A few months ago, we talked about a new baseball themed drama that is being pitched by Fox. The show, tentatively titled “Pitch”, is about the first female major league baseball player. A lot of us wondered what the show could possibly be about – if it would be a pure drama, a rom-com type, one of those hybrid deals. It was announced that Mark-Paul Gosselaar has signed on to the show, and we also got clarification on the premise of the show::
Gosselaar will play Mike Lawson, a handsome, charming, self-assured future Hall of Fame MLB catcher. A ladies’ man off the field and a leader on it, Mike’s not sure what to do with the undeniable spark between him and Ginny [the female pitcher]. Skeptical of her at first, he still can’t help but show her the ropes. Over time, they’ll bring new meaning to the term, “team chemistry.”
Excuse me while I vomit.
OK, I’m back. Really? It’s basically a workplace romance that happens to take place on a pitcher’s mound? While I’m not surprised, I am mildly insulted, and seriously disgusted. I like sappy romance crap (for those of you who’ve seen “Inside Out” I am this blog’s version of Sadness and probably have my very own Tragic Vampire Romance Island). Probably half the books I own are either baseball related or have a corset on the front and recounts the epic romance of Lord Hot-to-Trot and Lady Bosomly. But unlike those Reese’s commercials, I do not like your peanut butter in my chocolate, no thank you very much.
Even if you wanted to go there, with the female pitcher falling in love with her battery mate, wouldn’t it be more interesting to have the catcher, I don’t know, not be Zack Morris? Perhaps a catcher who is not as handsome, a bit prickly, not a future Hall of Famer but just your average work-a-day Joe? Someone who believes in the pitcher and thinks she has the skills to go out there and slay? A romance built upon mutual respect and an attraction of the mind and heart that eventually grows into something else, and not just a hottie who shows her “team chemistry”?
Gag me. I think I’ll pass.
Thank god someone created a vehicle for Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
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Hate to say it, but I actually like him. He was pretty good in both Raising the Bar and Franklin and Bash.
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Let’s just hope he can generate some sort of believable batting stance and his knees hold up to catching every episode.
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Sounds like this is being prepped for the CW or whatever the hell they are calling it these days.
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So those pitcher-catcher conferences might get NC-17-rated right there on the mound?
Talk about value for your entertainment dollar!
I think I’ll take a pass.
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It’s TV! What did you expect? I’ve already told you shutting down upper cognitive function is a requirement when viewing it.
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The list of TV shows I’ll never watch grows ever larger.
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I am not opposed to Zack Morris, but it’s just so typical. Mux it up, people, please.
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“a handsome, charming, self-assured future Hall of Fame MLB catcher. A ladies’ man off the field and a leader on it,”
So he’s basically Brad Ausmus, but with HoF talent? Historio should be all over this…
/runs away, ducking thrown popcorn
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Mock him if you will, but Beautiful Brad in his prime years was the best defensive backstop and pitcher’s catcher I ever saw.
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OMG, I would pitch to him any day…and twice on Sunday…for a month of Sundays…and
/passes out
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I expected this show to suck….but I thought they were going to try to make a decent show and just fail spectacularly because Hollywood is so disconnected from reality.
I had no idea they weren’t even going to try.
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Pitch Perfect, however, was a funny and enjoyable film.
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I just saw this recently and agree. There was a lot of fun in that movie.
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I know I would only watch if the female pitcher and the male catcher were having an affair. Cause I’m a girl. Tee-hee.
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Well, men and women can’t just be friends, so it’s bound to happen.
/s
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i’d watch if they ditch the woman and have it be a man pitcher
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Now, THAT would be worth watching.
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Some titles for such a show:
Brokeback Field.
Bang the….uh, no, forget that one.
The Bathhouse Gang
Cruising the Bases
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such perfectly built in will they or won’t they
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What’s the over/under on the number of (attempted) jokes including the phrase “pitching woo”?
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Depends on how many people on the writing staff are over 90.
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Don’t underestimate the desire of writers to force “irony” on people and pretend that it’s the same as humor.
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I would check with Ren first and see if anyone’s paid the posting fee on Woo.
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