Just in time for the World Series, Cartoon Network's "Uncle Grandpa" animated series will feature a Fall Classic theme show on Oct. 22.
The show will air at 12:15 p.m. and will feature Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer, Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones, Houston Astros second baseman José Altuve, Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price and New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard.
The major-leaguers will attempt to help Uncle Grandpa train his struggling Little League squad.
Sports figures have appeared in cartoon series before. In 1972, for example, the Harlem Globetrotters helped Scooby-Doo and friends solve another mystery. Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali had his own series — complete with rhyming poetry. And in 1992, "The Simpsons" episode "Homer at the Bat" included the voices of Ken Griffey Jr., Roger Clemens, Ozzie Smith, Jose Canseco, Ken Griffey Jr., Don Mattingly, Wade Boggs, Darryl Strawberry, Steve Sax and Mike Scioscia.
Uncle Grandpa introduces the players in a “Field of Dreams” kind of setting, with each player emerging from a row of corn.
The show will air three days before Game 1 of the World Series, which will open at the park of the American League champion.
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