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Ferrell plays it serious in tribute to the Little General

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Baseball plays a supporting role in the Will Ferrell comedy ‘The Other Guys,’ which opened nationwide on Friday. But you’ll have to be an old-school fan to catch one of the references.

The plot turns on an accident involving co-star Mark Wahlberg and Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter, who plays himself in the movie. Less obvious, though, is the tip o’ the cap to the Angels in Ferrell’s decision to name Michael Keaton’s character Gene Mauch after the former Angels manager.

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Ferrell, a co-producer of the film, grew up in Irvine an Angel fan at the time Mauch, who died in 2005, was managing the club.

-- Kevin Baxter

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