A camera crew is following Tom Wilhelmsen, Prigatano, Wheeler and Johnson — the former Blaine High School standout — around town. “To hear Dan’s story about the good times, bad times, fun times and drama of constantly being moved around, the uncertainty and willingness to grind and grind and grind to get that shot — it is fascinating,” said Cornwell. Hollywood invaded St. Paul this week, pitching to make the Saints darlings of a documentary series chronicling minor-league baseball’s dream chasers and vagabonds for a binge-watching audience. Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. “It’s a lot of fun to see the whole process and have the guys in the clubhouse every day and in the field and in the bullpen with us. Richard Prigatano dug in at the plate and stared down pitcher Beck Wheeler as a 24-foot boom camera hovered directly over his head and a film crew scurried around the on-deck circle. “I’ve watched ‘Hard Knocks’ and ‘Last Chance U,’ so it’s cool to have a something that can show the fans what a full season of professional baseball is like.”. In 1996, the fledgling Saints opened their doors for “Baseball, Minnesota,” an FX cable documentary that mostly followed former big-league superstars Jack Morris and Darryl Strawberry on their comeback trails. The Los Angeles-based company is co-owned by Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson of “The Simpsons.” Paperclip Limited will shop the 10-minute “sizzle reel” produced in St. Paul to streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon to finance a full series. Grice pitched Ben Cornwell, Smith’s partner at Paperclip Limited, a minor-league baseball docu-series. (Brian Murphy / Pioneer Press). Think of it as “Hard Knocks” for the hardball crowd, borrowing slightly from the popular HBO summer series that follows, with R-rated flair, the roster maneuvers and outsized personalities of an NFL team during training camp. Dan Grice Daniel Grice. Batting Average on Balls Put in Play. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Submit to Stumbleupon (Opens in new window), St. Paul Saints’ big pitch: A reality television series, Gov. The Saints are participating in a pilot for a Hollywood-produced docudrama series about life in minor-league baseball. Cody Grice, a 2008 DeWitt graduate, earned five varsity letters in football and baseball. Murphy was the Minnesota Wild/NHL beat writer from 2002 to 2008 and has covered the Vikings as a reporter and columnist since 2009. Page Transparency See More. Grice played six years in the minors, progressing to double-A in the Cubs organization. here. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. He has the backing of Twin Cities celebrity chef and Travel Channel star Andrew Zimmern.

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