Joel McHale Reps His Home State in All Star Celebrity Softball Game

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Young Hollywood runs into an old friend, Joel McHale, at T-Mobile Park in Seattle during MLB's All Star Weekend where he is gearing up to play in the All Star Celebrity Softball Game! He stops to chat with us about the pressure of performing well on his home turf, having grown up in Washington State, and also shares with us his favorite (albeit bittersweet) Mariners memory!
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Okay, we're here. It's All-Star weekend, the Celeb Softball game. This is your home turf. You're from this state. This is your this is your team. Uh the vibe is amazing. Right.
So I'll have all the advantages, so all the pressure is on me. Better be good. So that's why I started juicing about six months ago. A lot of anabolic steroids and HGH.
I was going to say what's your strategy going into the softball game today and if that's it, great. Have you stretched um BP looking?
Oh yeah. No, if I stretch that I will immediately start tearing things and so I am much like a you know, like an antique chair. You don't want to sit in it. You just want to look at it and then then dust it off once in a while. And if a person accidentally sits in it once a year, it might curl up.
Okay, bring me back to your fondest MLB memory.
Well, when the Mariners won the American League West or the American League. I mean, the the American League not the American League. They didn't They almost got to the uh uh to the World Series. They didn't this is in the kingdom with Griffy. Uh Randy Johnson was on the team. Uh Alex Rodriguez was on the team. It was a it was a glorious moment. And then when we won 116 uh regular season games, we literally never lost a series in 2001. That was glorious. And then we made the playoffs last year. And uh had to be reminded every time I turn on ESPN. They were like, "Oh, longest playoff drought in Major League Baseball." And I was like, "Okay, okay, calm down." We're going to be fine this year.
Oh yeah. You're in Hollywood, baby. Go Dodgers.
Mariners go Mariners. It's okay. I root for the Dodgers cuz they're National League, but if we ever met, it's Mariners all the way.
Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you Hollywood. Bye. It's been a long time, Mark.
I know. I mean, it's literally been a very long time. I know. Like a decade. Dude. All right, good to see you.
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