Discover how you can enjoy hbos original series, hit movies, documentaries and more. With austin barnes, billy beane, bruce bochy, matt buschmann. Will ferrells hbo special ferrell takes the field doesn. Will ferrell to play all nine baseball positions for hbo. Chief baseball officer for the dbacks, tony larussa, was less than impressed with ferrell s performance and seemed glad to be rid of the headache. Watch hbo on your tv, computer, tablet or mobile phone. Dedicating the special to the fight against cancer, ferrell is also honoring the. Will ferrell plays for 10 mlb teams in one day youtube. Bush 1 episode 2009 saturday night live 91 episodes 19992019 screenwriter 3 credits.
Chris carlsonap photo will ferrell has always been a baseball fan. Heres everything you need to know about will ferrells. Will ferrell heads to spring training in hbo baseball special. It stars mcbride as kenny powers, a former professional baseball pitcher who, after a career downturn in the major leagues, is forced to return to his hometown middleschool in shelby, north carolina, as a substitute physical education. Theres no need to panic if you missed any of ferrells epic performance, because hbo was there to document the whole shebang. Will ferrell will appear in a new hbo documentary called ferrell takes the field ferrell has spearheaded the project in order to raise awareness for cancer research groups. Ferrell has worked as a voice actor in several animated television programs and films, including his portrayal of bob oblong, a 1950sstyle father with no arms or legs, in the shortlived animated television series the oblongs. He has had several guest appearances on family guy, where he played the black knight in mr. Saturday knight, as well as fat greek guy and miles. Will ferrell takes the field the comedy star participated in a 5game marathon at mlb spring training. Ferrell will head to five different spring training. If your team has even a remote shot at october ball, your stomach is in. The ferrell era of dbacks baseball ended when the club placed him on waivers.
Will ferrell gets serious in absurd hbo baseball comedy. Will ferrell has been in a sortof performance art phase, the latest being his charityoriented hbo special ferrell takes the field. Will ferrell to star in hbo comedy special from funny or. A documentary that follows will ferrell as he takes the field in five major league baseball training games, playing all nine positions for ten different teams in a single day. Its a lightly mocking 40minute comedy that depicts.
Ferrell takes the field airs saturday, september 12 at 10pm, o. After will ferrells baseball romp through cactus league. After changing address bar, reload the page to see. Hbo is available through the hbo now streaming app, tv package, or an existing digital subscription. Will ferrell to play every baseball position on 10 teams for hbo special will ferrell, seen here throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a chicago cubs game in 2012, will play in five different. Will ferrell plays major league baseball all the best. The best hbo series of all time ranked ferrell as he takes the field in five major league baseball training games, playing all nine positions for ten different teams in a single day. The actor played in five spring training games yesterday, raising funds for two cancer charities. It stars mcbride as kenny powers, a former professional baseball pitcher who, after a career downturn in the major leagues, is forced to return to his hometown middleschool in shelby, north carolina, as a substitute physical education teacher. After will ferrells baseball romp through cactus league, hbo to air ferrell takes the field amy b wang, the republic published 8. The documentary, which airs on hbo this saturday, 12 september at 10pm est, follows the anchorman star as he plays 10 different positions for 10 different major league baseball teams in one day. Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burnedout major league ballplayer returns to teach physical education at his old middle school.
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