ADVISORY, June 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What:
Major League Baseball greats and executives Joe Torre, Gaylord Perry, Trevor Hoffman, Maury Wills, Harold Reynolds, Al Leiter and Tony Siegle will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to celebrate the MLB 2011 draft. The MLB First-Year Player Draft will air Monday, June 6th on MLB Network and MLB.com starting at 6 p.m. ET live from Secaucus, NJ.
Who:
Joe Torre – Executive Vice President, Baseball Operations, Major League Baseball
Gaylord Perry– Hall of Fame Pitcher
Trevor Hoffman – MLB All-Time Saves Leader
Maury Wills – Seven-Time All-Star and Three-Time World Series Champion
Harold Reynolds – MLB Network Analyst, two-time MLB All-Star
Al Leiter – MLB Network Analyst, two-time World Series Champion
Tony Siegle – Special Advisor, Baseball Operations, San Francisco Giants
Where:
NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When:
Monday, June 6th, 2011 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET
Contact:
Matt Bourne
(212) 931-7882
Matt.Bourne@mlb.com
NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com
Feed Information:
The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on AMC3 / C20, downlink frequency 4100 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jen Knapp at (212) 401-8916.
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About NASDAQ OMX:
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit . *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook () and Twitter ().
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