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"Player To Be Named Later" documentary - Marco Scutaro

Has anyone ever seen the documentary following the Indianapolis Indians, the Milwaukee Brewers AAA club during the 2001 season?  Its a great find, since I am located in the Milwaukee area it was on tonight, caught it by just flipping around channels and it was on Milwaukee Public Television(rare to find anything of interest on there ; ).  It features/follows the paths of 5 players, Micah Franklin, Kyle Peterson(former 1st round pick), Brad Tyler, Mike Levrault(?) and of course Marco Scutaro.  Levrault is a pitcher who was with the Sacramento River Cats for 2002, according to the follow up on the documentary.

Great story with Scutaro and his wife.  He was the player named later in the Richie Sexson to Milwaukee trade and named MVP of the Indians in 2001, but not called up by the Brewers.  Players are mic-ed during games and it follows them around in regular life during the season.  Has Scutaro mic-ed during the MVP presentation award at the last home game and even has the manager at the time of the Indians calling him into the office to tell him hes wasn't called up...poor Marco tears up a bit which is understandable given hes the teams MVP.  

Anyways, great find for a true baseball fan if you can find it somewhere.  I never heard of the documentary but its interesting, especially if you are an A's/Scutaro fan or Brewers fan(which I am both) :).

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it's been discussed on AN
a few different times.  it's on netflix for anyone who is interested...
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Jan 2, 2006 10:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I've seen it
It's a nice doc. It was a little more interesting to me, because in addition to the Marco story, Kyle Peterson is from my hometown of Elkhorn, NE. It's available on Netflix and Blockbuster's online service. It's worth watching, it's a nice insight into the world of a minor league player.
Go A's -- Nebraska

by Ryan Armbrust on Jan 2, 2006 10:14 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Netflixable
I added it to the top of my Netflix queue after seeing it discussed here last summer.  A few weeks after watching it, I noticed Kyle Peterson doing color commentary on ESPN for the Little League World Series.

by Hot Corner on Jan 3, 2006 1:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did you hear we signed Jack Cust?
(and lost him to the Padres)
Knowledge is Power, Ignorance is Bliss. But I have Blissful Power, because I have a lot of knowledge, I just forgot it all

by Zonis on Jan 2, 2006 10:23 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I bought it
for a buddy of mines. I don't know if he watched it yet. I'm gonna have to borrow it from him.

by Kaybeejay on Jan 2, 2006 10:50 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I love TiVo!
That is the only way I would have caught it. I was just doing a random baseball search one day when I was bored (just after the end of the season) and I stumbled across it and scheduled it to record. I really liked it. And that part when he was told he was not going up made me so sad! I just had to keep telling myself to chill cause I knew how it really ended! But I thought it was a great film that showed what life as a minor leaguer was really like. Definately worth my time!
"Happy Holiday's Billy Beane!" - Mychael Urban

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Jan 3, 2006 9:31 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

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