Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan Visits World's Biggest Traveling Baseball Fan Festival

Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest Makes a Stop at the Round Rock Express.

West Palm Beach FL (PRWEB) July 19, 2007 -- Hall of Fame pitcher and national spokesperson for The Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest Nolan Ryan visited the event when it stopped in Round Rock at Ryan's own Round Rock Express.

The Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest is the world's largest touring baseball fan festival which visits over fifty minor league teams and ballparks each baseball season. Now in its fourth year, the event includes twenty baseball themed attractions including batting and pitching cages, a giant slide, bounce house, rookie zone, Xbox 360 Home Run Derby Video Game Arcade Trailer and Baseball Hall of Fame Museum.

Nolan Ryan met with Entertainment and Sports International principals and tour creators, Bert Gould and Joe Owens at the Round Rock event where he toured the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum trailer and posed for photos with executives from Principal Financial Group, the tour's title sponsor.

"The minor leagues offer fans a great baseball experience," said Ryan. "From exceptional value to a safe, family environment; fans get to see competitive professional baseball with non-stop entertainment. The Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest extends that excitement before the game with an event truly unique to minor league ballparks."

The Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest tour will visit 58 teams and ballparks this season starting in Jupiter Florida with the Jupiter Hammerheads and ending on September 3rd in Savannah Georgia.
The tour is in its fourth year and has visited over 150 teams and attracted nearly one million fans. The tour is provided free to fans and teams supported by a list of sponsors which includes The Principal Financial Group, Microsoft Xbox 360, Best Buy, LIFE Magazine, Days Inn and Wrigley's Big League Chew brand.

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