Steinbrenner a friend, Mick is also thrilled to announce that his next novel “Scooter” will be published in the summer of 2005, is a baseball story set in the 1960’s Bronx.

After 4 years away from the ring, Mick made highly successful comeback at Wrestlemania 20 teaming up with The Rock in a main event at wrestling’s highest grossing event ever producing over 800,000 PPV buys for a 40 million dollar gross. Mick looks forward to a yearly return to action at Wrestlemania’s to come.

His twenty years in professional wrestling, [14 on national television] and vast mainstream media coverage have made Mick Foley a friendly familiar face to millions of people around the country. He has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, Later with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Live with Regis and Kelly, ABC’s 20/20, Larry King Live, The Howard Stern Show, Hardball, World News Tonight and Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

About the Ballpark Brawls: The Ballpark Brawls are wrestling events at outdoor baseball stadiums that feature the top wrestling talent from the past, present and future of professional wrestling. Tickets are available at www.tickets.com or by calling 716.843.4373. For more information, please contact the Ballpark Brawl official web site www.ballparkbrawl.com.

EVENT INFORMATION
Alfred State College presents Ballpark Brawl™ IV - "fridaynightSMASH"

Friday, July 15^th

Dunn Tire Park, Buffalo, NY

Gates will open at 5pm.

Belltime will be 7pm.

à AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Teddy Hart, Abyss, Petey Williams, Scott D’Amore, The Backseat Men, Slyck Wagner Brown, April Hunter, Roderick Strong, Matt Striker, John McChesney, Jay Lethal with more names being announced weekly!

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Alfred State College presents Ballpark Brawl™ V – “BANG! BANG! Have a nice day!”
Saturday, August 13th

Dunn Tire Park – Buffalo, NY

Gates will open at 1pm.
Belltime will be after the 2:05pm Buffalo Bisons baseball game.
Special Appearance by the legendary Mick Foley! Plus – Jimmy Hart, Christopher Daniels, Teddy Hart, Trent Acid, Abyss, Petey Williams, Bobby Rude, Traci, April Hunter with more names being announced weekly!

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Ballpark Brawl™ – “Rochester Rumble”
Sunday, August 14th

Frontier Field, Rochester, NY

Gates will open at 12:30pm.
Belltime will be after the 1:35pm Rochester Red Wings baseball game.
Additional talent will be announced in a later release

BALLPARK BRAWL™ is a trademark of the Buffalo Bisons, Inc.

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Christopher Hill    Buffalo Bisons