Artists & Writers Softball Game

Herrick Park, East Hampton
Saturday, August 16 - Batting practice 1 pm, Game 3 pm
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Artists and Writers will gather once again in East Hampton to compete in the 60th Annual Celebrity Softball Game for East End Hospice, East Hampton Day Care and Phoenix House. Sixty years is an amazing tradition! This fundraising event is held at Herrick Park in historic East Hampton at the height of the summer season in the infamous Hamptons. Batting Practice starts at 1pm and the Game starts at 3pm.

The Artists and Writers Celebrity Softball game began as a summer picnic on Sundays in the summer of 1948.  The first games were played in Wilfrid Zogbaum’s front yard by artists such as Franz Kline, William de Kooning, Philip Pavia, Jackson Pollack and Joan Mitchell. Later, in the 60s and 70s, writers joined in the fun and soon expanded again to include politicians, actors, musicians, publishers, editors and television personalities.

The game’s hall of fame includes Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Yogi Berra, Ben Bradley, Steven Breyer, Christie Brinkley, Matthew Broderick, Ed Burns, Chevy Chase, Bill Clinton, Kristin Davis, Donny Deutsch, Rudy Giuliani, Charles Gwathmey, Peter Jennings, Regis Philbin, Roy Scheider, Paul Simon, B Smith, and Eli Wallach.

Admission $10

For sponsorship opportunities, tickets or more information,
please call Dave Johnson at 631-288-7080.

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