Major League Baseball Greats Came Together in the Bernie Williams Breathless Charity All-Stars Softball Game at The Ridgefield Playhouse to Raise Awareness About IPF

Bernie Williams and the Breathless All-Stars team won, 21-12! That won’t surprise fans of the former Yankees star, but it should be welcome news for sufferers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: The Bernie Williams Breathless All Stars Charity Softball Game, played by Williams, his All-Star Band and MLB greats including Hall of Famers Mariano Rivera & Tommy Lasorda, NY Yankees and NY Mets star Darryl Strawberry, former MLB player Jim Leyritz, former NY Yankees legend Mickey “Mick the Quick” Rivers, former MLB player and manager Bobby Valentine at Ciuccoli Field at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, July 13, in Ridgefield, Conn., was held to raise awareness about IPF, a respiratory illness and to raise money for The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation and The Ridgefield Playhouse’s Leir Foundation Arts for Everone Outreach Program.

Bernie Williams and his All-Star Band performed to a packed house the night before at a concert at The Ridgefield Playhouse, which was presented by Boehringer Ingelheim with support from the Donofrio family. Musician Paul Simon joined Bernie and his band on-stage for a rousing rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at the Friday night show, which was part of The Moffly Media Evening of Art, Wine & Jazz Series and featured a wine tasting in the lobby by Pera Wines and art exhibit by Sphere’s Zach Sorena. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit performing-arts center located at 80 East Ridge Rd, Ridgefield, CT. ridgefieldplayhouse.org