ML:TRTTS presents, "Reality Check" Episode 1

My name is Larry Richards and I am the Co-creator and Supervising Producer of an original television show about minor league baseball. My business partner Joel Poiley (who is also the Co-creator as well as a writer/producer) and I have been developing this show for 4 years on our own. Recently however, we partnered with a well-connected and highly experienced and motivated production company out of L.A. Good things are happening with this show and I’m hoping that in the very near future I’ll be able to announce which MLB team we’ll be partnering with. In the meantime, while “Minor League: The Road to the Show” continues to be a work in progress, being that here in Florida there is no shortage of baseball players and their stories, I decided that I’d put together a few sample segments of guys who have been there and done that and share their story of their own roads to the show. These segments can be seen at the link posted at the end of this letter. Recently however, I did a segment that was a little different. Over the last few months we’ve developed a relationship with Roy Silver and Randy Holland, the head coaches of a baseball academy in Clearwater, Florida named The Winning Inning. The idea I had was to try-out a segment I came up with called “Reality Check” the idea being to ask the kids, ages 13 -16, those who are participating in The Winning Inning programs, why they wanted to be pro ballplayers, what they thought it was going to take, and then to have Roy tell us what the real deal is. To be honest, I thought I was going to hear about the money, the fame, etc.- all the ancillary stuff fans are generally inundated with - and that all they had to do was work hard for a few years, maybe catch a lucky break or two, and before they knew it they’d be heading to the big city with their pockets overflowing with cash. I cannot tell you how happily surprised I was to hear none of that. “Heart”, “work ethic” and “courage” are just a few of the words th...

Channel: Vimeo Video Length: 8m 35s Date Found: Tue, Jun 07 2011 1:40 AM Category: Home Video Date Produced: Wed, Mar 10 2010 2:45 PM View Count: 0