2011 TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby to Feature MLB Legends Paul Molitor, Joe Carter and Frank Thomas

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baseball legends Paul Molitor, Joe Carter and Frank Thomas will join some of college baseball’s top sluggers at the second annual TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby, which will be hosted at the new TD Ameritrade Park Omaha (Neb.) on Saturday, July 2. Molitor and Carter will serve as honorary hitting coaches for Derby participants and Thomas will provide color commentary for CBS during the competition. CBS will televise the event nationwide on Saturday, July 3, at 2 p.m. EDT.

Hall-of-Famer Paul Molitor spent 21 years in Major League Baseball, playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins. He was a seven-time All-Star and is one of only four players in major league history with at least 3,000 hits, a .300 lifetime batting average and 500 stolen bases. Molitor is the only player ever to accomplish these feats and hit at least 200 home runs. He was also a three-year starter at the University of Minnesota where he earned All-American honors during his sophomore and junior years.

Joe Carter launched into superstardom in Game Six of the 1993 World Series when his walk-off three-run home run gave the Toronto Blue Jays their second of back-to-back titles. During his 15-year career, Carter played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. He was named to five All-Star teams, hit 396 home runs and recorded 1,445 RBIs. Carter attended Wichita State University and was named Sporting News College Player of the Year in 1981.

Frank Thomas, nicknamed “The Big Hurt,” played for the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of an 18-year career. Thomas is one of four players to have at least a .300 batting average, 500 home runs, 1,500 RBIs, 1,000 runs and 1,500 walks in a career. He was a five-time All-Star, a two-time American League MVP and the 1995 MLB Home Run Derby champion. Thomas played baseball and football at Auburn University.

The College Home Run Derby will feature eight of the nation’s premier power hitters facing off in an elimination-style format competition. A current watch list featuring this season’s heavy hitters is published weekly in Baseball America. A list of participating players will be announced in the coming weeks.

Tickets for the 2011 TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby, which will include the 27th annual Omaha World-Herald fireworks display, are on sale and may be purchased in person from the Qwest Center Omaha arena box offices, by calling Ticketmaster at [phone] or online at www.collegehomerunderby.com. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to

TD Ameritrade’s three major charitable giving initiatives: the Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity and the United Way.

For more information, visit www.collegehomerunderby.com.

Intersport, a sports and entertainment marketing company, will produce and market the 2011 College Home Run Derby in conjunction with TD Ameritrade.

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, Intersport, the Omaha World-Herald, Baseball America, and the Qwest Center Omaha, are separate and unaffiliated companies and are not responsible for each other’s services or policies.

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