Home Run Derby\u2122 is a FREE national program for boys and girls, 14 years of age and under.\u00a0 It tests hitting skills and power to determine the best home run hitters in the country.<\/p>\n
Boys and Girls compete together in one of two age groups (12 and Under or 14 and Under) with the participant\u2019s age being determined as of July 17, 2017<\/span>.\u00a0 If a participant’s date of birth is on or after July 18, 2004, he\/she will compete in the 12U age group.\u00a0 If a participant’s date of birth is July 18, 2002 – July 17, 2004, he\/she will compete in the 14U age group.<\/p>\n A copy of a birth certificate is required for participation.<\/p>\n The local Home Run Champion in each age group advances to the REGIONAL Competition.\u00a0 At the REGIONAL Competition, the scores are reset to zero and the Home Run Champion in each age group advances to the NATIONAL FINALS.<\/p>\n The Regional Champion in each age group will receive a trip for two (participant and legal parent\/guardian) to MLB All-Star Week in San Diego for the Jr. Home Run Derby National Finals.<\/p>\n If you have any questions about this event, please contact Chris Hendricks at 610-437-7757<\/a> or chris.hendricks@allentownpa.gov<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Information Provided By: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nMike Moore
\nCommunications Manager
\nMayor’s Office
\n435 Hamilton Street
\nAllentown, PA 18101
\nMike.Moore@allentownpa.gov
\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/p>\n
\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"… Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/allentown-baseball.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}