Will Ferrell makes his minor league baseball debut as Rojo Johnson
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From mlb.com:
Ricky Bobby. Chazz Michael Michaels. Jackie Moon. Rojo Johnson.
The funniest athlete in the world has made it into baseball.
Now the only question is whether he will make it to The Show.
Will the Astros call up Rojo Johnson? Will the mustache stay on?
Would a bag of beer cans be allowed instead of a resin bag on a Major League Baseball pitcher's mound? What does it mean to Venezuela's baseball legacy? All of that remains to be seen now that Will Ferrell has done it again, this time signing a contract to pitch Thursday night for the Astros' Triple-A Round Rock Express affiliate and being ejected after firing his only pitch behind the Nashville Sounds batter.
"Mentally, I feel like I have the strength of 10 men, after that," Ferrell/Johnson, who ripped off his mustache during the on-field chase, told reporters in a postgame press conference.
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