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Mark Price Named as Home Run Derby Captain

UPTOWN CHARLOTTE, NC -- Mark Price, a four-time NBA All-Star and the current head basketball coach for the Charlotte 49ers, is the third of eight celebrity captains named for the 2016 Harris Teeter and Tide+ Triple-A Baseball Home Run Derby presented by Clariant. The event, which kicks off the three-day All-Star celebration at BB&T Ballpark, takes center stage in Uptown Charlotte on Monday, July 11th. Gates will open at 6:00 p.m. on July 11th and Price along with seven other celebrity captains, will sign pre-event autographs down on the field.

In all, a total of eight sluggers -- including six Triple-A participants (three from the International League and three from the Pacific Coast League) and two High School Home Run Derby winners (Riley Zayicek of Lake Norman High and Trent Alley of Charlotte Country Day) -- will compete for the 2016 Triple-A Home Run Derby championship belt.