At the Hardball Times, Steven Goldman writes about catching great Johnny Bassler, and comes up with this idea for a TV show:
Unlike Piazza, Bassler did not have Ted Williams come to his house and tutor him in hitting when he was 15. First, Bassler’s dad, a streetcar motorman, didn’t have the kind of pull Vince Piazza did. Perhaps more importantly, Ted Williams had not yet been born when Bassler was 15. For Bassler to have had a parallel experience he would have had to be visited by Deacon White, Dan Brouthers, or someone else with a walrus mustache and a severe drinking habit.
As Williams did for Piazza, retired baseball greats should wander about the country certifying future baseball greats. There are a few examples, such as Home Run Baker signing Jimmie Foxx and eventually handing him off to Connie Mack, but there should be more. This would make for a fine TV series in the mold of the old “Fugitive” trope, in which the hero—whether unjustly accused murder Richard Kimble, unjustly accused coward Jason McCord, unjustly accused human blood bank Ben Richards, or unjustly accused monster David Bruce Banner—each week wandered into a new town, solved some problems for a guest star, and then departed.
In this version, an unjustly accused PED user would slink from hamlet to hamlet dispensing batting tips.
Touched by Barry Bonds?
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