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Will Ferrell won't play for the Red Sox, but Conan O'Brien should

Will Ferrell is out playing baseball in Arizona and fighting cancer in the process. Maybe Ferrell won't be heading down to Florida anytime soon, but there's an obvious choice to take his place.

By Ben Buchanan
Conan O'Brien strides through the burning ruins of his enemy's fortress. None can stand before him.
Conan O'Brien strides through the burning ruins of his enemy's fortress. None can stand before him.
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Perhaps you've heard that Will Ferrell is doing the rounds in Arizona today, taking the field at all nine positions accross five different games as he criss-crosses the Cactus League in a helicopter, possibly wearing a false mustache, and all of it for the purposes of fighting cancer.

If you hadn't, well, now you have.

The Red Sox, unfortunately, do not play in Arizona, but in Florida. Their league is named after Grapefruit because it is and stop asking questions. That means today they're stuck playing a normal game with Pittsburgh where the best actor is probably Dustin Pedroia or David Ortiz or maybe even Pablo Sandoval.

It doesn't have to be that way, though. The fight against cancer is an admirable cause, and if Will Ferrell, native of Irvine California may not have many ties to Boston, this is a city which has produced plenty of celebrities. The only trouble would be finding one who could play baseball. Now who fits that bill...

Problem solved. Any other suggestions?

Also, the first person to suggest Jimmy Fallon gets a ban. As does every subsequent person to suggest Jimmy Fallon.

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