The Player Edition: The 48 Year Old Rookie.

When I talk about Will Ferrell, most people will say what a funny guy he is or how many movies he’s made. But I one of his greatest accomplishments is when he played on 10 different teams and playing 10 different positions all in one day.

Now let’s think about this, what’s the real reason he’s doing this? At first I wondered if this was just a huge publicity stunt. And there’s no doubt in my mind that it was. But it was all for a good cause. As I started to watch the documentary and the reviews of this I learned all of this was for “Cancer for College.” College for Cancer is an organization who offers college scholarships to children, teens, and young adults. In a matter of one day Ferrell helped donate one million dollars.

In this 2015 film, Will Ferrell embarks on a journey to play on ten different baseball team, while playing all ten positions. Now you’re thinking to yourself there isn’t ten positions in Baseball!! Ferrell also played Designated Hitter for the Chicago White Sox. The ten teams Will played for were Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, and the San Francisco Giants. Now besides him playing all ten positions, my favorite parts are when he got traded from team to team. He threw these fits and threw Gatorade tubs in the dugout. But after that he’d go and change and go to the next team.

College for Cancer and Will Ferrell have been working together for years. As it explained in the documentary Ferrell and Craig Pollard (Founder of College for Cancer) have been friends for years. They’ve been trying to come up with a way to raise a large sum of money for kids. There final idea was a baseball game, which rapidly turned into Ferrell Takes the Field.

As I watched this documentary, I truly felt a part of the game as well. Even though Ferrell said “Was I the best player out there today? Maybe. Maybe? Can you all chant that with me? Maybe maybe maybe!!” At this point in the day it doesn’t matter how cocky he was, the point is that he raised over one million dollars. Pollard and Ferrell gave hope to kids everywhere. And in my book that’s all okay with me. I suggest that you Watch “Ferrell takes the Field.”

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