There will be a big number of sports stars and celebrities to take part in the 2016 MLB All-Stars and Legends Softball game. This will be the 87th edition of the All-Stars match show and will be the third time San Diego will host the event. Among the announced participants shine names like Ozzie Smith (a former baseball shortstop, who was a part of teams like San Diego Pardes and St. Louis Cardinals), Rollie Fingers (again former player of San Diego Pardes), Tim Raines (he is now a professional baseball coach and ex-baseball player) and Trevor Hoffman (well-known pitcher, who has played for Florida Marlins, San Diego Pardes and Milwaukee Brewers). The match will be held at Petco Park in San Diego, California.

The game is going to be very interesting, because the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Nina Agdal is going to play for the team of the Celebrities. For those who don’t know her, she was from Denmark and has modelled for Billabong, Macy’s, Victoria’s Secret and so on. She has also taken part in the film “Entourage”. There will also be other popular people in the USA, like Landon Donovan, who is a football legend in the USA. Donovan has played professional football for Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, San Jose Earthquakes, LA Galaxy and Everton. He has scored 57 goals (the top goal-scorer of the US football team ever) in 157 matches for the national team of the USA, which makes him an absolute legend.

We can also see the name of Pete Wentz, who is a famous American musician. He is currently the bassist of Fall Out Boy. The famous actors Sterling Brown (“The Suspect”, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”, “Our Idiot Brother”), Tyler Hoechim (“Everybody Wants Some!”), Mark-Paul Gosselaar (“Sticks & Stones”, “Specimen”) and J. K. Simmons will also take part in the All-Stars match.

There are still about 20 days until the match, so there are also lots of celebrities and baseball players to be announced. And, we will be looking forward to find out who else will play in this mostly entertaining, rather than competitive game.

Softball and baseball, both will be added for voting by the assembly of the International Olympics Committee in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in August 2016, the night just before the opening of the Summer Olympic games in Rio. The vote is a result of the application of the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC). The members of the Confederation are hoping both sports will be included in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo (Japan).

To continue with, the vice president of the IOC – John Coates confirmed that softball and baseball are a part of a multi-sport pack, which has already been approved for voting. It’s interesting that the other sports, which can find place in the Olympic games in 2020, are karate, skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing.

For those who don’t remember, baseball was included for the first time in the summer Olympics in 1992, while softball became a part of the biggest sports event 4 years later – in 1996. The last time both sports were played at the Olympics was in Beijing 2008.

There is also the option that only one of the sports – baseball or softball to be included in the Olympics. However, do you think skateboarding is more competitive than these two sports?

There have been 4 softball Olympic competitions, and the US team has recorded 3 golden medals, but they were denied by the Japanese, who won the Olympics golden medals during the last softball tournament at the Olympics in 2008.

The decision whether we are going to watch baseball and softball in the program of the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020 is going to be taken in August. This is going to happen during the annual session (number 129) of the International Olympic Committee, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro.

“This is will be a very good addition to the Olympics, if approved. There is a very good balance between the offered sports, which are also very popular in Japan. The new sports, such as sports climbing, skateboarding and surfing are very interesting for the young people in Tokyo,” said the vice president of the IOC – John Coates.

Yoshiro Mori, who is the head of the organizing committee of the Olympics in 2020, is also very enthusiastic about the inclusion of these sports. He is absolutely sure that the offered sports will be really interesting for the fans of the Olympic games.

In conclusion, we have to say that, if all of these sports are to be approved by the Committee, more than 470 athletes will be involved in the competition.

The former Airline softball head coach Tracey Rambin, who has been out of drilling following 2012, has acknowledged the aide softball guiding position at Benton High School for the coming year.

The Coach of the Year for 2007 will become a part of Michelle Owens’ team in Benton. She is going to join the team that advanced to Sulphur for the state quarterfinals in the LHSAA’s Fastpitch last season.

“I’m very, very excited about getting back into softball coaching. Softball, of course, is my passion. All my activities are connected with softball. That’s the reason why I went to college and it’s something I’ve always loved,” Tracey Rambin said in an interview.

Coach Tracey Rambin played volleyball and softball for one season at Northwestern State, then she moved to Centenary and continued with softball. The first team she coached was the Rusheon Middle School, then Rambin took Mansfield High School before assuming control over the Lady Vikings’ helm in 1991. She left coaching before her son’s last year at Airline, so Rambin could enjoy the most of his baseball games.

Presently, the move to Benton comes from her more youthful child is beginning school at Benton Middle School. Owens is upbeat to get some additional skill for her group, which starts summer workouts on Wednesday morning.

“Tracey Rambin will be a colossal resource for Benton High School since she has an incredible enthusiasm for working with children. I believe it’s enormous for us,” Owens said.

Coach Rambin took her Airline team to the title match in 2007, in which they were defeated to Ruston.

“My dream was to achieve the victory in that match! I had always hoped to win the trophy, but coaching in the state championship final was, for sure, the most important moment in my career,” Rambin told a couple of years ago.

The famous coach also told that leaving the team of Airline had been very difficult for her. Now she might have been ready to take the new challenge, sitting on the bench of Benton High School. “I really cherish Airline – the students, the administration, and the faculty” Rambin said. “But I’m very energized for a change. And we are going to start training as soon as possible.”

It’s always good when you have a person, who has a great understanding of softball on your bench. That’s why Owens should be the happiest at the moment.