Strangely, a video of Snoop Dogg playing softball from 2008 has gone viral, and fans can’t stop gushing over the rapper’s abilities.
A video of the 51-year-old music legend making an amusing dash for a moonshot during the 2015 All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game was posted on X yesterday by user @MLBLife. X is the social network that formerly was known as Twitter.
The video shows Snoop, whose real nаme is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., swooping down from above to seize the ball that has fallen beyond the goalposts. After he loses his hat while jumping over the barrier, he falls to the ground on the other side.Vladimir Guerrero, a famous baseball player, Һit a ball, and the rapper ran after it. Famous as “Vlad the Impaler,” the 48-year-old former right fielder strolled careening toward a home run while Snoop lay still at the fence.The post was accompanied by the message, “Bless someone’s [timeline] today with Snoop Dogg being the best Celebrity Softball player ever,” written by @MLBLife. The rapper’s antics had over 420,000 views.
Chuck gushed, “Gold!” and Parker Bobb wrote, “Gotta love the effort.”
“Snoop hasn’t done anything,” Eric Torres joked.Among the famous people who took part in the game were Snoop’s colleagues, who included Miles Teller of Top Gu𝚗: Maverick, Kirk Herbstreit of sportscasters, Jennie Finch of the Arizona Wildcats, Olivia Holt of actress-singer, and Nick Lachey of broadcaster and former boyband star.
Famous faces like actor Chad Lowe, country singers Justin Moore and Cole Swindell, TV host Charissa Thompson, American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, and rapper Macklemore were on the other side.
Among the baseball greats that took part were Aaron Boone, Bernie Williams, Fred Lynn, Paul O’Neill of the Cincinnati Reds, Bernie Williams of the New York Yankees, and Fred Lynn, who won rookie of the year in 1975.
Additionally, Marine Lance Corporal Tim Horton—who suffered a leg loss in Iraq—also participated in the game for the benefit of The Wоunded Warrior initiative. The 2005 incident involving Horton’s car and a remotely detоnated explosive device left the former soldier in need of fifty surgeries and substantial physical rehabilitation for a full recovery.
Snoop nevertheless stole the show at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, nearly tagging comedian Rоb Riggle with a dive, and making the crowd laugh by singing over his microphone.
This week, the rapper’s unorthodox duet with Chris Stapleton, a singer-songwriter, also went viral. With Cindy Blackman Santana on drums, the two collaborated on a cover of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” for the new theme song for Monday Night Football on ESPN.
Fans are divided over the song, which made its debut on the air before the September 19 doubleheader. Some thought the song was amazing, while others thought it was a “d****** remix.”
After appearing on social media in March, footage of Snoop’s debut on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune likewise sent fans into a frenzy. In one of his many gaffes while appearing on the show, the celebrity confused “talented artist” with “toilet atlas.”