‘The Simpsons’ to be honored at Baseball Hall of Fame for 25th anniversary of ‘Homer at the Bat’

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Elisabeth Moss was the guest voice for a pregnant mother in the episode "Labor Pains," where Homer is forced to help deliver her baby when they are stuck in an elevator together.
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In the episode "Steal This Episode," funnyman Seth Rogen appeared as himself -- seen here laughing at Homer in court when testifying against him for pirating movies.
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In the season 19 premiere episode "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs," Homer enlists Stephen Colbert to be his life coach when he goes on a mission to find a job that offers the luxury of flying on a corporate jet. Lionel Richie also stars in the episode as himself and serenades Homer in the episode.
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The event will include a roundtable discussion with Boggs, Smith, executive producers Al Jean and Mike Reiss, director Jim Reardon, executive story editor Jeff Martin and casting director Bonnie Pietila.
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It's no surprise that Simon Cowell was chosen to play Henry, a tough school admissions committee member. In the episode "Smart and Smarter," Homer tries to get baby Maggie into a school for gifted children but Cowell's character quickly reveals that she's nothing but a hoax.
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In the episode "Diggs," Daniel Radcliffe guests' voices for recent transfer student "Digg," an aspiring falconry champion and a new friend of Bart.
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Actress Drew Barrymore guest voiced for Sophie, Krusty The Clowns long lost daughter in the episode, "Insane Clown Poppy."
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In the landmark 450th episode "Once Upon a Time in Springfield," Anne Hathaway guest voices for Krusty's new female sidekick and growing romance Princess Penelope.
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Ricky Gervais guest appeared in the episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife," as beaten-down husband Charlie who switches wives with Homer in a "Trading Spouses" type show.
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In the episode, "Don't Fear The Roofer," Ray Romano guest voices for Homer's new pal Ray Magini, a roofer and fellow loner that befriends Homer.
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U2 appears as themselves in the 200th episode, "Trash of the Titans," where Homer enlists the band to help with his campaign when running for sanitation commissioner.
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Jon Stewart does what he does best in the episode "E Pluribus Wiggum," as he plays a news commentator during the confusing presidential election of Springfield with Ralph Wiggum.
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Film producer Judd Apatow guest voices as himself in the season 25 episode "Steal This Episode." Apatow joined a star-studded cast of guest voice overs including Seth Rogen, Channing Tatum and Paul Rudd when Homer goes to court over movie pirating.
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In the episode "Goo Goo Gai Pan," actress Lucy Liu gives the voice of Madam Yu, a Chinese adoption agent that helps Homer and Selma adopt a baby girl.
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Things heat up at Springfield Elementary when a new student just as intelligent at Lisa decides to run against her for student elections. In the episode "The Kid Is All Right," Anderson Cooper plays himself as the moderator for the presidential debate.
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In the episode "YOLO," Jon Lovitz does the voice over for character Llewellyn Sinclair, a musical director turned waiter.
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In the fifth episode of season 10, "When You Dish Upon A Star," Homer becomes the personal assistant to actors Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin.
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NFL Hall of Famer Joe Namath makes a guest appearance as himself in the episode "Bart Star" when Bart becomes quarterback for a pee-wee football team and seeks advice from the football star.
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The rock band Phish appeared on the episode "Weekend At Burnsies," when Homer is prescribed medical marijuana and begins enjoying typical "stoner" activities like attending a Phish show.
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Television host Rachel Maddow appears as herself in the "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" episode of season 25. Maddow attends the funeral of Chip Davis, "Springfields most beloved character that you never saw."
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Bart is kicked out of school and is left to attend a Catholic school where the only person that takes in interest in him is Father Sean, guest voiced by Liam Neeson in the episode, "The Father, The Son And The Holy Guest Star."
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Horrified when The First Church of Springfield rents out its wall space for advertising, Lisa decides to convert to Buddhism. In the episode, "She Of Little Faith," Richard Gere appears as himself, a fellow Buddhist that helps Lisa on her spiritual journey.
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In the episode "Homerland," Kristen Wiig was the guest voice of Annie, an intense, jumpy FBI agent in the season premiere of the latest season.
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In the episode "I'm With Cupid," Elton John makes a guest voice appearance as himself to sing for Apu's wife in a Valentine's Day special.

PUBLISHED: February 21, 2017 at 7:44 p.m. | UPDATED: April 8, 2018 at 9:15 a.m.

Homer Simpson is going to Cooperstown.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame will honor “The Simpsons” in May, 25 years after the baseball-themed episode “Homer at the Bat.”

The February 1992 episode — which included guest appearances by MLB superstars Wade Boggs, Ken Griffey Jr., Ozzie Smith, Roger Clemens, Steve Sax, Jose Canseco, Don Mattingly, Darryl Strawberry and Mike Scioscia — featured Homer Simpson winning the championship softball game for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant with a walk-off hit-by-pitch.

Boggs, Griffey and Smith are all in the Hall — in non-cartoon form.

“In Cooperstown, we salute baseball’s greatest contributors, preserve its vast history and salute the cultural side of the sport. We are honored to pay tribute to the 25th anniversary of ‘Homer at the Bat,’ ” Jeff Idelson, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, said in a press release.

“‘The Simpsons’ has left an impressive imprint on our culture as the longest-running American sitcom, and ‘Homer at the Bat’ remains as popular today as when the episode aired in 1992. Baseball is recognized as our National Pastime due to its wide intersection with American culture over the last two centuries, evident in literature, theater, language, art, music, film and television. ‘The Simpsons’ is a perfect example of that connection to Americana.”

The event will include a roundtable discussion with Boggs, Smith, executive producers Al Jean and Mike Reiss, director Jim Reardon, executive story editor Jeff Martin and casting director Bonnie Pietila.

“When I struck out in tee-ball, I never dreamed I’d make it to the Hall of Fame,” Jean said. “It shows what not following your dreams can do.”

The roundtable discussion will run from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on May 27 outside the Library entrance to the Hall of Fame in Cooper Park, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the “Simpsons”-themed display exhibit in the museum.

The Home Run Derby begins at noon at Doubleday Field, followed by the Hall of Fame classic game with six Hall of Famers and recently retired players.