The GEICO® All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game was an annual game that brings former Major League Baseball all-stars and celebrities together in a friendly exhibition. The game is played the day before the Home Run Derby. It had been sponsored by MGM Resorts, RadioShack, Taco Bell & Corona; in 2025, GEICO sponsored.
The game started in 2001 in Seattle and was played at the site of that year's All-Star Game and lasted until 2025. It was broadcast on tape delay on MLB Network.
Rules From 2001 to 2006, the game used standard softball rules with a temporary wall [ from home plate] on the field. In 2007 & since 2022, the rules were changed. Instead of 7 innings, there are only 5 innings with everyone on the team batting, whether or not they are in the field. From 2008 to 2012, it is unknown how long the game lasted. From 2013 to 2019 & 2021, six innings were played. A 2022 rule change saw a 10-batter limit or three outs, whichever comes first, to conclude innings (which won't apply to final inning of regulation, if trailing team is behind). In place of extra innings, a swing-off was introduced. If the teams were tied at the end of 5 innings, managers from each team would pick three batters, who'll get one swing each. Whoever hits the most home runs in the 3 rounds will win and get credited one run & hit each; otherwise, teams play sudden-death rounds until one team hits a home run.
Game summaries 2001 The 2001 RadioShack Legends and Celebrity Softball Game was played on Sunday, July 8, 2001, at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington. ESPN broadcast the game after the Home Run Derby. For this game the teams are named after specialty coffee drinks as a nod to the coffee industry in Seattle.
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EspressosLattesPlayerLegend/CelebrityPlayerLegend/Celebrity Kenny Mayne Celebrity (Manager) Harold Reynolds Legend (Manager) Fred Lynn Legend Alvin Davis Legend Freddie Prinze, Jr. Celebrity Chi McBride CelebrityHenry Simmons Celebrity Dale Earnhardt Jr. Celebrity Howie Long Celebrity Frederick Thomas Celebrity Jeff Ament Celebrity James Van Der Beek Celebrity Jessica Biel Celebrity Jim Caviezel Celebrity Jonathan Lipnicki Celebrity Jimmy Perez Celebrity Joy Enriquez Celebrity Michael Badalucco Celebrity Keith Hernandez Legend Paul Williams Celebrity Lisa Fernandez Celebrity Goose Gossage Legend Marc Blucas Celebrity Robert Wuhl Celebrity Matthew Lillard Celebrity Scott Patterson Celebrity Meat Loaf Celebrity Steve Garvey Legend Ozzie Smith Legend Thomas Jane Celebrity Rick Fox Celebrity Tina Wesson Celebrity Tug McGraw Legend Tony Todd Celebrity Vanessa L. Williams Celebrity Vitamin C Celebrity Wilmer Valderrama Celebrity Don Mattingly Legend
2002 The 2002 Radioshack Legends and Celebrity Softball Game was played on Sunday, July 7, 2002, at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ESPN broadcast the game after the Home Run Derby with commentators Dave O'Brien and Rick Sutcliffe. Managers Kenny Mayne and Harold Reynolds also provided on field reporting. Pitcher Dave Winfield had a no-hitter going until the bottom of the third inning when Dale Earnhardt Jr. broke it up with a lead off single. Harold Reynolds' Brew Crew won the game 7–4.
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WallbangersBrew CrewOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPositionOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPosition1 Joy Enriquez Celebrity RF 1 Ryne Sandberg Legend LCF2 Paul Molitor Legend 2B 2 Ozzie Smith Legend SS3 Howie Long Celebrity RF 3 Kevin James Celebrity LF4 Cecil Fielder Legend C 4 Dave Winfield Legend P5 Meat Loaf Celebrity P 5 Coolio Celebrity RCF6 Cecil Cooper Legend 1B 6 George Brett Legend RF7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Celebrity 3B 7 Richard Schiff Celebrity 2B8 Chi McBride Celebrity -- 8 Don Mattingly Legend 3B9 Rollie Fingers Legend LF 9 John Kruk Legend --10 Tony Todd Celebrity SS 10 Nadia Dajani Celebrity --11 Gorman Thomas Legend LF 11 Picabo Street Celebrity C12 Glenn Lewis Celebrity -- 12 Bradley Whitford Celebrity 1B13 Derek Parra Celebrity -- 13 Harold Reynolds Legend (Manager) --14 Kenny Mayne Celebrity (Manager) --
2003 The 2003 Radioshack Legends and Celebrity Softball Game was played on Sunday, July 13, 2003, at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. ESPN broadcast the game after the Home Run Derby with commentators Dave O'Brien and Rick Sutcliffe. Managers Kenny Mayne and Harold Reynolds also provided on field reporting. In the bottom of the third inning, as The Bachelor star Andrew Firestone came to bat, manager Kenny Mayne brought in Firestone's then fiancé from the show, Jen Schefft, to pitch. Firestone popped out to the shortstop and the original pitcher was brought back in. In the next at bat Jimmy Kimmel singled but first baseman Bo Jackson successfully pulled the hidden ball trick on him to record an out. In the top of the fourth inning Jackson came to bat with a wooden bat that had pine tar on it that he claimed was given to him by George Brett. Manager Harold Reynolds challenged the amount of pine tar on the bat but the home plate umpire allowed it and Jackson then hit a home run. Kenny Mayne's Go-Go Sox won the game 7–4.
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Go-Go SoxSouthside HitmenOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPositionOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPosition1 Wade Boggs Legend 3B 1 Ozzie Smith Legend SS2 Shannon Elizabeth Celebrity RF 2 Trista Rehn Celebrity --3 Chris Chelios Celebrity LCF 3 Ryne Sandberg Legend 2B4 Bo Jackson Legend 1B 4 Jim McMahon Celebrity 1B5 Harold Baines Legend RCF 5 Dave Winfield Legend LF6 Dean Cain Celebrity SS 6 Brian McKnight Celebrity --7 Gary Carter Legend -- 7 Fred Lynn Legend RCF8 Amy Kyler Celebrity -- 8 Jaime Foutch Celebrity LCF9 Adam Carolla Celebrity LF 9 Andrew Firestone Celebrity 3B10 Jack McDowell Legend P 10 Jimmy Kimmel Celebrity C11 Rollie Fingers Legend -- 11 Bret Saberhagen Legend --12 Ms. Jade Celebrity 2B 12 Goose Gossage Legend P13 Ian Ziering Celebrity C 13 Sarah Silverman Celebrity RF14 Kenny Mayne Celebrity (Manager) -- 14 Harold Reynolds Legend (Manager) --
2004 The 2004 Taco Bell Legends and Celebrity Softball Game was played on Sunday, July 11, 2004, at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. ESPN broadcast the game after the Home Run Derby with commentators Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe. Managers Kenny Mayne and Harold Reynolds also provided on field reporting. This was the first year in which the teams were designated by the American and National Leagues, as opposed to having a themed names based on the host city. In the bottom of the fourth inning, after three consecutive inside pitches, batter Nick Lachey charged pitcher Goose Gossage resulting in a faux bench clearing. The National League won 15–8.
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NationalAmericanOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPositionOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPosition1 Ozzie Smith Legend SS 1 Fred Lynn Legend LCF2 Nick Lachey Celebrity RF 2 Shandi Finnessey Celebrity RF3 Jaime Foutch Celebrity 2B 3 Will Clark Legend 1B4 Tony Todd Celebrity 3B 4 Cecil Fielder Legend --5 Cesar Cedeno Legend RCF 5 Matthew Modine Celebrity 3B6 Dave Winfield Legend 1B 6 Harold Reynolds Legend (Manager) SS7 Adam Rodriguez Celebrity -- 7 Rollie Fingers Legend RCF8 Kenny Mayne Celebrity (Manager) LCF 8 Jimmy Kimmel Celebrity C9 Clyde Drexler Celebrity LF 9 Sarah Silverman Celebrity --10 Leeann Tweeden Celebrity -- 10 Goose Gossage Legend P11 Bill Rancic Celebrity C 11 Christa Williams Celebrity 2B12 Mike Scott Legend -- 12 Charlie Maher Celebrity LF13 Larry Dierker Legend P 13 Sheryl Swoopes Celebrity UMP*14 Fernando Valenzuela Legend -- Due to an ankle injury, Swoopes did not play in the game but was brought in as a replacement home plate umpire in the bottom of the fourth inning after a strike call was disputed by celebrity batter Bill Rancic. The original umpire returned for the fifth inning.
2005 The 2005 Taco Bell Legends and Celebrity Softball Game was played on Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan. ESPN broadcast the game after the Home Run Derby with commentators Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe and on field reporter Sam Ryan. The American League won 9–7.
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NationalAmericanOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPositionOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPosition1 Ozzie Smith Legend SS 1 Lovie Jung Celebrity 2B2 Jennie Finch Celebrity P 2 Fred Lynn Legend RCF3 Dave Winfield Legend 1B 3 Bo Jackson Legend 1B4 Andre Dawson Legend RF 4 Lou Whitaker Legend SS5 Chris Chelios Celebrity 2B 5 Jon Kelley Celebrity C6 James Denton Celebrity 3B 6 Chris Webber Celebrity RF7 Jon Lovitz Celebrity -- 7 Billy Bob Thornton Celebrity --8 Rollie Fingers Legend LF 8 Jim Abbott Legend LF9 Richard Schiff Celebrity -- 9 Harold Reynolds Legend (Manager) 3B10 Leeann Tweeden Celebrity RCF 10 Jon Secada Celebrity LCF11 Tommy John Legend -- 11 Amanda Beard Celebrity --12 Larry Joe Campbell Celebrity C 12 Mark Tremonti Celebrity --13 Jessica White Celebrity -- 13 Willie Hernández Legend --14 Kenny Mayne Celebrity (Manager) LCF 14 Celines Toribio Celebrity -- 15 Mark Fidrych Legend P
2006 The 2006 Taco Bell Legends and Celebrity Softball Game was played on Sunday, July 9, 2006, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ESPN broadcast the game after the Home Run Derby with commentators Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe. Managers Harold Reynolds and John Kruk also provided on field reporting. The National League won 7–5.
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NationalAmericanOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPositionOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPosition1 Bill Madlock Legend 3B 1 Sarah Silverman Celebrity LF2 Franco Harris Celebrity LCF 2 Dean Cain Celebrity SS3 Dave Parker Legend DH 3 Fred Lynn Legend LCF4 Dave Winfield Legend P 4 Rollie Fingers Legend RCF5 Andre Dawson Legend C 5 Goose Gossage Legend 1B6 Ozzie Smith Legend SS 6 Cowboy Troy Celebrity C7 Carlos Bernard Celebrity LF 7 Harold Reynolds Legend (Manager) 3B8 Gary Carter Legend RCF 8 Marcus Giamatti Celebrity RF9 Rob Reiner Celebrity 1B 9 Tommy John Legend P10 Jimmy Kimmel Celebrity 2B 10 Tony Potts Celebrity 2B11 Carey Hart Celebrity RF 11 Sal Iacono Celebrity --12 Leeann Tweeden Celebrity -- 12 Danny Masterson Celebrity --13 John Kruk Legend (Manager) -- 13 Trevor Morgan Celebrity --
2007 AmericanNationalOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPositionOrderPlayerLegend/CelebrityPosition1Rickey HendersonLegend1Ozzie SmithLegendSS2Rachel SmithCelebrity2Rob SchneiderCelebrity2B3Jerry RiceCelebrity2B3Gary CarterLegend4Andre DawsonLegend1B4Dave WinfieldLegendLF5Fred LynnLegend5Leeann TweedenCelebrity6Dane CookCelebrity6Kevin MitchellLegendCF7Wade BoggsLegend3B7Matt WilliamsLegend3B8Kenny MayneCelebrity (Manager)CF8Jimmy KimmelCelebrity (Manager)C9Bobby FlayCelebrity9Robby ThompsonCelebrity10James DentonCelebrity10Robb NenLegendP11Goose GossageLegend11Gavin NewsomCelebrity1B12David BrysonCelebrity12J. T. SnowLegend1B13Rollie FingersLegendP13Jeff GarlinCelebrity14Paul GiamattiCelebrity - - - -15Jon KelleyCelebrity - - - -16Sal IacanoCelebrity - - - -
2008 NL Rosters: Chris Rock, Marlee Matlin, Tim Raines, Ozzie Smith, Bobby Flay, George Lopez, Justin Tuck, Gary Carter, James Denton, A.J. Calloway, Kyle Massey, Paul Molitor, Tony Perez, Mike Greenberg (manager), AL Rosters: Maria Menounos, Billy Baldwin, Billy Crystal, Kenny Mayne, Paul O' Neill, Mike Golic (manager), Goose Gossage, Wade Boggs, Rollie Fingers, George Brett, Spike Lee, Whoopi Goldberg, Tino Martinez,
2009 AL Rosters: Ashanti, Shawn Johnson, Andy Richter, Brian Littrell, Kristen Butler, Rollie Fingers, James Denton, Goose Gossage, Fred Lynn, Ginuwine, Mike Golic (Manager), NL Rosters: Jenna Fischer, Nelly, Bob Knight, Billy Bob Thornton, Ozzie Smith, Dave Winfield, Ernie Banks, Annie Wersching, Jon Hamm, Chingy, Treena Peel, Megan Gibson, Mike Greenberg (Manager)
2010 AL Rosters: Tim Salmon, Rich Gossage, Bo Jackson, Maria Menounos, James Denton, Rickey Henderson, MC Hammer, Rollie Fingers, Chuck Finley, Marcus Giamatti, Michael Clark Duncan, Kevin Frazier, Natasha Watley, Quintin Aaron, Fred Lynn