Camden to host Atlantic League All-Star Game and festivities

The Ben Franklin Bridge behind Campbell's Field. Camden also hosted the All-Star Game in 2004.
The Ben Franklin Bridge behind Campbell's Field. Camden also hosted the All-Star Game in 2004. (PETER TOBIA / File photograph)
By Claudia Vargas, Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted: July 12, 2012

Baseball enthusiasts are expected to flood Camden on Wednesday for the Atlantic League All-Star Game and related festivities.

A block party, featuring food vendors, a moonbounce and a DJ, will start off the events at 2 p.m. in front of the Campbell's Field entrance on Penn Street. Traffic is expected to be affected only in the immediate Penn Street area near Rutgers-Camden, said Riversharks spokesman Jake Levy.

Once the gates open at 4 p.m., former Eagles quarterback and ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski and former Phillies manager and MLB Network analyst Larry Bowa will co-captain the "Legends v. Champions" celebrity softball game, featuring players from the 1980 and 2008 Phillies World Series Championship teams and other Philadelphia-area athletes.

The All-Star Game itself is scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m. and conclude with fireworks. The game will feature more than 40 players from the league's eight teams, selected by voting by fans, media, and managers.

A few standing-room only tickets were left Tuesday afternoon. The last time the Riversharks hosted the All-Star Game in 2004, the ballpark had a crowd of 7,237.

An all-star after-party at Adventure Aquarium is open to the public for $50 per person.

Just a few blocks north of the baseball festivities, Camden Mayor Dana L. Redd will participate in the Camden Clean Campaign.

The campaign, started by Redd two years ago as a way to restore pride in the city's neighborhoods, is targeting the area around the North Camden Community Center Gym at Sixth and Erie Streets, which is reopening at noon Wednesday.

Contact Claudia Vargas at 856-779-3917, or cvargas@phillynews.com or on Twitter @InqCVargas. Read her blog, "Camden Flow," at www.philly.com/camden_flow/

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