Pepperdine To Host Celebrity Softball Game Benefiting ALS
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
July 1, 2010
MALIBU, Calif. - Pepperdine's Eddy D. Field Baseball Stadium will play host to a multitude of Opening Day activities on Saturday, July 10 in support of the sixth-annual CytRx Strike Out Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) All-Star Tournament.
Festivities begin at noon with a Family Fun Festival that will feature autographs with baseball legends and celebrities, food and baseball memorabilia vendor booths, a rock-climbing wall, dog adoptions, dunk-an-ump, speed pitch booth, and entertainment provided by Tillman the Skateboarding Dog.
Jose Canseco, Ron Cey, Tommy Lasorda, Pete Rose and Maury Wills are among the baseball legends scheduled to appear. Last year's all stars included infielder Bret Boone, NFL running back Marcus Allen and outfielder Fred Lynn.
The Steve Garvey Celebrity Softball Classic begins at 6 p.m. following a home run derby among the ALS Tournament participants. General admission tickets are $20. Tickets for kids 10 and under are priced at $10.
Game tickets can be purchased through EddiesTickets.com. Admission to the festival and home run derby is free.
From 1 to 3 p.m., Wills, Garvey and USC pitching coach Tom House will offer a Legends Baseball Clinic for tournament players.
The 2010 CytRx Strike Out Lou Gehrig's Disease All Star Tournament runs from July 16 to 18 in Thousand Oaks and is open to 8U, 10U, 12U, and 14U club and all-star teams.
Since its inception in 2005, the tournament has grown to be the most successful charitable youth baseball competitions in the country, providing the players with the opportunity to help people suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease by playing baseball. For every home run hit and strike out pitched money will be donated towards the fight against ALS.
Log onto ALSBaseball.org for more information on the tournament and the opening day event hosted by Pepperdine.
