Will Ferrell Lives Baseball Dream

Will Ferrell lived a day most baseball fans would dream of on March 12, 2015. He played in five spring training games for 10 different MLB teams for which he played 10 different positions including DH. Beyond playing in the games the fact he interacted with the players, coaches and fans would have made it the ultimate sports experience. The American actor was able to accomplish this through the cooperation of Major League Baseball and HBO who documented the day for a Funny or Die special. Ferrell also used the day to raise donations for Stand Up to Cancer and Cancer for College.

The games were at five Cactus League stadiums which Ferrell traveled to by van and helicopter. The first game was between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics at Hohokam Stadium. Ferrell played shortstop for the Athletics and then second base for the Mariners. The second game was between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels at Tempe Diablo Stadium. Ferrell played center field for the Angels and pinch hit and played first base for the Cubs in addition to spending an inning as third base coach. The third game was between the Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields. Ferrell played left field for the Diamondbacks and third base for the Reds. The fourth game was between the San Francisco Giants and Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch. Ferrell played DH for the White Sox and catcher for the Giants. The fifth and final game was between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres at Peoria Sports Complex. Ferrell pitched for the Dodgers and played right field for the Padres. 

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Ferrell also paid homage to former Athletics shortstop Bert Campaneris who was the first player to play all nine positions in an MLB game on September 8, 1995 as the Kansas City Athletics fell to the California Angels 5-3. That season Campaneris hit .270/.326/.382 with 6 HR, 42 RBI, 67 R, 51 SB in 144 games. His MLB career spanned 19 seasons with the Kansas City Athletics (1964-1967), Oakland Athletics (1968-1976), Texas Rangers (1977-1979), California Angels (1979-1981) and New York Yankees (1983). For his MLB career he hit .259/.311/.342 with 79 HR, 646 RBI, 1181 R, 649 SB in 2328 games. He was a six time All-Star (1968, 1972-1975, 1977), three time World Series champion with the Athletics (1972-1974) and led the AL in stolen bases six times (1965-1968, 1970, 1972). Campaneris was in attendence to witness Ferrell's game at Hohokam Stadium.