Kansas City Royals announcer Rex Hudler channels Will Ferrell during press conference (video)

When I was a baseball-obsessed youth, I felt endeared to Rex Hudler for only one reason: After the newly minted member of the Royals broadcast team played his last game, in 1998, he peeled off a scab and rubbed dirt from the diamond in it “so baseball would always be in [his] blood.” In my book, that’s the only way to end a fine but unremarkable career.

Though he doesn’t have the local connections Frank White did (unless getting busted for pot possession at KCI counts) or White’s statistical bona fides, Rex sure is colorful. (Google-suggested searches for Rex include “Rex Hudler June bug eater.”)

If you need more proof, watch these clips from Tuesday’s press conference at Kauffman Stadium. The user who uploaded it rightly calls it the “Best Will Ferrell Impersonation EVER!!!”

This season is going to be fun.