{"id":14104,"date":"2014-11-20T11:23:05","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T16:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playingfieldpromotions.com\/blog\/?p=14104"},"modified":"2024-01-16T23:15:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T23:15:57","slug":"baseball-hall-famer-willie-mays-named-keynote-speaker-champion-honors-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/baseball-hall-famer-willie-mays-named-keynote-speaker-champion-honors-event","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays Named Keynote Speaker at Champion Honors Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

INDIAN WELLS, CA. — Baseball Hall of Famer,\u00a0Willie Mays, has been named the keynote speaker at the annual Champion Honors Luncheon scheduled to be held on Jan. 14, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa in Indian Wells. The proceeds of the luncheon will benefit the Barbara Sinatra Center for Abused Children. Source: The Desert Sun.
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Photo shows Willie Mays speaking about his career in a 2013 interview with Bob Costas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n\u201cI am extremely honored to have been invited to appear at the luncheon, and to help out Barbara,\u201d the Say Hey Kid said in a statement. \u201cBarbara was way ahead of her time on such a sensitive need.\u201d
\nAccording to John E. Thoresen, director and executive officer of the Barbara Sinatra Children\u2019s Center, Mays will have a conversation with radio personality Marty Lurie, which will highlight the luncheon, although \u201cthere will be a couple surprises… It\u2019s more than just a lunch, it\u2019s really quite an entertaining event,\u201d Thoresen said.
\nLast year, the luncheon featured a talk by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and in 2013, Dodgers announcer Vin Scully gave a speech and answered questions from the audience.
\n\u201cWe wanted to continue at least one more year on the baseball theme that was so successful last year with the commissioner, and with a new commissioner coming on, Bud Selig wanted to play a little bit of a part,\u201d Thoresen said. \u201cI know he\u2019s going to do a historical-perspective introduction video of (Mays\u2019) career before Mays speaks.\u201d
\nWatch Willie Mays speaking with Bob Costas about his career in a 2013 interview<\/strong><\/p>\n