MLB Celebrity Softball Game 2022: Rosters and Previewing Annual Tradition
All-Star Week has arrived, baseball fans. While Major League Baseball's annual All-Star game isn't until Tuesday, July 19, the festivities are underway in Los Angeles.
Saturday's schedule features the All-Star Futures Game, the annual celebrity softball game, fan events and an evening concert. Fans who can attend will have plenty to experience. For those following along at home, the MGM Rewards All-Star Celebrity Softball Game will likely be the highlight of the day.
The celebrity game has been a staple of All-Star Week since 2001, and this year it will feature an incredible list of celebrities, pro athletes and baseball legends. Ahead, you'll find everything you need to know for this year's contest.
2022 MGM Rewards MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game
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When: Saturday, July 16
Time: 10:15 p.m. ET (approximately, will follow Futures Game)
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Live Stream: YouTube, Peacock, MLB social media, and the Bleacher Report app
TV Broadcast: Monday, July 18 at 10:30 p.m. ET on MLB Network
2022 Participants
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Bad Bunny - Recording Artist
Quavo - Rapper, Actor, Producer
JoJo Siwa - Recording Artist, Dancer
The Miz - WWE Superstar
Rob Lowe - Actor
Simu Liu - Actor
Coi Leray - Recording Artist
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Actor
Bryan Cranston - Actor
Anthony Ramos - Actor, Musician
Chloe Kim - Olympic Snowboarder
Desus Nice - TV Personality, Comedian
J.K. Simmons - Actor
Lauren Chamberlain - Softball Legend
The Kid Mero - TV Personality, Comedian
Action Bronson - Rapper, TV Personality
Jerry Lorenzo - Fashion Designer
Guillermo Rodriguez - Comedian
Natasha Watley - Softball Legend
Lisa Fernandez - Softball Legend
Jennie Finch - Olympic Softball Gold Medalist
Hunter Pence - MLB Legend
CC Sabathia - MLB Legend
Andre Ethier - MLB Legend
Shawn Green - MLB Legend
Game Preview
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The 2022 celebrity game will be played in Los Angeles, where it was supposed to take place in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic caused the event to be canceled. Fans who have been waiting to see their favorite celebrities and sporting legends take the field at Dodger Stadium will now get their opportunity.
Fans have seen some of the celebrities in past editions of the exhibition. The Miz, for example, was the captain of Team Cleveland while Jennie Finch captained the world team during the 2019 game.
Hunter Pence, CC Sabathia, Lauren Chamberlain and Quavo were among last year's participants.
With a mix of celebrities and softball and baseball legends in the game, the quality of the game can be a bit up-and-down, but it's generally quite competitive—last year's 20-10 blowout aside, five of the past six celebrity games were decided by six or fewer runs.
The format is a bit different than what baseball and softball purists may be used to. It will be a five-inning game with a swing-off instead of extra innings. If the game is tied after six innings, managers will each select five batters who get one swing apiece. The team with the most home runs in the swing-off will win.
While this is only an exhibition, fans can expect the competitors to take things quite seriously.
"It's gonna be exciting," softball legend Lisa Fernandez told the Orange County Register. "I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. But, you know what, when you care about something, you are gonna be nervous. But I'm gonna go out there and give it my all."
This year's game promises to be an exciting one and a highlight event of the weekend's festivities.
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