No, its more a local event that has become a fan event, though the thrust is mostly local. They've never been particularly good about advertising, but there's some new blood on the planning team. CBS this Morning featured Mark and discussed the event, a month or two ago, which opened up more interest as well.
Mark and a group of his friends from college days, including movie producer Frank Marshall, baseball hall of famer/ESPN personality Rick Sutcliffe, and a bunch of other former athletes/mostly UCLA alum travel to Oklahoma City every year for a bowling/softball weekend that supports the local Indian clinic and other local children's charities.
Several of us have been attending multiple years--the first year I attended, it was a half dozen or so fans who traveled in, a couple from Europe. Now, it is roughly...oh, I'd say 20-25 fans who travel from all over.
Mark mingles as much as he can during the bowling event, and plays in the game, though last year he was injured at his first at bat.
It is a lot of fun, and Mark is an amazingly sweet guy :)
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Date: 2013-06-17 09:33 pm (UTC)Mark and a group of his friends from college days, including movie producer Frank Marshall, baseball hall of famer/ESPN personality Rick Sutcliffe, and a bunch of other former athletes/mostly UCLA alum travel to Oklahoma City every year for a bowling/softball weekend that supports the local Indian clinic and other local children's charities.
Several of us have been attending multiple years--the first year I attended, it was a half dozen or so fans who traveled in, a couple from Europe. Now, it is roughly...oh, I'd say 20-25 fans who travel from all over.
Mark mingles as much as he can during the bowling event, and plays in the game, though last year he was injured at his first at bat.
It is a lot of fun, and Mark is an amazingly sweet guy :)