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