--- --- # See Will Ferrell Play for 10 MLB Teams in HBO's _Ferrell Takes the Field_ by [Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly Jul 28, 2015 10:09 AM UTC by [Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly Jul 28, 2015 10:09 AM UTC Will Ferrell is no stranger to danger. But now the 47-year-old actor risks life and limb, or at least all of his dignity, as he hits the diamond —10 of them, actually—in the HBO docuspecial: Ferrell Takes The Field (Sept. 12, 10 p.m.). Yes, Ferrell played 10 positions for 10 different major league baseball teams at spring training this year—all for laughs and for charity. Click on the trailer below to see, how, as he says, he “brought passion to the field, dedication, ability and a lot of ignorance.” [_This article orginally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/27/will-ferrell-hbo-docuspecial-ferrell-takes-field-baseball) See Will Ferrell Play for 10 MLB Teams in Ferrell Takes the Field ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3974468/will-ferrell-takes-the-field-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3974468/will-ferrell-takes-the-field-trailer/"},"headline":"See Will Ferrell Play for 10 MLB Teams in HBO's Ferrell Takes the Field","datePublished":"2015-07-28T10:09:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:39.949Z","description":"'There's no doubt I turned some heads today'","url":"https://time.com/3974468/will-ferrell-takes-the-field-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3974468/will-ferrell-takes-the-field-trailer/","name":"See Will Ferrell Play for 10 MLB Teams in HBO's Ferrell Takes the Field"}}]}] ```