Acting Like Athletes

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From right, Betsy Brandt, from Breaking Bad, high fives her teammates, Bryan Cranston, also from Breaking Bad; Buck, from 104.1 FM; and Cobie Smulders, from How I Met Your Mother, at the start of the celebrity softball game at Isotopes Park, Sunday, May 8, 2011. Photo Credit - Morgan Petroski/Journal

Two of television’s crime-and-punishment dramas are filmed in Albuquerque, and, on Sunday, cast and crew from USA Network’s “In Plain Sight” and AMC’s “Breaking Bad” met on the ballfield for a good cause — raising money for Youth Development Inc., a nonprofit offering programs for New Mexico children and their families. See more pictures.

“In Plain Sight” is the story of a federal marshal with the witness protection program, portrayed by Mary McCormack, and “Breaking Bad” stars Bryan Cranston as a chemistry teacher who uses his knowledge in far less innocent endeavors, pressured to crime by circumstances. Sunday’s game was organized by Cranston and co-star Steven Michael Quezada. Cranston has said he hopes to make it an annual event.

The “In Plain Sight” team won, 5-4.

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