Everyone would remember seeing actor and comedian Will Farrell impersonating Harry Carey on NBC’s Saturday Night Live during his time on the show. Chicago Cubs fans would remember him for the time he read the starting lineups for the club before a game. Now it seems he’s going to take on being a Major League Baseball player.
According to USAToday.com, on Thursday there are eight games schedule for the Cactus League teams and Ferrell is planning to play in all eight of those games for a great cause. In collaboration between MLB and HBO for cancer awareness, Farrell is going to play all nine positions on the field throughout the series of games. He will be helicoptered to each game and will be filmed by the HBO during five of those games.
According to ESPN.com, it’s been confirmed that Farrell will see time in the Chicago White Sox versus San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres versus Los Angeles Dodgers games. His first game will be at 2 p.m. CT and the last one will start at 8:15 p.m. CT. It should make for a very entertaining Thursday in Arizona.