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Autism Speaks Celebrity Softball Game
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Autism Speaks held its inaugural Celebrity Charity Softball Game at KeySpan Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, on Sept. 16, 2006, raising $4,000 in the process. Fans gathered at the stadium, the home of the minor league Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team, as a team from New York TV station CW11 took on team NBC. Despite an 8th inning rally by team NBC, CW11 took the game by a final score of 5-2. Among the players on hand to raise money and awareness
Alana De La Garza of Law and Order was among the players who took part
were WPIX-TV anchor Jim Watkins; New York Access Hollywood correspondent Tim Vincent; Law and Order stars Milena Govich and Alana de la Garza; Josh Shaw, former contestant on The Apprentice and co-founder of GoSmile; O.A.R. bassist Benj Gershman; and WWE SmackDown wrestler Vito.
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