'Mad Men' star Jon Hamm coming for All-Star game

Jon Hamm will show off his fielding skills during the 2014 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game on July 13 at Target Field.

May 16, 2014 at 11:05AM
"MILLION DOLLAR ARM"..057_MDA-12679-057..Jon Hamm stars as sports agent JB Bernstein in Walt Disney Pictures' "Million Dollar Arm". "Million Dollar Arm" is the incredible true story of two young men who went from never throwing a baseball to being given a shot in Major League Baseball...Ph: Ron Phillips, Disney Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Jon Hamm stars as sports agent JB Bernstein in Walt Disney Pictures' "Million Dollar Arm." (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Jon Hamm/photo by AP

Last summer, Minnesotans got "Mad Men" star Vincent Kartheiser on the Guthrie stage.This July, we'll get the show's headliner.

Jon Hamm, who is also featured in the new movie, "Million-Dollar Arm," will show off his fielding skills during the 2014 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game on July 13 at Target Field.

Other newly released names: Andrew Zimmern, James Denton, Kevin Love, Adrian Peterson and Zach Parise.

This is the fourth time Hamm has participated in the game.

Tickets are available at AllStarGame.com, twinsbaseball.com and at 1-800-33TWINS.

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Neal Justin is the pop-culture critic, covering how Minnesotans spend their entertainment time. He also reviews stand-up comedy. Justin previously served as TV and music critic for the paper. He is the co-founder of JCamp, a non-profit program for high-school journalists, and works on many fronts to further diversity in newsrooms.

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