The 4th Annual Park Place Dealerships/Texas Rangers Triple Play, held June 18 at The Hilton Anatole hotel in Dallas, attracted more than 500 fans and raised $330,000 for charity.

The event, chaired by Mark and Leigh Teixeira, along with Josh and Dana Lewin and Tom Hicks Jr., featured a 1950’s Rat Pack theme with dinner, live and silent auctions. Entertainment featured Rangers players competing in some of America’s favorite game shows, including Fielders Feud, based on the popular TV game show Family Feud, and fan favorite Jeopardy.

Benefiting the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation, the popular event was conceived by Rangers television announcer Josh Lewin and has raised nearly $800,000 since its inception. The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation is dedicated to building homes for families through Habitat for Humanity as well as constructing youth baseball parks in the area.

The Foundation has also created many youth incentive programs such as the Wells Fargo/Texas Rangers Rookie League and provided financial aid to more than 150 students to further their education through college scholarship programs. Park Place Dealerships, serving as the title sponsor of the Triple Play for the fourth consecutive year, represents a dozen luxury brands including Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Porsche, Volvo, Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Maserati.

Founded in 1987 by Ken Schnitzer, the company employs more than 1,000 people at nine Dallas/Fort Worth dealerships. More at www.parkplacetexas.com.

01-Gary Venner, General Manager of Park Place Lexus Plano, with wife Kayla and Texas Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira.

Robert Morris, General Manager of Park Place Motorcars Dallas, with wife Dana and Texas Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira.

Texas Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira with wife Leigh and Chris Brunner, General Manager of Park Place Lexus Grapevine, with Molly Dempsey

Artist Brad Oldham and Park Place Dealerships Marketing Director Christy Coltrin with Leigh & Mark Teixeira

Norm Lyons, Texas Rangers Vice President of Player/Community Relations; Neil Grossman, President of Park Place Motorcars; and Texas Rangers’ TV announcer Josh Lewin.

Thad & Claudette Levine, Texas Rangers General Manager Jon Daniels with wife Robyn, and Hall of Famer and current Executive Director to the President Jim Sundberg with wife Janet.

Texas Rangers Ron Mahay and Bill Cate.

Porsche

Thomas Hicks, Jr., Vice President, Hicks Holdings, with Angie Kovalcik and broadcaster Eric Nadel.

Sarah Stites and Catherine Hicks

Krista Fadely and Rick Bauer

Alex Hicks and Mackenzie Brittingham

Meagan Martin, Kate Jett, and Lindsay Germano

Texas Rangers Gary Matthews and Cara Vasquez

Kristy Cawthorne and Julie Gooch

Adam Eaton and Denay Zamora

Hank Blaylock checks out a Lexus SC430

Texas Rangers President Jeff Cogen and Park Place Lexus President Jordan Case

Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks with Park Place Motorcars President Neil Grossman.

Texas Rangers Mark Teixiera, Michael Young, Hank Blalock, and Mark DeRosa with Steve Clark and Eric Nadel.

Mark DeRosa (left) and Jerry Hairston (right) compete in a game show moderated by broadcaster Eric Nadel.

Texas Rangers Rod Barajas, Gerald Laird and John Wasdin

Rangers Rookies John Rheinecker and John Koronka serendade Rangers Director of Community Relations Taunee Taylor with a painful rendition of “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling.”