Brian Will Play the All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game

Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by admin

BRIAN LITTRELL, SHAWN JOHNSON, NELLY, BILLY BOB THORNTON AND JENNA FISCHER PLUS SIX MLB HALL OF FAMERS TO PLAY IN

2009 TACO BELL ALL-STAR LEGENDS & CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME

WHAT: The Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game, part of Taco Bell All-Star Sunday and the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Week, is a fun-filled softball event featuring legends and celebrities competing together.

WHO: MLB Legends Scheduled to Appear: Hall of Famers Ozzie Smith and Bruce Sutter, both from the Cardinals, plus Dave Winfield, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, and Ernie Banks; Cardinals legends Lee Smith, Vince Coleman and Whitey Herzog; plus legends Tommy John and Fred Lynn.

Celebrities Scheduled to Appear (*Denotes St. Louis native and/or Cardinals fans):
Ashanti, Grammy Award Winning artist
*Chingy, Singer/Songwriter
James Denton, Actor (ABC’s Desperate Housewives)
Carlos Diaz, EXTRA Correspondent
*Carl Edwards, NASCAR Driver
*Jenna Fischer, Actress (NBC’s The Office)
Ginuwine, Multi-Platinum selling R&B Artist
Mike Golic, ESPN Radio host and Event Emcee
Mike Greenberg, ESPN Radio host and Event Emcee
*Jon Hamm, Actor (AMC’s Mad Men)
Shawn Johnson, Olympic Champion and winner of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars
*Bob Knight, ESPN College Basketball Analyst and Hall of Fame Basketball Coach
Brian Littrell, Backstreet Boys
*Nelly, Grammy Award Winning Singer/Songwriter
Andy Richter, (NBC’s The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien)
*Billy Bob Thornton, Academy Award Winner
*Annie Wersching, Actress (FOX’s 24)

In addition, National Pro Fastpitch softball players Kristen Butler, Megan Gibson, Samantha Findlay and Trena Peel will participate.

WHEN: Sunday, July 12 at 2:00 p.m. CT, the Legends and Celebrities will take Batting Practice at the Home Run Derby Attraction at FanFest. At approximately 4:30 p.m. CT, the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game will take place at Busch Stadium.

The Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game will be broadcast in HD by ESPN immediately following the State Farm Home Run Derby on Monday, July 13 at approximately 10:30 p.m. ET.

WHERE: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

TICKETS: Tickets for Taco Bell All-Star Sunday can be purchased via Ticketmaster at 1-888-FanFest, online at www.allstargame.com, the websites of all 30 MLB Clubs, and at the Busch Stadium box office.

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