FIVE FINALISTS TO BE SELECTED IN MIDWAY SPORTS^™ NATIONAL SEARCH FOR NEXT MLB^™ SlugFest CHEERLEADERS

Jim Edmonds of the St. Louis Cardinals Helps Select Finalists for Hit Baseball Videogame Franchise

WHAT: 

·     Come watch as a panel of judges – including Jim Edmonds of the St. Louis Cardinals -- select five finalists in the search for the next two Midway Sports^™ MLB^™ SlugFest 20-05 cheerleaders.

·     Narrowed down from an initial group of submissions, the national cheerleader search provides the five final selected women a chance to receive $5,000, a modeling contract and the opportunity to travel and participate in exclusive Midway Sports promotional events such as a photo shoot for the baseball videogame MLB SlugFest 20-05.

• MLB SlugFest 20-04 is the exclusive aggressive-style baseball videogame experience, delivering its proprietary blend of diehard, lightning-fast, adrenaline-style gameplay combined with key baseball features that will please even the most die-hard sports fan. MLB SlugFest is the only baseball videogame to offer cheerleaders and was the best-selling PlayStation^â2 computer entertainment system baseball videogame in 2002 (NPD Funworld, July – Dec. 2002).

WHO:

• MLB SlugFest cover athlete Jim Edmonds of the St. Louis Cardinals and a representative from Famous Faces Talent & Model Agency will help select the top five finalists. Midway has also conducted a sweepstakes and given Matt Johnson of Tucson, Arizona the chance to travel to Florida to meet Jim Edmonds and sit on the panel to help select the top five cheerleader finalists.

WHEN:

• Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 7:00 p.m.

WHERE:

• Gatsby’s Palm Beach

901 Village Blvd
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
561-686-7300

VISUAL DETAILS:

• Cover athlete Jim Edmonds, Golden Glove winner and outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals

• Videotaped tryout performances by the women competing to be the next MLB SlugFest cheerleaders

• The current Midway Sports cheerleaders

• Judges’ “reactions” featuring Famous Faces Talent & Model Agency and contestant sweepstakes winner Matt Johnson of Tucson, Arizona

• Intense gameplay footage of aggressive-style, lightning-fast, adrenaline-style baseball in the new MLB SlugFest 20-04

• MLB SlugFest “behind-the-scenes” DVD content including Jim Edmonds highlight footage: “A Day in the Life with Jim Edmonds”

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