Oh good, more Billy Crystal at-bats
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jul 03, 2008 
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Major League Baseball has announced which celebrities will play in the thrill-packed Taco Bell Legends & Celebrity Softball Game on July 13 at the Stadium.
The celebs were listed in this order:
Chris Rock
Billy Crystal
Whoopi Goldberg
George Lopez
Spike Lee
Justin Tuck
Bobby Flay
Marlee Matlin
Jerry Ferrara
William Baldwin
James Denton
Kyle Massey
Maria Menounos
AJ Calloway
This speaks very poorly for baseball. There is one hot babe (Maria Menounos), the wrong Baldwin, assorted old comics and only one professional athlete from another sport. Turtle is fine. But they couldn’t get Drama or E? No rock stars? No models? No movie actors? One of the men from Desperate Housewives? Really? We didn’t expect Eva Longoria, but Terry Hatcher would have been fine.
Who’s actually cool in this group? Chris Rock and Spike Lee. Maybe Turtle. That’s it.
Very disappointing. We call on Bud Selig to appoint a new VP of Celebrity Gathering. Or get tips from A-Rod, he seems to know a lot of famous people.
“One of the men from Desperate Housewives?”
uhh..I…uh think you mean chick…
Hey, I’d say Whoopi is pretty cool.
wow – she alone makes watching the game worth it.
Bill Goldberg would of been better Will.
No Madonna?
No Lenny Kravitz?
Shame…
Wow. This picture is close to being pornographic, Pete.
This is bad. I have no idea who 6 of those 14 “celebrities” are. Who’s Turtle?
Justin Tuck looked pretty cool when he was kicking Tom Brady’s butt in the Superbowl.
I hope they keep the camera on Maria Menounos the entire time.
you’ll get no complaints from em about that picture
I wish Robert Redford would be there.
Does William Baldwin even count as a celebrity? I wouldn’t think that being a relative of someone famous qualifies you as a celebrity… would it?
Pete I know you dont think he’s cool because of the beatdown he and the rest of the BIG BLUE defense put on Tom Brady, but Justin Tuck is very cool.
People realize this is Yankees Stadium right ? Where’s J-Love, Beyonce, RiRi, Madonna, heck can we get Vida Guerra atleast…sad list. Sad. I was hoping for Katherine Heighl or Meagan Fox
Dont uck With Tuck
I’m serious with this question, and I’m not being sarcastic: Who exactly is buying tickets to this event, and why? People who couldn’t get Home Run Derby or ASG tickets? The Sunday event seems like a sad waste of time — sitting in the seats for what? To see William Baldwin or James Denton attempt to play ball?
I guess the root of the answer is the almighty dollar, as usual. The ASG is barely worth thinking about. The Home Run Derby is boring. (But hey — you get to watch the players “work out” beforehand. Exciting.) This Sunday event is sad sad sad…
Maria Is fine, But lol A-rod surely knows more famous people x)
They should play Team Jeter’s Ex-Girlfriends…
I still don’t know who Maria Menounos is.
But she can be a celebrity just with that picture.
I am in the mood for a Gyro right about now…
“and only one professional athlete from another sport. ”
Pete since you care about the fans you should have said one of the players from the Super Bowl champion Giants.
Brandon, I was being sarcastic about Brett Gardner. After 100 at bats Brett Gardner will make Shelly Duncan look like a productive hitter. Although I doubt he will ever get to 100 at bats.
Marlee Matlin is gorgeous, especially for someone who’s not old, but not a kid anymore either.
Maria Menounos also is a big Boston fan
“I am! Anything Boston: Patriots, Bruins, Celtics, Red Sox. I’ve lived there most of my life. But I’m more of a contact-sport fan, like hockey and football. When football season ends, I get depressed.”
Jetes or Alex get to it, we need conversion here.
I never knew there was such a thing as a good looking Boston fan.
pete wont mention tuck becuase his helmet is still implanted in Brady’s chest. Ooooh, that was such a great game. Tom Brady is said to be seeing a therapist for reoccurring nightmares…everytime he closes his eyes, he sees a blue helmet coming at him.
If the game were in LA – or anywhere closer to the West Coast – you would get different stars. It’s a NY-LA thing.
NJ in Tampa…I have to agree, people from Boston give the Brits a run for their money in the disturbingly ugly department.
unless you’re
A) her plastic surgeon
or
B) personally able to physically inspect those “badboys” on a daily basis (in which case I’d be in awe as well)
I’m going to happily assume that they’re just helped out with a pushup.
Definitely push up.
I mean pushup
and on a final note – because I love my job, I’m going to end this conversation/blogging here and close this little window before this little conversation degenerates into something that makes me lose my job.
Pete,
Couldn’t you hook up Jenn Sterger to play?
They would get my $100 if she showed up.
Nice jpg name: maria-menounos-cleavage-diamonds-011.jpg
cleavage and diamonds.
“The statute of limitations has run out on any college mistakes she may have made”
Murphydog,
They weren’t mistakes, they were “experiences”
Not sure if this was posted already (out for a bit), but Papi thinks the Yankees are the team to beat??
http://www.bostonherald.com/sp.....ition=also
Heather Graham is hotter.
pink! ooops, you actually said eyes hehe. sorry!
“This is bad. I have no idea who 6 of those 14 “celebrities†are. Who’s Turtle?”
agreed on both counts. who is Turtle?
wait, i only know who 6 of those 14 people are. (some of the names i know, but i wouldn’t be able to match them with faces… and the baldwin i probably couldn’t pick from the whole set)
Sounds like the cast of one of those insipid VH-1 “reality” shows… with the exception of Spike Lee and Billy Crystal.
Jamie Denton is a huge baseball fan, and he’s actually pretty good at it. He calls into XM’s morning show sometimes. He seems like a really cool guy.
whoopi is lame!
For those interested, Kyle Massey was a high school state-champ for Minnesota. He then went to Wisconsin and wrestled 285 for them.
Not much of a celebrity, but he did wrestle like a lightweight. (Maybe that means he’s nimble enough for baseball)
At least Billy Crystal bats about as well as Melky.
still nobody knows who this ‘Turtle’ is?
Jerry Ferrara from HBO’s “Entourage”
Whoopi Goldberg is cool?
In what alternate universe?
Gack!!
Well, A-Rod surely knows some celeb INSIDE OUT!
At least Madonna was in A League Of Their Own (one of her better films – there are few), so she should know how to work that rod, uh, bat! :-p
Justin Tuck isn’t cool? He certainly looked pretty cool to me when he was making the Pats’ vaunted Pro Bowl O-line his bitch in the Super Bowl. Still hurts, huh Pete?
Tuck is cooler than an entire month’s worth of South Beach partygoers. I just wish more Giants were gonna be there!
“Maria Menounos also is a big Boston fan
“I am! Anything Boston: Patriots, Bruins, Celtics, Red Sox. I’ve lived there most of my life. But I’m more of a contact-sport fan, like hockey and football. When football season ends, I get depressed.—
Well if she’s a Patriots fan, I bet she got real depressed when this past football season ended! Buahahaha pwned.
Anyway though, I’m not real happy with this list overall either. The Yankees can do better. Two huge notable things it is missing IMO – a rapper (Jay-Z, Fat Joe, hell even Diddy!) and at least one Sopranos cast member. Also, why no Jon Bon Jovi? Well, I know he is already playing a concert. But he is Jersey’s pride and he loves us, why not let him do both?
thanks MattinMaine
Only 14 celebs? Aren’t there supposed to be 18 or more?
“Who’s actually cool in this group? Chris Rock and Spike Lee. Maybe Turtle. That’s it.”
Maybe Turtle??? Turtle is tres cool. Only person cooler than Turtle is Drama.
Yeah I’m pretty sure that Justin Tuck is cooler than Turtle. Would David Tyree have made the “cool” list, or do NFL players have to do Derek Zoolander “mer-man” commercials to look cool?