Bush Leagues to Bright Lights(1975)

[@BallparkHunter]

13:00 Is that future New York Mets All-Star catcher John Stearns?

[@joeydbball1729]

@@BallparkHunter Very good call. I think you are correct.

[@BallparkHunter]

34:28 Is That Jim Rice?

[@joeydbball1729]

@@BallparkHunter It is!

[@joemeehan9329]

I have been looking for this for 20 years! My VHS copy was too brittle to digitize, so this is a real treat. Thank you so much.

[@joeydbball1729]

You’re very welcome. I was very pleased that I found this.

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

Kevin Saucier made it to the Show and pitched well for a few seasons . He could really throw but he lost command completely for no reason. His arm was fine but he couldn't throw straight anymore so he retired fearing he'd injure some batter

[@towhee89]

That's really crazy. It bothered him really bad and affected his mental health a newspaper article from the year he retired said. At least he knew when to throw in the towel

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

@@towhee89 yeah he should be proud though for making it to bigs. It's a very small and elite group of people who are able to compete at the highest level, particularly pitching. I believe he did some scouting coaching after his playing career ended

[@towhee89]

This is awesome thanks!

[@joeydbball1729]

@@towhee89 You’re welcome!

[@jamescrabtree9240]

This is great. Thanks for posting it.

[@joeydbball1729]

You’re welcome!

[@ProfessorBMedia]

And Pete LaCock's Dad is the legendary Game Show Peter Marshall the host of Hollywood Squares.

[@scottsinclair2894]

been looking for this for years!!! now if I can only find "10 feet in the Air" which aired once on ESPN classic and I recorded on VHS but didn't last

[@joeydbball1729]

Hopefully you’ll find it! I was shocked when I came across this on an old tape.

[@towhee89]

You have any more info about it was it a nfl Films production about baseball ? What year was it from

[@towhee89]

Danny Ozark sending Erskine down to Toledo...ouch. He seems genuine surprisingly. But after reading ball four and Bronx zoo you also think it's a put on....😂 "I won't get down!"

[@piedmontphilly]

Did some research on the account of the one inning that Erskine Thomason pitched in his one game in the big leagues, and it is a complete fabrication. He faced Steve Swisher, Steve Stone, and Rick Monday, not the hitters they showed in the film. Also, they mixed up film of action from 1974, and 1975. You can tell because the 1975 jerseys had names on the back, the 1974 ones did not. Also, the score of the game at the time was 5-1, not 9-1 as stated in the film. NFL Films played loose with the facts here.

[@mxxjss]

There’s a book called “Fightin’ Phillies: 100 Years Of Philadelphia Baseball” that mentions Thomason and this documentary. It stated that the NFL Films crew arrived late to the game & missed the lone inning he pitched. So around an hour after the game they had him throw for the cameras in the empty stadium. That account seems weird though because he is shown at the end of his appearance leaving the mound and the Vet does not look empty at all.

[@BallparkHunter]

@@mxxjss 40:58 That pitcher has a different number than Erskine. Erskine wore 48 with the Phillies and that is clearly #41 on the mound-Jim Lonborg. However, that is Cash and Schmidt behind him on the other plays. Did NFL Films send them out as well to make it look legit?

[@richarddambrosio3602]

Kevin Saucier made it to the Show in 1978. His debut was in the Phillies last game of the 1978 season. He got a World Series ring in 1980.

[@ChristopherHagee]

What's Erskine Thomason's wife's lst name?

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

Gina

[@ChristopherHagee]

@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 Gina Spence-Thomason

[@smartluck100]

Pete LaCock 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Rockhound6165]

As funny as his name is, his father was Peter Marshall who was the host of Hollywood Squares for many years.