Sports In The Making
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Sep 8 2022 1h 2m
Chapter 1 44 sec
Episode 25 introductionChapter 2 2 mins
Introduction to Dave Fanucchi and how he began his career in sportsChapter 3 5 mins
Introduction to Ted Collins and how he began his career in movie producingChapter 4 2 mins
Ted Collins Working with Women of Wrestling (WOW), owned by Jeannie Buss, Owner of the Los Angeles LakersChapter 5 1 min
What Women of Wrestling is about in 2022 and future yearsChapter 6 1 min
How Dave Fanucchi got started with the USA Baseball Team as the Director of Communications in 1999, just as professional baseball players were allowed to participate in the Olympic GamesChapter 7 1 min
Hall of Fame baseball manager Tommy Lasorda being introduced as the manager of the teamChapter 8 1 min
Team USA were underdogs against Korea, Japan and CubaChapter 9 1 min
How the idea for the book happenedChapter 10 2 mins
How Dave was able to pitch the story to a movie producerChapter 11 1 min
How Dave met Ted in Tommy Lasorda’s officeChapter 12 2 mins
Ted was hooked on the idea of producing this film because of it’s underdog elementChapter 13 1 min
General public doesn’t know about how significant Team USA Baseball’s accomplishment wasChapter 14 1 min
What it means to “option” a book in order to make a movieChapter 15 1 min
The type of movie Dave, Ted and the players want to makeChapter 16 1 min
The challenge of making a movie is having enough obstacles and drama to place into the scriptChapter 17 2 mins
Stories that didn’t make the book that could be part of the movieChapter 18 1 min
The stories that Tommy Lasorda would tell while Dave was around him for 6 weeksChapter 19 4 mins
My personal video clip of Tommy Lasorda talking to NYY outfielder Bernie Williams in the Dominican Republic and how getting any photos or video in the early 2000’s was not as easy as todayChapter 20 2 mins
How and who Ted would like to cast for Tommy Lasorda’s roleChapter 21 1 min
How Ted envisions what the film will be in terms of the characters, the decisions that USA Baseball made and the environment at the timeChapter 22 1 min
How Dave perspective of being behind the doors helped him write the book and how Lasorda made the players believe they were going to win GoldChapter 23 1 min
How this film will not be a Disney-type movieChapter 24 1 min
Why Ted wants the movie to be called “Tommy Ball.”Chapter 25 2 mins
What some of the challenges are in getting a movie green-litChapter 26 48 sec
How Ted is navigating the studios in making this movieChapter 27 2 mins
Who Ted thinks should portray Dave Fanucchi in the movie and if studios are interested in distributing the filmChapter 28 1 min
How Ted wasn’t afraid to approach actors at the 2022 MLB All Star GameChapter 29 4 mins
How Don and Dave knew each other from the minor league baseball team they worked at in Arizona